Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
knew . . . desolate palaces—that is, claimed as his own their palaces, which he then proceeded to "desolate." The Hebrew, literally "widows"; hence widowed palaces (Isaiah 13:22). VATABLUS (whom FAIRBAIRN follows) explains it, "He knew (carnally) the widows of those whom he devoured" (Ezekiel 19:6). But thus the metaphor and the literal reality would be blended: the lion being represented as knowing widows. The reality, however, often elsewhere thus breaks through the veil.
fulness thereof—all that it contained; its inhabitants.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 19:7:
2 Kings 24:9
2 Chronicles 36:9-10
Ezekiel 19:1
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