Apologetics Bible

Ezekiel 19:1

Hebrew

וְאַתָּה שָׂא קִינָה אֶל־נְשִׂיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

ve'atah-sha'-qiynah-'el-neshiy'ey-yishera'el

KJV: Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

AKJV: Moreover take you up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

ASV: Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

YLT: And thou, lift up a lamentation unto princes of Israel,

Exposition: Ezekiel 19:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 19:2

Hebrew

וְאָמַרְתָּ מָה אִמְּךָ לְבִיָּא בֵּין אֲרָיוֹת רָבָצָה בְּתוֹךְ כְּפִרִים רִבְּתָה גוּרֶֽיהָ׃

ve'amareta-mah-'imekha-leviya'-veyn-'arayvot-ravatzah-vetvokhe-khefiriym-rivetah-gvreyha

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

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

ASV: and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

YLT: and thou hast said: What is thy mother? --a lioness, Among lions she hath crouched down, In the midst of young lions she hath multiplied her whelps.

Exposition: Ezekiel 19:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 19:3

Hebrew

וַתַּעַל אֶחָד מִגֻּרֶיהָ כְּפִיר הָיָה וַיִּלְמַד לִטְרָף־טֶרֶף אָדָם אָכָֽל׃

vata'al-'echad-migureyha-khefiyr-hayah-vayilemad-literaf-teref-'adam-'akhal

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

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

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

YLT: And she bringeth up one of her whelps, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.

Exposition: Ezekiel 19:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 19:4

Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֵלָיו גּוֹיִם בְּשַׁחְתָּם נִתְפָּשׂ וַיְבִאֻהוּ בַֽחַחִים אֶל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

vayisheme'v-'elayv-gvoyim-veshachetam-nitefash-vayevi'uhv-vachachiym-'el-'eretz-mitzerayim

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

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

ASV: The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.

YLT: And hear of it do nations, In their pit it hath been caught, And they bring it in with chains unto the land of Egypt.

Exposition: Ezekiel 19:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 19:5

Hebrew

וַתֵּרֶא כִּי נֽוֹחֲלָה אָבְדָה תִּקְוָתָהּ וַתִּקַּח אֶחָד מִגֻּרֶיהָ כְּפִיר שָׂמָֽתְהוּ׃

vatere'-khiy-nvochalah-'avedah-tiqevatah-vatiqach-'echad-migureyha-khefiyr-shamatehv

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: 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.

YLT: And she seeth, that stayed--perished hath her hope, And she taketh one of her whelps, A young lion she hath made it.

Exposition: Ezekiel 19:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 19:6

Hebrew

וַיִּתְהַלֵּךְ בְּתוֹךְ־אֲרָיוֹת כְּפִיר הָיָה וַיִּלְמַד לִטְרָף־טֶרֶף אָדָם אָכָֽל׃

vayitehalekhe-vetvokhe-'arayvot-khefiyr-hayah-vayilemad-literaf-teref-'adam-'akhal

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

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

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

YLT: And it goeth up and down in the midst of lions, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.

Exposition: Ezekiel 19:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 19:7

Hebrew

וַיֵּדַע אַלְמְנוֹתָיו וְעָרֵיהֶם הֶחֱרִיב וַתֵּשַׁם אֶרֶץ וּמְלֹאָהּ מִקּוֹל שַׁאֲגָתֽוֹ׃

vayeda'-'alemenvotayv-ve'areyhem-hecheriyv-vatesham-'eretz-vmelo'ah-miqvol-sha'agatvo

KJV: 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.

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

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

YLT: And it knoweth his forsaken habitations, And their cities it hath laid waste, And desolate is the land and its fulness, Because of the voice of his roaring.

Exposition: Ezekiel 19:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 19:8

Hebrew

וַיִּתְּנוּ עָלָיו גּוֹיִם סָבִיב מִמְּדִינוֹת וַֽיִּפְרְשׂוּ עָלָיו רִשְׁתָּם בְּשַׁחְתָּם נִתְפָּֽשׂ׃

vayitenv-'alayv-gvoyim-saviyv-mimediynvot-vayifereshv-'alayv-rishetam-veshachetam-nitefash

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

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

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

YLT: And set against it do nations Round about from the provinces. And they spread out for it their net, In their pit it hath been caught.

