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**princes.** Septuagint reads"prince"(singular) Here refers to Zedekiah.
**Israel.** Put *here* for Judah. See note on [1 Kings 12:17](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/17) .

**thy mother.** Probably Hamutal, one of the wives of Josiah, the mother of Shallum (or Jehoahaz) and Zedekiah ([2 Kings 23:31](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/31) and [Ezekiel 24:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/24/18) ). The other son of Josiah (Jehoiakim) had a different mother (Zebudah). See [2 Kings 23:36](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/36) .

**one of her whelps.** Probably Jehoahaz (i.e. Shah lam), the youngest son of Josiah, is intended ([1 Chronicles 3:15](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/3/15) ).
**catch** = rend,
**men.** Hebrew ' *adam* . App-14 ,

**taken in their pit.** As a lion is taken ([Psalms 35:7](../../../kjv/psalms/35/7) ; [Psalms 94:13](../../../kjv/psalms/94/13) ).
**they** : i.e. Pharaoh = *necho* ([2 Kings 23:30-34](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/30-34) . [2 Chronicles 36:1-4](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/36/1-4) ). Jeremiah laments his fate. See [Jeremiah 22:10-12](../../../kjv/jeremiah/22/10-12) .

**another of her whelps.** Probably Jehoiakim, an other son of Josiah ([2 Kings 23:36](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/36) . [2 Chronicles 36:1-4](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/36/1-4) ). Hardly Jehoiachin, who reigned only three months ([2 Kings 24:8](../../../kjv/2-kings/24/8) ). But Jehoiakim reigned eleven years, and his character corresponds with [Ezekiel 19:7-8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/19/7-8) , here. See 2Ki 23:36 ; [2 Kings 24:1-6](../../../kjv/2-kings/24/1-6) , [Jeremiah 22:11-19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/22/11-19) .

**knew their desolate palaces.** Aramaean and Septuagint read "injured or defiled his widows".
**knew** = knew carnally. See [2 Chronicles 36:8](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/36/8) .

**in ward in chains** = in a cage with hooks (or hoops), as lions are represented on the monuments. See [2 Chronicles 36:5-7](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/36/5-7) , and [Jeremiah 22:13-19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/22/13-19) .
**king.** Some codices read "land".

**Thy mother.** Another *Simile* . See the Structure (W, p. 1130).
**in thy blood:** or, in thy vineyard (according to Dr. C. D. Ginsburg).
**waters.** *Reference to* Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 8:7](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/8/7) ). App-92 .

**wind.** Hebrew. *ruach* . App-9 .

**now** , &c. Referring to Jeconiah and Ezekiel's own days (1, 3; and [2 Kings 24:12-16](../../../kjv/2-kings/24/12-16) ).

**of a rod** : or, of the rod: i.e. Zedekiah, who byhis perjury brought about the destruction of Jerusalem by fire,

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