Ezekiel 19:9

And they put him in a cage with hooks, And brought him to Babylon’s king,— They brought him into strong-holds, That his noise might be heard no more Among the mountains of Israel.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

In Context

8Then set upon him the nations round about. From the provinces,- And spread over him their net In their pit, was he caught;

10Thy mother [was] like a vine of thy vineyard, By waters, was planted,— Fruitful and full of branches, she became By reason of waters abundant;

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Cross References

2 Kings 24:15And he carried away captive Jehoiachin, to Babylon,—and, the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his courtiers, and the nobles of the land, took he away captive, from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Jeremiah 22:17Verily thou hast neither eyes nor heart, save for thy plundering and for thy shedding of innocent blood, and for oppression and for crushing to do them!

Jeremiah 36:30Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, Concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah,—He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David,—And, his dead body, shall be cast out—to the heat by day, and to the frost by night;

Ezekiel 19:7And he injured his widows, And their cities, laid waste,- And deserted was the land and its fulness, At the noise of his roaring.

Ezekiel 36:1Thou therefore. Son of man, Prophesy unto the mountains of Israel,—and thou shalt say, Ye mountains of Israel Hear ye the word of Yahweh.

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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