This chapter contains two beautiful examples of the parabolic kind of writing; the one lamenting the sad catastrophe of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim, Eze 19:1-9, and the other describing the desolation and captivity of the …
1Y tú, levanta endecha sobre los príncipes de Israel.
2Dirás: ¡Cómo se echó entre los leones tu madre la leona! Entre los leoncillos crio sus cachorros,
3e hizo subir uno de sus cachorros; vino a ser leoncillo, y aprendió a arrebatar la presa, y a devorar hombres.
4Y las naciones oyeron de él; fue tomado en la trampa de ellas, y lo llevaron con grillos a la tierra de Egipto.
5Viendo ella que había esperado mucho tiempo, y que se perdía su esperanza, tomó otro de sus cachorros, y lo puso por leoncillo.
6Y él andaba entre los leones; se hizo leoncillo, aprendió a arrebatar la presa, devoró hombres.
7Saqueó fortalezas, y asoló ciudades; y la tierra fue desolada, y cuanto había en ella, al estruendo de sus rugidos.
8Arremetieron contra él las gentes de las provincias de alrededor, y extendieron sobre él su red, y en el foso fue apresado.
9Y lo pusieron en una jaula y lo llevaron con cadenas, y lo llevaron al rey de Babilonia; lo pusieron en las fortalezas, para que su voz no se oyese más sobre los montes de Israel.
10Tu madre fue como una vid en medio de la viña, plantada junto a las aguas, dando fruto y echando vástagos a causa de las muchas aguas.
11Y ella tuvo varas fuertes para cetros de reyes; y se elevó su estatura por encima entre las ramas, y fue vista por causa de su altura y la multitud de sus sarmientos.
12Pero fue arrancada con ira, derribada en tierra, y el viento solano secó su fruto; sus ramas fuertes fueron quebradas y se secaron; las consumió el fuego.
13Y ahora está plantada en el desierto, en tierra de sequedad y de aridez.
14Y ha salido fuego de la vara de sus ramas, que ha consumido su fruto, y no ha quedado en ella vara fuerte para cetro de rey. Endecha es esta, y de endecha servirá.
ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY
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Versículo 1
I. Moreover take thou up a lamentation - Declare what is the great subject of sorrow in Israel. Comp…
Moreover take thou up a lamentation - Declare what is the great subject of sorrow in Israel. Compose a funeral dirge. Show Be melancholy fate of the kings who proceeded from Josiah. The prophet deplores the misfortune of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim, under the figure of two lion whelps, which were taken by hunters, and confined in cages. Next he shows the desolation of Jerusalem under Zedekiah, which he compares to a beautiful vine pulled up by the roots, withered, and at last burned. Calmet justly observes, that the style of this song is beautiful, and the allegory well supported throughout.
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II. What is thy mother? A lioness - Judea may here be the mother; the lioness, Jerusalem. Her lying d…
What is thy mother? A lioness - Judea may here be the mother; the lioness, Jerusalem. Her lying down among lions, her having confederacy with the neighboring kings; for lion here means king.
III
Versículo 3
III. She brought up one of her whelps - Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, whose father was conquered and slain …
She brought up one of her whelps - Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, whose father was conquered and slain by Pharaoh-necho, king of Egypt.
It learned to catch the prey - His reign was a reign of oppression and cruelty. He made his subjects his prey, and devoured their substance.
IV
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IV. The nations also heard of him - The king of Egypt, whose subjects were of divers nations, marched…
The nations also heard of him - The king of Egypt, whose subjects were of divers nations, marched against Jerusalem, took Jehoahaz prisoner, and brought him to Egypt. Thus: -
He was taken in their pit - Here is an allusion to those trap-pits digged in forests, into which the wild beasts fall, when the huntsmen, surrounding a given portion of the forest, drive the beasts in; by degrees narrowing the inclosure, till the animals come to the place where the pits are, which, being lightly covered over with branches and turf, are not perceived, and the beasts tread on them and fall in. Jehoahaz reigned only three months before he was dethroned by the king of Egypt, against whom it is apparent some craft was used, here signified by the pit, into which he fell.
