Ezekiel 19:8

Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.

Majority Standard Bible

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 broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.

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.

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Cross References

2 Kings 24:2And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.

Jeremiah 22:19He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.

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

Ezekiel 19:4When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to 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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