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and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
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A Nation's Cruel Character
Commentators unanimously identify the "mother" as the nation of Judah. The comparison to a "lioness" is not a compliment about strength but a condemnation of the nation's cruelty, savagery, and rapacious character. This metaphor establishes that Israel's suffering was a direct result of its own sinful nature.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Your mother - The people represented by Judah. Compare (Genesis 49:9) and (Numbers 23:24).
19th Century
Anglican
Your mother. —Mother stands for the whole national community—the theocracy, as is plain from Ezekiel 19:10. This was represented, …
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