Exposition: Ezekiel 19:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 19:9

Hebrew

וַֽיִּתְּנֻהוּ בַסּוּגַר בַּֽחַחִים וַיְבִאֻהוּ אֶל־מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל יְבִאֻהוּ בַּמְּצֹדוֹת לְמַעַן לֹא־יִשָּׁמַע קוֹלוֹ עוֹד אֶל־הָרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

vayitenuhv-vasvgar-vachachiym-vayevi'uhv-'el-melekhe-vavel-yevi'uhv-vametzodvot-lema'an-lo'-yishama'-qvolvo-'vod-'el-harey-yishera'el

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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 on the mountains of Israel. ¶

ASV: And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

YLT: And they put it in prison--in chains, And they bring it unto the king of Babylon, They bring it in unto bulwarks, So that its voice is not heard any more On mountains of Israel.

Exposition: Ezekiel 19:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 19:10

Hebrew

אִמְּךָ כַגֶּפֶן בְּדָמְךָ עַל־מַיִם שְׁתוּלָה פֹּֽרִיָּה וַֽעֲנֵפָה הָיְתָה מִמַּיִם רַבִּֽים׃

'imekha-khagefen-vedamekha-'al-mayim-shetvlah-foriyah-va'anefah-hayetah-mimayim-raviym

KJV: 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.

AKJV: Your mother is like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

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

YLT: Thy mother is as a vine in thy blood by waters planted, Fruitful and full of boughs it hath been, Because of many waters.

Exposition: Ezekiel 19:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 19:11

Hebrew

וַיִּֽהְיוּ־לָהּ מַטּוֹת עֹז אֶל־שִׁבְטֵי מֹֽשְׁלִים וַתִּגְבַּהּ קֽוֹמָתוֹ עַל־בֵּין עֲבֹתִים וַיֵּרָא בְגָבְהוֹ בְּרֹב דָּלִיֹּתָֽיו׃

vayiheyv-lah-matvot-'oz-'el-shivetey-mosheliym-vatigevah-qvomatvo-'al-veyn-'avotiym-vayera'-vegavehvo-verov-daliyotayv

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And she had strong rods for the scepters of them that bore rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.

ASV: And it had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.

YLT: And it hath strong rods for sceptres of rulers, And high is its stature above thick branches, And it appeareth in its height In the multitude of its thin shoots.

Exposition: Ezekiel 19:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 19:12

Hebrew

וַתֻּתַּשׁ בְּחֵמָה לָאָרֶץ הֻשְׁלָכָה וְרוּחַ הַקָּדִים הוֹבִישׁ פִּרְיָהּ הִתְפָּרְקוּ וְיָבֵשׁוּ מַטֵּה עֻזָּהּ אֵשׁ אֲכָלָֽתְהוּ׃

vatutash-vechemah-la'aretz-hushelakhah-vervcha-haqadiym-hvoviysh-fireyah-hitefareqv-veyaveshv-mateh-'uzah-'esh-'akhalatehv

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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.

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

YLT: And it is plucked up in fury, To the earth it hath been cast, And the east wind hath dried up its fruit, Broken and withered hath been the rod of its strength, Fire hath consumed it.

Exposition: Ezekiel 19:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 19:13

Hebrew

וְעַתָּה שְׁתוּלָה בַמִּדְבָּר בְּאֶרֶץ צִיָּה וְצָמָֽא׃

ve'atah-shetvlah-vamidevar-ve'eretz-tziyah-vetzama'

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

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

ASV: And now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

YLT: And now--it is planted in a wilderness, In a land dry and thirsty.

Exposition: Ezekiel 19:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ezekiel 19:14

Hebrew

וַתֵּצֵא אֵשׁ מִמַּטֵּה בַדֶּיהָ פִּרְיָהּ אָכָלָה וְלֹא־הָיָה בָהּ מַטֵּה־עֹז שֵׁבֶט לִמְשׁוֹל קִינָה הִיא וַתְּהִי לְקִינָֽה׃

vatetze'-'esh-mimateh-vadeyha-fireyah-'akhalah-velo'-hayah-vah-mateh-'oz-shevet-limeshvol-qiynah-hiy'-vatehiy-leqiynah

KJV: 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.

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

ASV: And fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it hath devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

YLT: And go forth doth fire from a rod of its boughs, Its fruit it hath devoured, And it hath no rod of strength--a sceptre to rule, Lamentation it is --and it is for a lamentation!'

Exposition: Ezekiel 19:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.