2. thy mother —the mother of Jehoiachin, the representative of David's line in exile with Ezekiel. The "mother" is Judea: "a lioness," as being fierce in catching prey ( Ezekiel 19:3 ), referring to her heathenish practices. Jerusalem was called Ariel (the lion of God) in a good sense ( Ezekiel 19:3- : ); and Judah "a lion's whelp . . . a lion . . . an old lion" ( Genesis 49:9 ), to which, as also to Numbers 23:24 ; Numbers 24:9 , this passage alludes. nourished . . . among young lions —She herself had "lain" among lions, that is, had intercourse with the corruptions of the surrounding heathen and had brought up the royal young ones similarly: utterly degenerate from the stock of Abraham. Lay down —or "couched," is appropriate to the lion, the Arab name of which means "the coucher." return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-3" class="com-number"
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