Ezekiel 19:1

Easy To Read Version

\{God said to me,\} “You must sing this sad song about the leaders of Israel.

Cross References

2 Kings 23:34

Pharaoh Neco made Josiah’s son Eliakim the new king. Eliakim took the place of Josiah his father. Pharaoh Neco changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. And Pharaoh Neco took Jehoahaz away to Egypt. Jehoahaz died in Egypt.

2 Kings 24:12

Jehoiachin king of Judah went out to meet the king of Babylon. Jehoiachin’s mother, his officers, leaders, and officials also went with him. Then the king of Babylon captured Jehoiachin. This was during the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s rule.

2 Kings 24:6

Jehoiakim {died and} was buried with his ancestors. [316] Jehoiakim’s son Jehoiachin became the new king after him.

2 Chronicles 35:25

Jeremiah wrote and sang some funeral songs for Josiah. And the men and women singers still sing those sad songs today. It became something the people of Israel always do—they sing a sad song for Josiah. Those songs are written in the book, Funeral Songs.

2 Chronicles 36:10

In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent some servants to get Jehoiachin. They brought Jehoiachin and some valuable treasures from the Lord’s temple {\cf2\super [452]} to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar chose Zedekiah to be the new king of Judah and Jerusalem. Zedekiah was one of Jehoiachin’s relatives.

2 Chronicles 36:3

Then King Neco from Egypt made Jehoahaz a prisoner. Neco made the people of Judah pay 3 3/4 tons {\cf2\super [450]} of silver and 75 pounds {\cf2\super [451]} of gold for a fine.

2 Chronicles 36:6

King Nebuchadnezzar from Babylon attacked Judah. He made Jehoiakim a prisoner and put bronze chains on him. Then Nebuchadnezzar took King Jehoiakim to Babylon.

Jeremiah 22:28

Coniah (Jehoiachin) is like a broken pot\par that some person threw away.\par He is like a pot that no person wants.\par Why will Jehoiachin and his children\par be thrown out?\par Why will they be thrown away\par into a foreign land?\par

Jeremiah 22:30

The Lord says,\par “Write this down about Jehoiachin:\par ‘He is a man that has no children anymore!\par Jehoiachin will not be successful\par in his lifetime.\par And none of his children\par will sit on the throne of David.\par None of his children\par will rule in Judah.’”\par

Jeremiah 24:1

The Lord showed me these things: I saw two baskets of figs arranged in front of the temple {\cf2\super [196]} of the Lord. (I saw this vision after Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, took Jeconiah {\cf2\super [197]} as a prisoner. Jeconiah was the son of King Jehoiakim. Jeconiah and his important officials were taken away from Jerusalem. They were taken to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar also took away all the carpenters and metal-workers of Judah.)

Jeremiah 24:8

“But Zedekiah king of Judah will be like those figs that are too rotten to eat. Zedekiah, his high officials, all the people that are left in Jerusalem, and those people of Judah that are living in Egypt will be like those rotten figs.

Jeremiah 9:1

If my head was filled with water,\par and if my eyes were a fountain of tears,\par I would cry day and night\par for my people that have been destroyed.\par

Jeremiah 9:10

I (Jeremiah) will cry loud for the mountains.\par I will sing a funeral song\par for the empty fields.\par Why? Because the living things\par were taken away.\par No person travels there now.\par The sounds of cattle can’t be heard there.\par The birds have flown away\par and the animals are gone.\par

Lamentations 4:20

The king was very important to us.\par He was like the breath we breathe.\par But the king was trapped by them.\par The king was chosen by the Lord himself.\par We had said about the king,\par “We will live in his shadow.\par He protects us from the nations.”\par

Lamentations 5:12

The enemy hanged our princes.\par They didn’t honor our elders.\par

Ezekiel 19:14

A fire started in the large branch\par and spread to destroy all of its\par vines and fruit.\par So there was no strong walking stick.\par There was no king’s scepter.’ {\cf2\super [137]} \par

Ezekiel 19:2

“‘Your mother is like a female lion\par lying there with the male lions.\par She went to lie down with\par the young male lions,\par and had many babies.\par

Ezekiel 26:17

They will sing this sad song about you:

Ezekiel 27:2

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [217]} sing this sad song about Tyre.

Ezekiel 27:32

“And in their heavy crying they will sing this sad song about you, and cry about you.

Ezekiel 28:12

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [236]} sing this sad song about the king of Tyre. Say to him, ‘The Lord my Master says these things:

Ezekiel 32:16

“This is a sad song that people will sing for Egypt. The daughters (cities) in other nations will sing this sad song about Egypt. They will sing it as a sad song about Egypt and all its people.” The Lord my Master said those things!

Ezekiel 32:18

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [262]} cry for the people of Egypt. Lead Egypt and those daughters from powerful nations to the grave. Lead them to the world below where they will be with the other people that went down into that deep hole.

Ezekiel 32:2

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [259]} sing this sad song about Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Say to him:

Amos 5:1

People of Israel, listen to this song. This funeral song is about you.