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Commentary for Ezekiel 19:2

וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ מָ֤ה אִמְּךָ֙ לְבִיָּ֔א בֵּ֥ין אֲרָי֖וֹת רָבָ֑צָה בְּת֥וֹךְ כְּפִרִ֖ים רִבְּתָ֥ה גוּרֶֽיהָ׃

and say: How was thy mother a lioness; Among lions she couched, In the midst of the young lions She reared her whelps!

Rashi on Ezekiel

How was your mother a lioness! How esteemed was your motheryou, Zedekiah—that she was compared to a lioness!
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Rashi on Ezekiel

Among the lions The princes of Judah.
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