Ezekiel 19:4

But when the nations heard about him, he was caught in their trap. They used hooks to drag him away to Egypt.

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In The 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.

In Context

3She raised one of her cubs, and he grew up to be a young lion. Once he had learned how to tear up his prey, he started eating people.

5When she realized that the hope she had been waiting for was gone, she made another of her cubs into a young lion.

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Cross References

2 Kings 23:31Jehoahaz was twenty-three when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for three months. His mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah. She came from Libnah.

2 Chronicles 36:4Neco, king of Egypt, made Eliakim, Jehoahaz's brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Eliakim's brother Jehoahaz back with him to Egypt.

Jeremiah 22:11This is what the Lord says about Jehoahaz of Josiah, king of Judah. He succeeded his father Josiah but was taken away. He will never return.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 19:2-10

The Fall of the Royal Family; Fall of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim. ( b. c. 593.) 1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, 2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. 3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. 4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. 5 Now when she saw that she had… Read the whole commentary →

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