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Ezekiel 19:4

When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Lion;   Parables;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Pit;   Zedekiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Animals;   Destroy, Destruction;   Funeral;   Pit;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Hunting;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hook;   Jehoahaz;   Jehoiakim;   Lion;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Poetry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Pit;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jehoahaz ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Hook, Hooks;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Pit;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Parable;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Captivity;   Ezekiel;   Hook;   Hunting;   Whelp;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ariel;   Chains;   Hunting;   Jehoahaz;   Lion;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When the nations heard about him,he was caught in their pit.Then they led him away with hooksto the land of Egypt.
Hebrew Names Version
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Mitzrayim.
King James Version
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
English Standard Version
The nations heard about him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
New American Standard Bible
'Then nations heard about him; He was caught in their trap, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.
New Century Version
The nations heard about him. He was trapped in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
Amplified Bible
'The nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.
World English Bible
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The nations also heard of him, and he was taken in their nets, and they brought him in chaines vnto the land of Egypt.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Then nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then nations heard about him;He was captured in their pit,And they brought him with hooksTo the land of Egypt.
Contemporary English Version
When the nations heard of him, they trapped him in a pit, then they used hooks to drag him to Egypt.
Complete Jewish Bible
The nations sounded an alarm against him; and he was caught in their pit. With hooks they dragged him off to the land of Egypt.
Darby Translation
And the nations heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings into the land of Egypt.
Easy-to-Read Version
"‘The people heard him roar, and they caught him in their trap. They put hooks in his mouth and carried the young lion to Egypt.
George Lamsa Translation
The nations also heard of his fame; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with a bridle to the land of Egypt.
Good News Translation
The nations heard about him and trapped him in a pit. With hooks they dragged him off to Egypt.
Lexham English Bible
And nations heard about him; in their pit he was caught, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
Literal Translation
And the nations heard of him. He was taken in their pit, and they brought him in chains to the land of Egypt.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The Heithen herde of him, & toke him in their nettes, & brought him in chaynes vnto the londe of Egipte.
American Standard Version
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.
Bible in Basic English
And the nations had news of him; he was taken in the hole they had made: and, pulling him with hooks, they took him into the land of Egypt.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the nations assembled against him, he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.
King James Version (1611)
The nations also heard of him, hee was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chaines vnto the land of Egypt.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The heathen hearde of hym, and caught hym in their snare, and brought hym in hookes vnto the lande of Egypt.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the nations heard a report of him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him into the land of Egypt in chains.
English Revised Version
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit: and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And hethene men herden of hym, and token hym not withouten her woundis; and thei brouyten hym in chaynes in to the lond of Egipt.
Update Bible Version
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
Webster's Bible Translation
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.
New English Translation
The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit. They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
New King James Version
The nations also heard of him; He was trapped in their pit, And they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.
New Living Translation
Then the nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him away with hooks to the land of Egypt.
New Life Bible
The nations heard about him, and he was caught in their trap. And they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
New Revised Standard
The nations sounded an alarm against him; he was caught in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then nations heard of him. In their pit, was he caught, - So they brought him with hooks. Into the land of Egypt.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the nations heard of him, and took him, but not without receiving wounds: and they brought him in chains into the land of Egypt.
Revised Standard Version
The nations sounded an alarm against him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
Young's Literal Translation
And hear of it do nations, In their pit it hath been caught, And they bring it in with chains unto the land of Egypt.

Contextual Overview

1As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel 2and say: 'What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs. 3She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men. 4When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.5When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion. 6He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men. 7He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and all who were in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring. 8Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit. 9With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he was: Taken prisoner by Pharaoh-necho, and brought into Egypt. 2 Kings 23:31, 2 Kings 23:33, 2 Kings 23:34, 2 Chronicles 36:4, 2 Chronicles 36:6, Jeremiah 22:11, Jeremiah 22:12, Jeremiah 22:18

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 33:11 - among the thorns Jeremiah 22:10 - weep sore Lamentations 4:20 - was taken Ezekiel 19:8 - and spread

Cross-References

Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
Genesis 18:20
Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
Genesis 19:1
The two angels entered Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed with his face to the ground,
Genesis 19:6
Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him.
Genesis 19:20
Look, this town is near enough for me flee to it, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there-is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved."
Genesis 19:25
Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.
Exodus 16:2
And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
Exodus 23:2
You shall not follow a crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with a crowd.
Proverbs 4:16
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil, they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall,
Proverbs 6:18
a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The nations also heard of him,.... The neighbouring nations, particularly the Egyptians; the fame of his behaviour reached them; they were informed how he used his own subjects, and what designs he had formed, and what preparations he was making against his neighbours; wherefore they thought it proper to oppose his measures in time, and to hinder him from proceeding and putting his projects into execution, by coming out against him, and fighting with him, as they did:

he was taken in their pit; alluding to the manner of hunting and taking lions, and such like beasts of prey; which was done by digging pits, and covering the mouths of them with straw, as Jarchi observes, into which in their flight they fell unawares: so Pharaohnecho king of Egypt came out against Jehoahaz, and took him, and put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might reign no more in Jerusalem, after he had been on the throne but three months, 2 Kings 23:31;

and they brought him with chains into the land of Egypt; or, "with hooks" u; in his nose, as in Isaiah 37:29; or with a bridle, as the Septuagint; or with branches, as the Syriac version, in his jaws; the Targum renders it in chains, as we do: it is certain that Jehoahaz was put in bonds or fetters, and carried into Egypt, where he died,

2 Kings 23:33.

u בחחים "in, [vel] cum hamis", Montanus, Tigurine version, Cocceius, Starckius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Chains - See the marginal rendering to Ezekiel 19:9 and Isaiah 27:9, note.

Ezekiel 19:5

Another - Jehoiachin who soon showed himself no less unworthy than Jehoahaz. The “waiting” of the people was during the absence of their rightful lord Jehoahaz, a captive in Egypt while Jehoiakim, whom they deemed an usurper, was on the throne. It was not until Jehoiachin succeeded, that they seemed to themselves to have a monarch of their own 2 Kings 24:6.

Ezekiel 19:7

Their desolate palaces - Rather, his palaces, built upon the ground, from where he had ejected the former owners.

Ezekiel 19:8

The nations - are here the Chaldaeans: see the marginal references.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 19:4. The nations also heard of him — The king of Egypt, whose subjects were of divers nations, marched against Jerusalem, took Jehoahaz prisoner, and brought him to Egypt. Thus -

He was taken in their pit — Here is an allusion to those trap-pits digged in forests, into which the wild beasts fall, when the huntsmen, surrounding a given portion of the forest, drive the beasts in; by degrees narrowing the inclosure, till the animals come to the place where the pits are, which, being lightly covered over with branches and turf, are not perceived, and the beasts tread on them and fall in. Jehoahaz reigned only three months before he was dethroned by the king of Egypt, against whom it is apparent some craft was used, here signified by the pit, into which he fell.


 
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