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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/19.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/19.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/19.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Sing this funeral song for the princes of Israel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Moreover take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“As for you, take up a song of mourning for the leaders of Israel<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220As for you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“As for you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“As for you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“As for you, take up a dirge (funeral poem to be sung) for the princes of Israel<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now, lament for the princes of Israel<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Ezekiel, sing a funeral song for two of Israel's leaders: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Sing a funeral song for the princes of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD told me to sing this song of sorrow for two princes of Israel: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Now as for you, publish this mourning psalm about Israel's leaders. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"And you, sing a lament for the princes of Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“And you, lift up a lamentation to princes of Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And thou, lift up a lamentation unto princes of Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou, lift thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“And as for you, take up a lament over the leaders of Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />As for you, raise a lamentation over the princes of Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />As for you, raise up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />MOREOVER, you Son of man, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />But you, son of man, take up a lamentation for the Princes of Israel<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Moreover do thou take up a lamentation for the prince of Israel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/19-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=4848" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/19.htm">A Lament for the Princes of Israel</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tāh (Conj-w:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">“As for you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: śā (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">take up</a> <a href="/hebrew/7015.htm" title="7015: qî·nāh (N-fs) -- An elegy, dirge. From quwn; a dirge.">a lament</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/5387.htm" title="5387: nə·śî·’ê (N-mpc) -- Or nasi'; from nasa'; properly, an exalted one, i.e. A king or sheik; also a rising mist.">the princes</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-1.htm">Lamentations 2:1-10</a></span><br />How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger. / Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes. / In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/10-5.htm">Hosea 10:5-8</a></span><br />The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn over it with its idolatrous priests—those who rejoiced in its glory—for it has been taken from them into exile. / Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols. / Samaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-4.htm">Isaiah 14:4-20</a></span><br />you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! / The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers. / It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Jeremiah 9:17-22</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them. / Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water. / For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/2-4.htm">Micah 2:4</a></span><br />In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-1.htm">Amos 5:1-2</a></span><br />Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you: / “Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/1-17.htm">2 Samuel 1:17-27</a></span><br />Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan, / and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar: / “Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen! ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-25.htm">2 Chronicles 35:25</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Jeremiah 7:29</a></span><br />Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-25.htm">Isaiah 3:25-26</a></span><br />Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle. / And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-39</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. / For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a></span><br />As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2-10</a></span><br />And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast. / All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.” / Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-17.htm">Matthew 11:17</a></span><br />‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/7-32.htm">Luke 7:32</a></span><br />They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Moreover take you up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,</p><p class="hdg">Take</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/19-14.htm">Ezekiel 19:14</a></b></br> And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, <i>which</i> hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod <i>to be</i> a sceptre to rule. This <i>is</i> a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/2-10.htm">Ezekiel 2:10</a></b></br> And he spread it before me; and it <i>was</i> written within and without: and <i>there was</i> written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/26-17.htm">Ezekiel 26:17</a></b></br> And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, <i>that wast</i> inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror <i>to be</i> on all that haunt it!</p><p class="hdg">the princes</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/23-29.htm">2 Kings 23:29,30,34</a></b></br> In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/24-6.htm">2 Kings 24:6,12</a></b></br> So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/25-5.htm">2 Kings 25:5-7</a></b></br> And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/13-22.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-31.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-5.htm">Lamentation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-12.htm">Princes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-12.htm">Ruler</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-14.htm">Song</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/19-14.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-9.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-14.htm">Lamentation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-12.htm">Princes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-14.htm">Ruler</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-14.htm">Song</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/19-1.htm">A lamentation for the princes of Israel, by the parable of a lion whelping in a pit</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/19-10.htm">and for Jerusalem, under the parable of a wasted vine</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/19.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/19.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>As for you</b><br>This phrase is directed towards the prophet Ezekiel, indicating a personal command from God. Ezekiel is often addressed directly by God, emphasizing his role as a chosen messenger. This personal address underscores the weight of the message he is to deliver.<p><b>take up a lament</b><br>A lament is a form of mourning or expression of grief, often used in the Bible to convey deep sorrow over sin, judgment, or loss. Laments are found throughout the Psalms and prophetic books, serving as a means to express communal or individual anguish. In this context, it signifies the impending doom and sorrow for the leaders of Israel.<p><b>for the princes of Israel</b><br>The "princes" refer to the leaders or kings of Israel, specifically those of the royal line of Judah. Historically, this could point to figures like Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah, who were the last kings before the Babylonian exile. These leaders failed to uphold God's covenant, leading to national disaster. The lament foreshadows their downfall and the consequences of their disobedience. This phrase also connects to the broader biblical theme of leadership accountability before God, as seen in the narratives of other kings in the books of Kings and Chronicles.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet during the Babylonian exile, tasked with delivering God's messages to the Israelites. His role is to communicate both judgment and hope.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/princes_of_israel.htm">Princes of Israel</a></b><br>Refers to the leaders or kings of Israel, specifically those who have led the nation astray, resulting in judgment and lamentation.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/lament.htm">Lament</a></b><br>A form of mourning or expression of grief, often used in prophetic literature to convey sorrow over sin and its consequences.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The chosen nation of God, which is experiencing judgment due to its leaders' unfaithfulness and the people's idolatry.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The period during which the Israelites were taken captive by Babylon, serving as a backdrop for Ezekiel's prophecies.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a></b><br>Leaders have a significant impact on the spiritual direction of a nation. The lament for the princes of Israel serves as a reminder of the responsibility leaders have to guide their people in righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_sin.htm">Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The lament highlights the severe consequences of turning away from God. It serves as a warning to remain faithful and obedient to God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_lament.htm">The Power of Lament</a></b><br>Lamenting is a biblical way to express grief and seek God's intervention. It is a form of prayer that acknowledges the reality of sin and its effects while hoping for redemption.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_judgment.htm">Hope in Judgment</a></b><br>Even in the midst of lament, there is an underlying hope for restoration. God's judgment is not the end but a call to repentance and renewal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_reflection.htm">Personal Reflection</a></b><br>Consider how personal actions and decisions align with God's will. Reflect on areas of life that may require repentance and realignment with God's purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 19</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_books'_order.htm">What is the order of the Bible's books?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_angels.htm">What does the Bible say about angels?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_140_10_show_mercy.htm">How does calling for coals of fire upon evildoers in Psalm 140:10 align with the concept of a merciful God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_ezekiel_19_4,_19_9_captivity.htm">Is there any archaeological evidence that confirms the captivity described in Ezekiel 19:4 and 19:9?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - The two sections of this chapter - vers. 1-9, 10-14-are respectively two parables of the same type as that of <a href="/ezekiel/2-10.htm">Ezekiel 2:10</a>. The former telling nearly the same story under a different imagery, the latter a reproduction of the same imagery, with a slightly different application. Lamentation. The same word as that used in <a href="/ezekiel/2-10.htm">Ezekiel 2:10</a>. The whole chapter finds a parallel in Jeremiah's review of Josiah's successors (<a href="/jeremiah/22-10.htm">Jeremiah 22:10-30</a>). It is noticeable that the princes are described as being <span class="cmt_word">of Israel.</span> The LXX. gives the singular, "the prince," and Hitzig and Ewald adopt this reading, applying it to Zedekiah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/19-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">As for you,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַתָּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">take up</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(śā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a lament</span><br /><span class="heb">קִינָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(qî·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7015.htm">Strong's 7015: </a> </span><span class="str2">An elegy, dirge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the princes</span><br /><span class="heb">נְשִׂיאֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(nə·śî·’ê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5387.htm">Strong's 5387: </a> </span><span class="str2">An exalted one, a king, sheik, a rising mist</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/19-1.htm">Ezekiel 19:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/19-1.htm">Ezekiel 19:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/19-1.htm">Ezekiel 19:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/19-1.htm">Ezekiel 19:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/19-1.htm">Ezekiel 19:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/19-1.htm">Ezekiel 19:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/19-1.htm">Ezekiel 19:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/19-1.htm">Ezekiel 19:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/19-1.htm">Ezekiel 19:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/19-1.htm">Ezekiel 19:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/19-1.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 19:1 Moreover take up a lamentation (Ezek. 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