Ezekiel 19:2
19:2 and say:
“‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions!
She lay among young lions; 1 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.
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1 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.
2 sn This task was a fundamental role of the priest (Lev 10:10).