## Ezekiel Chapter 19

###### Ezekiel 19:1
[Ezekiel 19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/19:1)

וְאַתָּה֙ שָׂ֣א קִינָ֔ה אֶל־נְשִׂיאֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Yisra᾽el,


###### Ezekiel 19:2
[Ezekiel 19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/19:2)

וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ מָ֤ה אִמְּךָ֙ לְבִיָּ֔א בֵּ֥ין אֲרָי֖וֹת רָבָ֑צָה בְּת֥וֹךְ כְּפִרִ֖ים רִבְּתָ֥ה גוּרֶֽיהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and say, What a lioness was thy mother! she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.


###### Ezekiel 19:3
[Ezekiel 19:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/19:3)

וַתַּ֛עַל אֶחָ֥ד מִגֻּרֶ֖יהָ כְּפִ֣יר הָיָ֑ה וַיִּלְמַ֥ד לִטְרׇף־טֶ֖רֶף אָדָ֥ם אָכָֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.


###### Ezekiel 19:4
[Ezekiel 19:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/19:4)

וַיִּשְׁמְע֥וּ אֵלָ֛יו גּוֹיִ֖ם בְּשַׁחְתָּ֣ם נִתְפָּ֑שׂ וַיְבִאֻ֥הוּ בַחַחִ֖ים אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Miżrayim.


###### Ezekiel 19:5
[Ezekiel 19:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/19:5)

וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ כִּ֣י נֽוֹחֲלָ֔ה אָבְדָ֖ה תִּקְוָתָ֑הּ וַתִּקַּ֛ח אֶחָ֥ד מִגֻּרֶ֖יהָ כְּפִ֥יר שָׂמָֽתְהוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now when she saw that though she had waited, her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.


###### Ezekiel 19:6
[Ezekiel 19:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/19:6)

וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ בְּתוֹךְ־אֲרָי֖וֹת כְּפִ֣יר הָיָ֑ה וַיִּלְמַ֥ד לִטְרׇף־טֶ֖רֶף אָדָ֥ם אָכָֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.


###### Ezekiel 19:7
[Ezekiel 19:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/19:7)

וַיֵּ֙דַע֙ אַלְמְנוֹתָ֔יו וְעָרֵיהֶ֖ם הֶחֱרִ֑יב וַתֵּ֤שַׁם אֶ֙רֶץ֙ וּמְלֹאָ֔הּ מִקּ֖וֹל שַׁאֲגָתֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he knew their palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land and all that was in it was appalled by the noise of his roaring.


###### Ezekiel 19:8
[Ezekiel 19:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/19:8)

וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ עָלָ֥יו גּוֹיִ֛ם סָבִ֖יב מִמְּדִינ֑וֹת וַֽיִּפְרְשׂ֥וּ עָלָ֛יו רִשְׁתָּ֖ם בְּשַׁחְתָּ֥ם נִתְפָּֽשׂ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then the nations set on him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.


###### Ezekiel 19:9
[Ezekiel 19:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/19:9)

וַֽיִּתְּנֻ֤הוּ בַסּ֙וּגַר֙ בַּחַחִ֔ים וַיְבִאֻ֖הוּ אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֑ל יְבִאֻ֙הוּ֙ בַּמְּצֹד֔וֹת לְמַ֗עַן לֹא־יִשָּׁמַ֥ע קוֹל֛וֹ ע֖וֹד אֶל־הָרֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Bavel: they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Yisra᾽el.


###### Ezekiel 19:10
[Ezekiel 19:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/19:10)

אִמְּךָ֥ כַגֶּ֛פֶן בְּדָמְךָ֖ עַל־מַ֣יִם שְׁתוּלָ֑ה פֹּֽרִיָּה֙ וַעֲנֵפָ֔ה הָיְתָ֖ה מִמַּ֥יִם רַבִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thy mother is like the vine in thy likeness, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.


###### Ezekiel 19:11
[Ezekiel 19:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/19:11)

וַיִּֽהְיוּ־לָ֞הּ מַטּ֣וֹת עֹ֗ז אֶל־שִׁבְטֵי֙ מֹֽשְׁלִ֔ים וַתִּגְבַּ֥הּ קוֹמָת֖וֹ עַל־בֵּ֣ין עֲבֹתִ֑ים וַיֵּרָ֣א בְגׇבְה֔וֹ בְּרֹ֖ב דָּלִיֹּתָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bore rule, and its stature was exalted among the thick branches, and it appeared in its height with the multitude of its tendrils.


###### Ezekiel 19:12
[Ezekiel 19:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/19:12)

וַתֻּתַּ֤שׁ בְּחֵמָה֙ לָאָ֣רֶץ הֻשְׁלָ֔כָה וְר֥וּחַ הַקָּדִ֖ים הוֹבִ֣ישׁ פִּרְיָ֑הּ הִתְפָּרְק֧וּ וְיָבֵ֛שׁוּ מַטֵּ֥ה עֻזָּ֖הּ אֵ֥שׁ אֲכָלָֽתְהוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed it.


###### Ezekiel 19:13
[Ezekiel 19:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/19:13)

וְעַתָּ֖ה שְׁתוּלָ֣ה בַמִּדְבָּ֑ר בְּאֶ֖רֶץ צִיָּ֥ה וְצָמָֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.


###### Ezekiel 19:14
[Ezekiel 19:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/19:14)

וַתֵּצֵ֨א אֵ֜שׁ מִמַּטֵּ֤ה בַדֶּ֙יהָ֙ פִּרְיָ֣הּ אָכָ֔לָה וְלֹא־הָ֥יָה בָ֛הּ מַטֵּה־עֹ֖ז שֵׁ֣בֶט לִמְשׁ֑וֹל קִ֥ינָה הִ֖יא וַתְּהִ֥י לְקִינָֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And fire is gone out of the rod of her branches; it has devoured her fruit, so that she has no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and a lamentation it has become.