Ezekiel 19:1
19:1 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.

Ezekiel 19:2
19:2 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.

Ezekiel 19:4
19:4 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, 2 Kings 23:33.

Ezekiel 19:5
19:5 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.

Ezekiel 19:6
19:6 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.

Ezekiel 19:8
19:8 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.

Ezekiel 19:10
19:10 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.

Ezekiel 19:12
19:12 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.

Ezekiel 19:14
19:14 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.