🪨 Ezekiel 19

Ezekiel 19 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, ““Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “Then the nations attacked him on every side from the provinces. They spread their net over him. He was taken in their pit.” Ezekiel 19 opens with these words: ““Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,” The line to keep is Ezekiel 19:5: ““‘Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.” Carry the word “waited” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Ezekiel 19:5: ““‘Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Ezekiel 19? Then try this: Read ““‘Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.