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Versículo 5
V. When she saw that she had waited - Being very weak, the Jews found that they could not resist wit…
When she saw that she had waited - Being very weak, the Jews found that they could not resist with any hope of success; so the king of Egypt was permitted to do as he pleased.
She took another of her whelps - Jehoiakim.
And made him a young lion - King of Judea.
VI
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VI. And he went up and down among the lions - He became a perfect heathen, and made Judea as idolatro…
And he went up and down among the lions - He became a perfect heathen, and made Judea as idolatrous as any of the surrounding nations. He reigned eleven years, a monster of iniquity, Kg2 23:30, etc.
VII
Versículo 8
VII. The nations set against him - The Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites, and the king of Ba…
The nations set against him - The Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites, and the king of Babylon - king of many nations.
He was taken - The city was taken by Nebuchadnezzar; and Jehoiakim was taken prisoner, and sent in chains to Babylon.
VIII
Versículo 9
VIII. That his voice should no more be heard - He continued in prison many years, till the reign of Evi…
That his voice should no more be heard - He continued in prison many years, till the reign of Evil-merodach, who set him at liberty, but never suffered him to return to the mountains of Israel. "The unhappy fate of these princes, mentioned Eze 19:4, Eze 19:8, Eze 19:9, is a just subject of lamentation." - Newcome.
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IX. Thy mother (Jerusalem) is like a vine in thy blood - Of this expression I know not what to make. …
Thy mother (Jerusalem) is like a vine in thy blood - Of this expression I know not what to make. Some think the meaning is "A vine planted by the waters to produce the blood of the grape." See Deu 32:14. Others, for בדמך bedamecha, in thy blood, would read ברמון berimmon, in or at a pomegranate; like a vine planted by or beside a pomegranate-tree, by which it was to be supported. And so the Septuagint and Arabic appear to have read. Calmet reads כרמך carmecha, thy vineyard, instead of בדמך bedamecha, in thy blood. Here is no change but a ר resh for a ד daleth. This reading is supported by one of Kennicott's and one of De Rossi's MSS.: "Thy mother is like a vine in thy vineyard, planted by the waters." Though this is rather an unusual construction yet it seems the best emendation. Of the textual reading no sense can be made. There is a corruption somewhere.
Full on branches - Many princes. See next verse.
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X. She had strong rods - Zedekiah, and his many sons.
She had strong rods - Zedekiah, and his many sons.
Her stature was exalted - Zedekiah grew proud of his numerous offspring and prosperity; and although he copied the example of Jehoiakim, yet he thought he might safely rebel against the king of Babylon.
XI
Versículo 12
XI. But she was plucked up in fury - Jerusalem; taken after a violent and most destructive siege; Neb…
But she was plucked up in fury - Jerusalem; taken after a violent and most destructive siege; Nebuchadnezzar being violently enraged against Zedekiah for breaking his oath to him.
She was cast down to the ground - Jerusalem was totally ruined, by being burned to the ground.
Her strong rods were broken - The children of Zedekiah were slain before his eyes, and after that his own eyes pulled out; and he was laden with chains, and carried into Babylon.
XII
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XII. And now she is planted in the wilderness - In the land of Chaldea, whither the people have been c…
And now she is planted in the wilderness - In the land of Chaldea, whither the people have been carried captives; and which, compared with their own land, was to them a dreary wilderness.
XIII
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XIII. Fire is gone out - A vindictive and murderous disposition has taken hold: -
Fire is gone out - A vindictive and murderous disposition has taken hold: -
Of a rod of her branches - Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, who was of the blood-royal of Judah: -
Hath devoured her fruit - Hath assassinated Gedaliah, slain many people, and carried off others into the country of the Ammonites. But he was pursued by Jonathan, the son of Kareah, who slew many of his adherents, and delivered much of the people.
