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Ezekiel 19:5

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“‘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.

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Verse 5. Lions: Joakim. Challoner.—He reigned eleven years; but was such a monster, that the prophet does not speak of him or bewail his fate. 4 Kennicott. 23:34. Jeremiah 22:19. His words are applicable to Jechonias alone; who was cruel and banished to Babylon. verse 8. Calmet.

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