Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 19:5

"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." — Ezekiel 19:5 (ASV)

Another of her whelps.— After the three months’ reign of Jehoahaz, his brother Jehoiakim was appointed king by Pharaoh (2 Kings 23:34). He was conquered and bound in fetters by Nebuchadnezzar, with the intention of carrying him to Babylon (2 Chronicles 36:7). However, he died in disgrace in Jerusalem (2 Kings 24:6) and was regularly succeeded by his son Jehoiachin without foreign interference. His character, as shown in Ezekiel 19:6-7 (compare 2 Kings 24:9; 2 Chronicles 36:9), was evil like that of his father.