“ Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, ”
Princes of Israel - Israel is the whole nation over which the king of Judah was the rightful sovereign. Compare Ezekiel 2:3 ; Ezekiel 3:1 , Ezekiel 3:7 .
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the (a) princes of Israel, (a) That is, Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim, Josiah's sons, who for their pride and cruelty are compared to lions.
Ezekiel 19. Dirge Over the Kings. From a chapter which has the ring almost of dogmatic theology, we pass to one of pure elegiac poetry, in which Ezekiel deals a death-blow to the vain hopes reposed...
princes. Septuagint reads"prince"(singular) Here refers to Zedekiah. Israel. Put here for Judah. See note on 1 Kings 12:17 .
Here the Prophet, under the image of a lion, informs us that whatever evils happened to the Israelites could not be imputed to others. We must understand then his intention: it is not surprisin...
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, Moreover take thou up a lamentation - Declare what is the great subject of sorrow in Israel. Compose a funeral dirge. Show Be melancholy...
A lamentation for the princes of Israel— The expression alludes to the mournful songs sang at funerals. This chapter is of that species which Bishop Lowth calls, "Poetical Parables." The style of i...
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, There is a tacit antithesis between this lamentation and that of the Jews for their own miseries, the causes of which, however, t...
A Lament for the Royal House of Judah This chapter is a poem in which the measure used for a dirge or elegy is more or less traceable throughout. It describes first a lioness, two of whose whelps...
THE END OF THE MONARCHY Ezekiel 12:1-15 ; Ezekiel 17:1-24 ; Ezekiel 19:1-14 IN spite of the interest excited by Ezekiel's prophetic appearances, the exiles still received his prediction of th...
The last section in the prophet's revelation of the righteousness of reprobation consists of his lament over the fallen princes of Judah. He first referred to Jehoahaz, the son and successor of Josia...
CONTENTS The Prophet, at the command of the Lord, is, in this chapter, lamenting for the princes of Israel. The language is, as usual, figurative.
Moreover, take thou up a lamentation ,.... These words are directed to the Prophet Ezekiel, to compose a doleful ditty, a mournful song, such as was used at funerals; and by it represent the lamenta...
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, Ver. 1. Moreover take thou up a lamentation. ] A threnodia, a doleful ditty. In all ages things joyful and sorrowful were made up i...
Take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel The expression alludes to the mournful songs sung at funerals. Such a lamentation the prophet is directed to apply to the mournful condition of Jehoa...
The Fall of the Royal Family; Fall of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim. B. C. 593. 1 Moreover take...
EZEKIEL CHAPTER 19 A lamentation for the princes of Israel, under the parable of lions whelps taken in a pit, Ezekiel 19:1-9 ; and for Jerusalem, under the parable of a wasted vine, Ezekiel 19...
The Young Lions of Israel-Judah. “Moreover take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, and say.' Those who represent Judah now represent Israel, for Israel has been taken up into Judah. So t...
LAMENTATION FOR THE MISERABLE FATE AWAITING THE PRINORS AND PEOPLE OF ISRAEL (Chap. 19) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 19:1-9 . The prophet foresees the capture and exile of the Princes into Egypt and...
Ezekiel 19:2 . Thy mother was a lioness she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion. These words are cited from Jacob's testamentary benedictions, in which Judah is called a lion's wh...
EXPOSITION Ezekiel 19:1 The two sections of this chapter— Ezekiel 19:1-26 , Ezekiel 19:10-26 -are respectively two parables of the same type as that of Ezekiel 2:10 . The former tellin...
Moreover, take thou up a lamentation, an elegy, for the princes of Israel, evidently the kings then living, namely, Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin,
2 Chronicles 24:1 ; 2 Chronicles 24:8 ; 2 Chronicles 35:25 ; 2 Chronicles 36:10 ; 2 Chronicles 36:3 ; 2 Chronicles 36:6 ; 2 Chronicles 52:10 ; 2 Chronicles 52:11 ; 2 Chronicles 52:25-27 ; 2...
For the princes — Jehoahaz, Jehoiachim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah.