Ezechiel 19:2
And say: Why did thy mother the lioness lie down among the lions, and bring up her whelps in the midst of young lions?
Challoner: Thy mother the lionessJerusalem.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et dices : Quare mater tua leæna inter leones cubavit ? in medio leunculorum enutrivit catulos suos ?
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐρεῖς Τί ἡ μήτηρ σου; σκύμνος· ἐν μέσῳ λεόντων ἐγενήθη, ἐν μέσῳ λεόντων ἐπλήθυνεν σκύμνους αὐτῆς.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ מָ֤ה אִמְּךָ֙ לְבִיָּ֔א בֵּ֥ין אֲרָי֖וֹת רָבָ֑צָה בְּת֥וֹךְ כְּפִרִ֖ים רִבְּתָ֥ה גוּרֶֽיהָ
Haydock's commentary
Lioness; Jerusalem (Challoner) which made alliances with the lions, or nations. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.