Your mother - The people represented by Judah. Compare (Genesis 49:9) and (Numbers 23:24).

Your mother. —Mother stands for the whole national community—the theocracy, as is plain from Ezekiel 19:10. This was represented, …

Here the Prophet, under the image of a lion, informs us that whatever evils happened to the Israelites could not be imputed to others. We must then…

And say, what [is] your mother ?
&c.] That is, say so to the then reigning prince, Zedekiah, what is your mother lik…

Ezekiel is to compare the kingdom of Judah to a lioness. He must compare the kings of Judah to a lion's whelps; they were cruel and oppressive to t…