Ezekiel 19:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Upon the ill success of Jehoahaz, Jerusalem and the Jews in the land fell from their hopes under great disappointments, for Jehoahaz is taken, deposed, carried captive by the Egyptians, instead of shaking off the Egyptian yoke. She took another; yet it is said, 2 Chronicles 36:4 2 Kings 23:34, that the king of Egypt made the next king: both true; the Jews with Pharaoh's liking, or Pharaoh with the Jews consent, advance him, whether it were Jehoiakim or Jehoiachin. Made him a young lion; king, and infused the lion-like maxims for his rules.

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.