1-9 A lamentation for the princes of Israel, under the parable of lion's whelps taken in a pit 10-14 and for Jerusalem, under the parable of a wasted vine

Take Eze 19:14 2:10 26:17 27:2 32:16,18 Jer 9:1,10,17,18 13:17,18

the princes 2Ki 23:29,30,34 24:6,12 25:5-7 2Ch 35:25 36:3,6,10 Jer 22:10-12,18 Jer 22:19,28,30 24:1,8 52:10,11,25-27 La 4:20 5:12

2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

A lioness Judea, which possessed strength, courage, and sovereignty Na 2:11,12 Zep 3:1-4

she lay Had confederacy with the neighbouring kings, and learned their manners.

her whelps The sons of Josiah, who learned to be oppressive tyrants from the surrounding princes

young lions Job 4:11 Ps 58:6 Isa 5:29 11:6-9 Zec 11:3

3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

one Jehoahaz, made king of Israel instead of Josiah, who became cruel and oppressive.

it became Eze 19:6 2Ki 23:31,32 2Ch 36:1,2

4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

he was Taken prisoner by Pharaoh-necho, and brought into Egypt 2Ki 23:31,33,34 2Ch 36:4,6 Jer 22:11,12,18

5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

another Jehoiakim Eze 19:3 2Ki 23:34-37

a young lion King of Judah

6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.

he went Became a perfect heathen: he reigned eleven years, a monster of iniquity. 2Ki 24:1-7 2Ch 36:5 Jer 22:13-17 Eze 26:1-21 36:1-38

he became Eze 19:3

7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

desolate places. or, widows
and the land Eze 22:25 Pr 19:12 28:3,15,16

the fulness Eze 12:19 30:12 Am 6:8 Mic 1:2

8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

the nations 2Ki 24:1-6

and spread Eze 19:4 12:13 17:20 La 4:20

9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

chains. or, hooks.
and brought 2Ch 36:6 Jer 22:18,19 36:30,31

that his Eze 19:7 6:2 36:1 6:2

10 Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

mother Eze 19:2 Ho 2:2,5

like Eze 15:2-8 17:6 Isa 5:1-4 Mt 21:33-41

blood. or, quietness, or, likeness
she was Nu 24:6,7 De 8:7,9 Ps 80:8-11 89:25-29

full
Many princes

11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.

she had Many powerful sovereigns, who rendered Judah very considerable among the nations. Eze 19:12,14 21:10,13 Ge 49:10 Nu 24:7-9,17 Ezr 4:20 5:11 Ps 2:8,9 80:15,17 110:2 Isa 11:1

her stature Eze 31:3 Da 4:11,20,21

12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

she was The kingdom was entirely ruined, and her princes cut off Eze 15:6-8 Ps 52:5 80:12,13,16 89:40-45 Isa 5:5,6 Jer 31:28

the east Eze 17:10 Jer 4:11,12 Ho 13:15

strong Eze 19:11 2Ki 23:29,34 24:6,14-16 25:6,7 Jer 22:10,11,18,19,25-27 Eze 22:30

the fire Eze 15:4 20:47,48 De 32:22 Isa 27:11 Mt 3:10 Joh 15:6

13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.

she is Eze 19:10 De 28:47,48 Jer 52:27-31

in the wilderness. In Chaldea, whither they were carried captive

in a dry Ps 63:1 68:6 Ho 2:3

14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

fire. The treachery of Zedekiah hath caused her utter ruin. Eze 17:18-20 Jud 9:15 2Ki 24:20 2Ch 36:13 Isa 9:18,19 Jer 38:23 52:3

she hath Eze 19:11 21:25-27 Ge 49:10 Ne 9:37 Ps 79:7 80:15,16 Ho 3:4 10:3 Am 9:11 Joh 19:15

This is Eze 19:1 La 4:20 Lu 19:41 Ro 9:2-4