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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Ezekiel 19 BSB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/19.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap//ezekiel/19-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BSB</a> > Ezekiel 19</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/18.htm" title="Ezekiel 18">◄</a> Ezekiel 19 <a href="../ezekiel/20.htm" title="Ezekiel 20">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Berean Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/ezekiel/19.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">A Lament for the Princes of Israel<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/19-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/19-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and say: <p class="indent1stline">‘What was your mother? <p class="indent2"> A lioness among the lions! <p class="indent1"> She lay down among the young lions; <p class="indent2"> she reared her cubs. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/19-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>She brought up one of her cubs, <p class="indent2"> and he became a young lion. <p class="indent1"> After learning to tear his prey, <p class="indent2"> he devoured men. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/19-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>When the nations heard of him, <p class="indent2"> he was trapped in their pit. <p class="indent1"> With hooks they led him away <p class="indent2"> to the land of Egypt. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/19-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When she saw that she had waited in vain, <p class="indent2"> that her hope was lost, <p class="indent1"> she took another of her cubs <p class="indent2"> and made him a young lion. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/19-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He prowled among the lions, <p class="indent2"> and became a young lion. <p class="indent1"> After learning to tear his prey, <p class="indent2"> he devoured men. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/19-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He broke down their strongholds<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent2"> and devastated their cities. <p class="indent1"> The land and everything in it <p class="indent2"> shuddered at the sound of his roaring. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the nations set out against him <p class="indent2"> from the provinces on every side. <p class="indent1"> They spread their net over him; <p class="indent2"> he was trapped in their pit. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>With hooks they caged him <p class="indent2"> and brought him to the king of Babylon. <p class="indent1"> They brought him into captivity <p class="indent2"> so that his roar was heard no longer <p class="indent2"> on the mountains of Israel. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent2"> planted by the water; <p class="indent1"> it was fruitful and full of branches <p class="indent2"> because of the abundant waters. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. <p class="indent2"> It towered high above the thick branches, <p class="indent1"> conspicuous for its height <p class="indent2"> and for its dense foliage. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But it was uprooted in fury, <p class="indent2"> cast down to the ground, <p class="indent2"> and the east wind dried up its fruit. <p class="indent1"> Its strong branches were stripped off <p class="indent2"> and they withered; <p class="indent2"> the fire consumed them. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/19-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Now it is planted in the wilderness, <p class="indent2"> in a dry and thirsty land. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Fire has gone out from its main branch <p class="indent2"> and devoured its fruit; <p class="indent1"> on it no strong branch remains <p class="indent2"> fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ <p class="reg"> This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>He knew their widows</i> or <i>He seized their widows</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Some Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts <i>in your bloodline</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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