Ezekiel 19:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Another of her whelps. — After the three months’ reign of Jehoahaz, his brother Jehoiakim was appointed king by Pharaoh (2 Kings 23:34). He was conquered and “bound in fetters” by Nebuchadnezzar, with the intention of carrying him to Babylon (2 Chronicles 36:7): he died, however, in disgrace in Jerusalem (2 Kings 24:6; comp. Jeremiah 22:18-19), and was succeeded regularly by his son Jehoiachin without foreign interference. His character, as shown in Ezekiel 19:6-7 (comp. 2 Kings 24:9; 2 Chronicles 36:9), was evil like that of his father.

Ezekiel 19:5

5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.