Ezekiel 19

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

WEB KJV

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WEB“Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
KJVMoreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
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WEBand say, ‘What was your mother? A lioness. She couched among lions, in the middle of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
KJVAnd say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
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WEBShe brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
KJVAnd she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
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WEBThe nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
KJVThe nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
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WEB“‘Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.
KJVNow 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.
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WEBHe went up and down among the lions. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
KJVAnd he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
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WEBHe knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities. The land was desolate with its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.
KJVAnd 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.
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WEBThen the nations attacked him on every side from the provinces. They spread their net over him. He was taken in their pit.
KJVThen the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
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WEBThey put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into strongholds, so that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.
KJVAnd 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.
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WEB“‘Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. It was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
KJVThy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
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WEBIt had strong branches for the scepters of those who ruled. Their stature was exalted among the thick boughs. They were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.
KJVAnd 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.
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WEBBut it was plucked up in fury. It was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were broken off and withered. The fire consumed them.
KJVBut 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.
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WEBNow it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
KJVAnd now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
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WEBFire has gone out of its branches. It has devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong branch to be a scepter to rule.’ This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.”
KJVAnd 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.

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