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Ezekiel 19:5 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 5. 5Now 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.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic lament carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of…” at Ezekiel 19:5 as part of “A Lioness and Captured Cubs Lament Judah's Princes.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 19:1–9
Begin with Ezekiel 19:1–9's complete movement: A lament portrays Judah as a lioness whose royal cubs learn prey-taking before Egypt and Babylon capture them in pits and cages. At verse 19:5, The prophetic lament carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of…” at Ezekiel 19:5 as part of “A Lioness and Captured Cubs Lament Judah's Princes.”
Why It Needs Context
The prophetic lament carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of…” at Ezekiel 19:5 as part of “A Lioness and Captured Cubs Lament Judah's Princes.” Because nearby lines develop or qualify it, Ezekiel 19:1–9 supplies the minimum responsible context.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Ezekiel 19:1–9 — A Lioness and Captured Cubs Lament Judah's PrincesSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 19:1–9, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 19:1–9
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