Geneva Study Bible Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the {a} princes of Israel,
(a) That is, Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim, Josiah's sons, who for their pride and cruelty are compared to lions. And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. And say, What is thy {b} mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
(b) That is Jehoahaz's mother, or Jerusalem. And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. The {c} nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.
(c) By Pharaoh Nebo king of Egypt, 2Ki 23:33. 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. Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her {d} whelps, and made him a young lion.
(d) Which was Jehoiakim. And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured {e} men.
(e) He slew the prophets and them that feared God and ravished their wives. And 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. And 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.
Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit. Then the {f} nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
(f) Nebuchadnezzar with his great army which was gathered from various nations. And 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. And 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.
Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. Thy {g} mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
(g) He speaks this in the reproach of this wicked king, in whose blood, that is in the race of his predecessors, Jerusalem would have been blessed according to God's promise and flourished as a fruitful vine. And 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. And 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.
But 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. But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the {h} east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
(h) Meaning, that the Chaldeans would destroy them as the east wind does the fruit of the vine. And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
And 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. And fire hath gone out {i} 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. (i) Destruction is come by Zedekiah, who was the opportunity for this rebellion. The Geneva Bible Translation Notes [1599] Bible Hub |
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