EZEKIEL Chapters 19-20 Lament and Rebellion

Ezekiel 19:1-2
• “As for you, raise a lamentation for the princes of Israel, (2) and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she couched, among young lions she reared her cubs. • First of five laments in Ezekiel
• The word for mourn is kinah. • The former Davidic kings were compared to a lioness
• A lioness produced cubs
• This first king was Jehoahaz, very violent
• Reigned only 3 months in 609 BCE
• Jehoichin was captured by Babylonians and taken into exile in 597 BCE
• Zedekiah was the last king•
The next 4 chapters (20-23) outline the fall of Judah and Jerusalem
• Chapter 20 is a review of the history of Israel • It shows the consistent moral decline