She hath no strong rod - None of the blood-royal of Judah left. And from that time not one of her own royal race ever sat upon the throne of Israel.
This is a lamentation - This is a most lamentable business.
And shall be for a lamentation - These predictions shall be so punctually fulfilled, and the catastrophe shall be so complete, that it shall ever remain as a lamentation; as this state of Jerusalem shall never be restored. Even to the present day this, to a Jew, is a subject of mourning.
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Ezekiel — Capítulo 19
This chapter contains two beautiful examples of the parabolic kind of writing; the one lamenting the sad catastrophe of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim, Eze 19:1-9, and the other describing the desolation and captivity of the …
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Y tú, levanta endecha sobre los príncipes de Israel.
2Dirás: ¡Cómo se echó entre los leones tu madre la leona! Entre los leoncillos crio sus cachorros,
3e hizo subir uno de sus cachorros; vino a ser leoncillo, y aprendió a arrebatar la presa, y a devorar hombres.
4Y las naciones oyeron de él; fue tomado en la trampa de ellas, y lo llevaron con grillos a la tierra de Egipto.
5Viendo ella que había esperado mucho tiempo, y que se perdía su esperanza, tomó otro de sus cachorros, y lo puso por leoncillo.
6Y él andaba entre los leones; se hizo leoncillo, aprendió a arrebatar la presa, devoró hombres.
7Saqueó fortalezas, y asoló ciudades; y la tierra fue desolada, y cuanto había en ella, al estruendo de sus rugidos.
8Arremetieron contra él las gentes de las provincias de alrededor, y extendieron sobre él su red, y en el foso fue apresado.
9Y lo pusieron en una jaula y lo llevaron con cadenas, y lo llevaron al rey de Babilonia; lo pusieron en las fortalezas, para que su voz no se oyese más sobre los montes de Israel.
10Tu madre fue como una vid en medio de la viña, plantada junto a las aguas, dando fruto y echando vástagos a causa de las muchas aguas.
11Y ella tuvo varas fuertes para cetros de reyes; y se elevó su estatura por encima entre las ramas, y fue vista por causa de su altura y la multitud de sus sarmientos.
12Pero fue arrancada con ira, derribada en tierra, y el viento solano secó su fruto; sus ramas fuertes fueron quebradas y se secaron; las consumió el fuego.
13Y ahora está plantada en el desierto, en tierra de sequedad y de aridez.
14Y ha salido fuego de la vara de sus ramas, que ha consumido su fruto, y no ha quedado en ella vara fuerte para cetro de rey. Endecha es esta, y de endecha servirá.
ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 1
I. Moreover take thou up a lamentation - Declare what is the great subject of sorrow in Israel. Comp…
Versículo 2
II. What is thy mother? A lioness - Judea may here be the mother; the lioness, Jerusalem. Her lying d…
Versículo 3
III. She brought up one of her whelps - Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, whose father was conquered and slain …
Versículo 4
IV. The nations also heard of him - The king of Egypt, whose subjects were of divers nations, marched…
Versículo 5
V. When she saw that she had waited - Being very weak, the Jews found that they could not resist wit…
Versículo 6
VI. And he went up and down among the lions - He became a perfect heathen, and made Judea as idolatro…
Versículo 8
VII. The nations set against him - The Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites, and the king of Ba…
Versículo 9
VIII. That his voice should no more be heard - He continued in prison many years, till the reign of Evi…
Versículo 10
IX. Thy mother (Jerusalem) is like a vine in thy blood - Of this expression I know not what to make. …
Versículo 11
X. She had strong rods - Zedekiah, and his many sons.
Versículo 12
XI. But she was plucked up in fury - Jerusalem; taken after a violent and most destructive siege; Neb…
Versículo 13
XII. And now she is planted in the wilderness - In the land of Chaldea, whither the people have been c…
Versículo 14
XIII. Fire is gone out - A vindictive and murderous disposition has taken hold: -