Ezekiel 19:2

King James Version (KJV)

And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

What is thy mother? A lioness - Judea may here be the mother; the lioness, Jerusalem. Her lying down among lions, her having confederacy with the neighboring kings; for lion here means king.

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Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

Thy mother - The people represented by Judah. Compare Genesis 49:9; Numbers 23:24.

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Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary

Ezekiel is to compare the kingdom of Judah to a lioness. He must compare the kings of Judah to a lion's whelps; they were cruel and oppressive to their own subjects. The righteousness of God is to be acknowledged, when those who have terrified and enslaved others, are themselves terrified and enslaved. When professors of religion form connexions with ungodly persons, their children usually grow up following after the maxims and fashions of a wicked world. Advancement to authority discovers the ambition and selfishness of men's hearts; and those who spend their lives in mischief, generally end them by violence.

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