5 " 'When she saw her hope unfulfilled, her expectation gone, she took another of her cubs and made him a strong lion.
5 Now 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.
5 When she saw that she waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
5 When the lioness saw she was luckless, that her hope for that cub was gone, She took her other cub and made him a strong young lion.
5 'When she saw that she waited, that her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
5 "When the lioness saw that her hopes for him were gone, she took another of her cubs and taught him to be a strong young lion.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 19:5
Commentary on Ezekiel 19:1-9
(Read Ezekiel 19:1-9)
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. The righteousness of God is to be acknowledged, when those who have terrified and enslaved others, are themselves terrified and enslaved. When professors of religion form connexions with ungodly persons, their children usually grow up following after the maxims and fashions of a wicked world. Advancement to authority discovers the ambition and selfishness of men's hearts; and those who spend their lives in mischief, generally end them by violence.