Ezekiel 19

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Verse 1

• "Lamentation" : the Hebrew word has a meaning of "elegy, dirge", "a mournful song".

  Verse 4

• "With chains unto the land of Egypt": This is the fate of Jehoahaz who succeeded his father, Josiah, as king in Jerusalem for 3 months in 609 BC, before being deposed by Pharaoh Necho II and taken as prisoner to Egypt until his death.

  Verse 5

• "She took another of her whelps": Two of the last four kings of Judah, Jehoahaz and Zedekiah, was born of the same mother, Hamutal, and the same father, king Josiah, although the "lioness" in generally refers to "Judah".

  Verse 9

• "Brought him to the king of Babylon": This is the fate of Zedekiah, the last king of Judah, who was appointed as king in Jerusalem in 597 BC by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon to replace Jehoiachin, but later rebelled, was captured and brought before Nebuchadnezzar in Riblah, where his families were killed, he himself was made blind, then taken as prisoner to Babylon until his death.

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