Ezekiel 19
- 1Also take you up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
- 2And say, What is your mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her cubs among young lions.
- 3And she brought up one of her cubs: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey. It devoured men.
- 4The nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.
- 5Now 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.
- 6And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
- 7And he knew their ruined palaces, and he laid waste their cities. And the land was ruined, and its fullness, by the noise of his roaring.
- 8Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
- 9And 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 on the mountains of Israel.
- 10Your mother is like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
- 11And she had strong rods for the scepters of those who bore rule, and she grew tall among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with her many branches.
- 12But 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.
- 13And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
- 14And fire has gone out of a rod of her branches, which has devoured her fruit, so that she has no strong rod to be a scepter to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Ezekiel 19 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVMoreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
GIGAKJVAlso take you up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
KJVAnd say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
GIGAKJVAnd say, What is your mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her cubs among young lions.
KJVAnd she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
GIGAKJVAnd she brought up one of her cubs: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey. It devoured men.
KJVThe nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
GIGAKJVThe nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.
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.
GIGAKJVNow 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.
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.
GIGAKJVAnd he knew their ruined palaces, and he laid waste their cities. And the land was ruined, and its fullness, by the noise of his roaring.
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.
GIGAKJVAnd 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 on the mountains of Israel.
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.
GIGAKJVYour mother is like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
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.
GIGAKJVAnd she had strong rods for the scepters of those who bore rule, and she grew tall among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with her many branches.
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.
GIGAKJVBut 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.
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.
GIGAKJVAnd fire has gone out of a rod of her branches, which has devoured her fruit, so that she has no strong rod to be a scepter to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
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