Ezekiel 19:5

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Then, when she had seen that she was weakened, and that her hope had perished, she took one of her little ones, and appointed him as a lion.

Cross References

Genesis 49:9

Judah is a lion's young. You have gone up to the prey, my son. While resting, you have lain like a lion. And just like a lioness, who would rouse him?

2 Samuel 17:8

And again Hushai declared, "You know your father, and the men who are with him, to be very strong and bitter in soul, comparable to a bear raging in the forest when her young have been taken away. Moreover, your father is a man of war, and so he will not live among the people.

Ezekiel 19:3

And she led away one of her little ones, and he became a lion. And he learned to seize prey and to consume men.

Ezekiel 19:4

And the Gentiles heard about him, and they seized him, but not without receiving wounds. And they led him away in chains to the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 19:6

And he advanced among the lions, and he became a lion. And he learned to seize prey and to devour men.