Ezekiel 19:5
When she saw that she had waited in vain,
What it says
When the lioness sees her hope delayed and lost, she takes another cub and makes him a young lion.
What it is doing
This verse marks the transfer of dynastic hope to a second prince.
In context
1“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel 2and say: 3She brought up one of her cubs, 4When the nations heard of him, 5When she saw that she had waited in vain, 6He prowled among the lions, 7He broke down their strongholds 8Then the nations set out against him 9With hooks they caged him 10Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, 11It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. 12But it was uprooted in fury, 13Now it is planted in the wilderness, 14Fire has gone out from its main branch