Chains - See the marginal rendering to Ezekiel 19:9 and Isaiah 27:9, note.

Another - (Ezekiel 19:5) Jehoiachin, wh…

The nations. —As in Ezekiel 19:4, for one nation: in that case Egypt, in this Babylon. The plural is naturally used, as several na…

Since the word נתן, nethen, is often understood to mean “to utter a voice,” some explain this passage as meaning that the nations came wit…

Then the nations set against him
Or, "gave against him" {y}; that is, their voice, as Kimchi; they called to one ano…

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…