Ezek 19:3 'When she brought up one of her cubs, He became a lion, And he learned to tear his prey; He devoured men.
Ezek 19:4 'Then nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.
Ezek 19:5 'When she saw, as she waited, That her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs And made him a young lion.
Ezek 19:6 'And he walked about among the lions; He became a young lion, He learned to tear his prey; He devoured men.
Ezek 19:7 'He destroyed their fortified towers And laid waste their cities; And the land and its fullness were appalled Because of the sound of his roaring.
Ezek 19:8 'Then nations set against him On every side from their provinces, And they spread their net over him; He was captured in their pit.
Ezek 19:9 'They put him in a cage with hooks And brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in hunting nets So that his voice would be heard no more On the mountains of Israel.
Ezek 19:10 'Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, Planted by the waters; It was fruitful and full of branches Because of abundant waters.
Ezek 19:11 'And it had strong branches fit for scepters of rulers, And its height was raised above the clouds So that it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.
Ezek 19:12 'But it was plucked up in fury; It was cast down to the ground; And the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branch was torn off So that it withered; The fire consumed it.
Ezek 19:13 'And now it is planted in the wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land.
Ezek 19:14 'And fire has gone out from its branch; It has consumed its shoots and fruit, So that there is not in it a strong branch, A scepter to rule.'" This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.
Ezek 20:1 Now in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me.
Ezek 20:2 And the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Ezek 20:3 "Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Do you come to inquire of Me? As I live," declares the Lord GOD, "I will not be inquired of by you."'
Ezek 20:4 "Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Make them know the abominations of their fathers;
Ezek 20:5 and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "On the day when I chose Israel and swore to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am the LORD your God,
Ezek 20:6 on that day I swore to them, to bring them out from the land of Egypt into a land that I had selected for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.
Ezek 20:7 "I said to them, 'Cast away, each of you, the detestable things of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.'
Ezek 20:8 "But they rebelled against Me and were not willing to listen to Me; they did not cast away the detestable things of their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. ¶ Then I resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.