Ezekiel 19:8

Then set themselves the nations against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread over him their net: in their pit was he caught.

Leeser Tanakh

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

7And he broke down their palaces, and their cities laid he in ruins: and then was terrified the land, with all that filled it, because of the noise of his roaring.

9And they put him in a cage with nose-rings [in his nose], and they brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into strong-holds, in order that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.

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Cross References

2 Kings 24:2And the Lord sent against him predatory bands of the Chaldeans, and predatory bands of the Syrians, and predatory bands of the Moabites, and predatory bands of the children of 'Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by means of his servants the prophets.

Jeremiah 22:19With the burial of an ass shall he be buried, dragged about and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 12:13And I will spread out my net over him, and he shall be caught in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon into the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, and there shall he die.

Ezekiel 19:4And when nations heard of him, he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings unto the land of 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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