The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
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Interpretation
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.
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This thought runs through Ezekiel 19:4-8.
Glossary
- Egypt Place
- The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.