Ezekiel 19:8

Then the people of the countries all around attacked him. They threw their net over him; he was caught in their trap.

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In The King James Version

Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

In Context

7He tore down their fortresses and destroyed their towns. All the people living in the country were appalled when they heard him roaring.

9They used hooks to put him in a cage and took him to the king of Babylon. They led him away and imprisoned him so his roar wasn't heard any more in Israel's mountains.

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Cross References

2 Kings 24:2Then the Lord sent bands of raiders against Judah to destroy them. They came from Babylonia, Aram, Moab, and Ammon, just as the Lord had said through his servants the prophets.

Jeremiah 22:19His burial will be that of a donkey. He'll be dragged off and thrown away outside the gates of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 12:13But I will catch him in my net; I will trap him in my snare. I will take him to Babylon in the country of Babylonia. However, he won't see it, and he'll die there.

Ezekiel 19:4But when the nations heard about him, he was caught in their trap. They used hooks to drag him away to Egypt.

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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