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Ezekiel
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“Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, See also: Ezekiel 26:17Ezekiel 27:22 Kings 23:29-30and say, ‘What was your mother? A lioness. She couched among lions, in the middle of the young lions she nourished her cubs. See also: Psalms 58:6Zephaniah 3:1-4Job 4:11She brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men. See also: Ezekiel 19:6Ezekiel 22:252 Kings 23:31-32The nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. See also: 2 Kings 23:33-342 Chronicles 36:42 Chronicles 36:6“‘Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion. See also: 2 Kings 23:34-37Ezekiel 19:3He went up and down among the lions. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men. See also: 2 Chronicles 36:92 Kings 24:9Jeremiah 22:13-17He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities. The land was desolate with its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring. See also: Ezekiel 30:12Amos 6:8Micah 1:2Then the nations attacked him on every side from the provinces. They spread their net over him. He was taken in their pit. See also: Ezekiel 19:4Lamentations 4:20Ezekiel 12:13They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into strongholds, so that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel. See also: 2 Chronicles 36:6Ezekiel 6:2Jeremiah 22:18-19“‘Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. It was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. See also: Psalms 80:8-11Deuteronomy 8:7Matthew 21:33-41It had strong branches for the scepters of those who ruled. Their stature was exalted among the thick boughs. They were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches. See also: Ezekiel 31:3Psalms 80:15Daniel 4:11But it was plucked up in fury. It was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were broken off and withered. The fire consumed them. See also: Ezekiel 17:10Hosea 13:15Isaiah 27:11Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. See also: Hosea 2:3Ezekiel 19:102 Kings 24:12-16Fire has gone out of its branches. It has devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong branch to be a scepter to rule.’ This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.” See also: Psalms 80:15-16Ezekiel 19:112 Kings 24:20
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)10 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Ezekiel 19:1
Ver. 1. Princes: sons of Josias, who were so wretched. The latter part of this beautiful canticle, or allegory, (v. 10.) regards Sedecias. C.
↑ 1Ezekiel 19:2
Ver. 2. Lioness; Jerusalem (Ch.) which made alliances with the lions, or nations. C.
↑ 2Ezekiel 19:3
Ver. 3. Whelps; Joachaz, or Sellum, (Ch.) who reigned only three months, like his brother Jechonias. H. --- The four last kings were all cruel. W.
↑ 3Ezekiel 19:4
Ver. 4. But. Heb. "he was taken in their pit," (Prot. H.) as also v. 8. Sept. "in his or their corruption." We do not read that Joachaz fought, (C.) though this passage insinuates as much.
Sanct. 4 K. xxiii. 30. &c.
↑ 4Ezekiel 19:5
Ver. 5. Lions: Joakim. Ch. --- He reigned eleven years; but was such a monster, that the prophet does not speak of him or bewail his fate. 4 K. xxiii. 34. Jer.
xxii. 19. His words are applicable to Jechonias alone; who was cruel and banished to Babylon. v. 8. C.
↑ 5Ezekiel 19:8
Ver. 8. Nations: rovers of Chaldea, Syria, &c. 4 K. xxiv. 2. W. --- Wounds. Heb.
"pit." He was besieged, (4 K. xxiv. 11. C.) and gave himself up. H.
↑ 8Ezekiel 19:10
Ver. 10. Blood. She has given birth to many kings. M. --- The original may be inaccurate, and perhaps should be, "a vine-tree or branch:" (C.) cormoc instead of bedammecha. Sept. read kerimmon, "like a rose-flower," planted,
&c. H. --- He speaks of Sedecias more obscurely. C. ---
The kingdom had flourished under David and Solomon. It afterwards lost its splendour under wicked kings, and all the tribes were removed. W.
↑ 10Ezekiel 19:11
Ver. 11. Rods. The king had many children, and confided in them, but they were slain.
↑ 11Ezekiel 19:13
Ver. 13. Dry; unfit for vine-trees. He speaks of the prison of Babylon. C. --- The country was naturally wet. H.
↑ 13Ezekiel 19:14
Ver. 14. Fire. Ismael, who slew Godolias, was of the royal family. Jer. xli. &c. C.
↑ 14License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses