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Ezekiel 19

Ezekiel 19:10

A Lament for the Princes of Israel · Ezekiel 19:1–14
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Translations

Modern
Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.
Traditional
Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
Literal
Your mother was was like a vine in your vineyard; by the waters she was planted; she was fruitful and full of branches from the many waters.
Latin
Mater tua quasi vinea in sanguine tuo super aquam plantata est: fructus ejus et frondes ejus creverunt ex aquis multis.

Original

Hebrew
English
Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.

Notes

Ezekiel 19:10

The vine clearly represents Judah, whom the Lord had planted and cared for in the best possible conditions.

Ezekiel 19:1–14

  • In the ancient Near East, a funeral song had a special rhythm and style. It usually praised the good qualities of the person who had died. It also compared past glory with the present loss.

    In this chapter, however, the people being mourned were not yet dead. The song does not praise them. Instead, it lists their sins and failures. This funeral song clearly shows that their judgment was certain and explains why it would happen.

  • The lion (Ezekiel 19:2–9) and the vine (19:10–14) were common pictures for Israel’s princes and for the royal family of Judah. These images would have been familiar to the people who first heard this message.

Ezekiel 15:1–24:14

This section includes eight metaphors, each showing from a different angle the certainty of Jerusalem's upcoming judgment. The images are of:

  1. a worthless vine (Ezekiel 15);

  2. a faithless wife (Ezekiel 16);

  3. a vine and two eagles (Ezekiel 17);

  4. Sour grapes (Ezekiel 18);

  5. a lion and her cubs (Ezekiel 19);

  6. a sword (Ezekiel 21);

  7. two corrupt sisters (Ezekiel 23); and

  8. a cooking pot (Ezekiel 24).

Events

Glossary

Ezekiel, Book of

Topics

Grape: Parables of the Vine Parables of the Vine Symbols and Similitudes: A Vine Vine: Parables of