Ezekiel 19:2

19:2 and say:

“‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions!

She lay among young lions; she reared her cubs.

Ezekiel 34:22

34:22 I will save my sheep; they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

Ezekiel 41:18

41:18 It was made with cherubim and decorative palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherub. Each cherub had two faces:

Ezekiel 44:23

44:23 Moreover, they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the ceremonially unclean and the clean.


sn Lions probably refer to Judahite royalty and/or nobility. The lioness appears to symbolize the Davidic dynasty, though some see the referent as Hamutal, the wife of Josiah and mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah. Gen 49:9 seems to be the background for Judah being compared to lions.

sn This task was a fundamental role of the priest (Lev 10:10).