--- title: Ezekiel 19 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Ezekiel chapter 19 of the Tanakh (Nevi'im — the Prophets) in Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/19/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Ezekiel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/) / chapter 19 # Ezekiel 19 14 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [19:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.19.1/) — וְאַתָּה שָׂא קִינָה אֶל־נְשִׂיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ — Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, - [19:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.19.2/) — וְאָמַרְתָּ מָה אִמְּךָ לְבִיָּא בֵּין אֲרָיוֹת רָבָצָה בְּתוֹךְ כְּפִרִים רִבְּתָה גוּרֶֽיהָ׃ — and say: How was thy mother a lioness; among lions she couched, in the midst of the young lions she reared her whelps! - [19:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.19.3/) — וַתַּעַל אֶחָד מִגֻּרֶיהָ כְּפִיר הָיָה וַיִּלְמַד לִטְרָף־טֶרֶף אָדָם אָכָֽל׃ — And she brought up one of her whelps, he became a young lion; and he learned to catch the prey, he devoured men. - [19:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.19.4/) — וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֵלָיו גּוֹיִם בְּשַׁחְתָּם נִתְפָּשׂ וַיְבִאֻהוּ בַֽחַחִים אֶל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃ — Then the nations assembled against him, he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt. - [19:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.19.5/) — וַתֵּרֶא כִּי נֽוֹחֲלָה אָבְדָה תִּקְוָתָהּ וַתִּקַּח אֶחָד מִגֻּרֶיהָ כְּפִיר שָׂמָֽתְהוּ׃ — Now when she saw that she was disappointed, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. - [19:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.19.6/) — וַיִּתְהַלֵּךְ בְּתוֹךְ־אֲרָיוֹת כְּפִיר הָיָה וַיִּלְמַד לִטְרָף־טֶרֶף אָדָם אָכָֽל׃ — And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion; and he learned to catch the prey, he devoured men. - [19:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.19.7/) — וַיֵּדַע אַלְמְנוֹתָיו וְעָרֵיהֶם הֶחֱרִיב וַתֵּשַׁם אֶרֶץ וּמְלֹאָהּ מִקּוֹל שַׁאֲגָתֽוֹ׃ — And he knew their castles, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring. - [19:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.19.8/) — וַיִּתְּנוּ עָלָיו גּוֹיִם סָבִיב מִמְּדִינוֹת וַֽיִּפְרְשׂוּ עָלָיו רִשְׁתָּם בְּשַׁחְתָּם נִתְפָּֽשׂ׃ — Then the nations cried out against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him, he was taken in their pit. - [19:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.19.9/) — וַֽיִּתְּנֻהוּ בַסּוּגַר בַּֽחַחִים וַיְבִאֻהוּ אֶל־מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל יְבִאֻהוּ בַּמְּצֹדוֹת לְמַעַן לֹא־יִשָּׁמַע קוֹלוֹ עוֹד אֶל־הָרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ — And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; that they might bring him into strongholds, so that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel. - [19:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.19.10/) — אִמְּךָ כַגֶּפֶן בְּדָמְךָ עַל־מַיִם שְׁתוּלָה פֹּֽרִיָּה וַֽעֲנֵפָה הָיְתָה מִמַּיִם רַבִּֽים׃ — Thy mother was like a vine, in thy likeness, planted by the waters; she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. - [19:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.19.11/) — וַיִּֽהְיוּ־לָהּ מַטּוֹת עֹז אֶל־שִׁבְטֵי מֹֽשְׁלִים וַתִּגְבַּהּ קֽוֹמָתוֹ עַל־בֵּין עֲבֹתִים וַיֵּרָא בְגָבְהוֹ בְּרֹב דָּלִיֹּתָֽיו׃ — And she had strong rods to be sceptres for them that bore rule; and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she was seen in her height with the multitude of her tendrils. - [19:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.19.12/) — וַתֻּתַּשׁ בְּחֵמָה לָאָרֶץ הֻשְׁלָכָה וְרוּחַ הַקָּדִים הוֹבִישׁ פִּרְיָהּ הִתְפָּרְקוּ וְיָבֵשׁוּ מַטֵּה עֻזָּהּ אֵשׁ אֲכָלָֽתְהוּ׃ — 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 off and withered, the fire consumed her. - [19:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.19.13/) — וְעַתָּה שְׁתוּלָה בַמִּדְבָּר בְּאֶרֶץ צִיָּה וְצָמָֽא׃ — And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. - [19:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.19.14/) — וַתֵּצֵא אֵשׁ מִמַּטֵּה בַדֶּיהָ פִּרְיָהּ אָכָלָה וְלֹא־הָיָה בָהּ מַטֵּה־עֹז שֵׁבֶט לִמְשׁוֹל קִינָה הִיא וַתְּהִי לְקִינָֽה׃פ — And fire is gone out of the rod of her branches, it hath devoured her fruit, so that there is in her no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule.' This is a lamentation, and it was for a lamentation. - ← previous: [Ezekiel 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/18/) - next →: [Ezekiel 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/20/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/)