Ezekiel 19:7
in Ezekiel 19He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring.
KJV
And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
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This verse in Ezekiel 19
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThe land was desolate, and the country villages were deserted; and though there was great plenty, and a fulness of all good things, yet people quitted it all for fear of the noise of his roaring.
This site's exposition
took another of her whelps
on Ezekiel 19:5-9
When the mother's hope in the first whelp is lost she raises a second, who is likewise taken, this time to Babylon rather than Egypt. His voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel, a throne silenced rather than a man merely exiled.
This site's exposition
broke down their strongholds
The Hebrew of the first clause is difficult, and older versions read it as knowing their desolate palaces. Henry pictures the land left desolate at the sound of his roaring. A king's roar is his oppression of his own land.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter 19, verses 1 onwards) And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, and say: Why did your mother, a lioness, lie down among lions? In the midst of young lions she raised her cubs. And one of her cubs grew up, he became a lion and learned to catch prey and devour men. The nations heard about him and captured him in their own traps, and they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
He knew - By taking them, he came to know their places, which are here called, what he made them, desolate. Roaring - By the perpetual violent threats of this cruel king.
And he knew their desolate palaces,....
That kingdom and that house are here compared to a vine, and these princes to branches, which had been strong and flourishing, but were now broken off and burnt,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
knew . . . desolate palaces--that is, claimed as his own their palaces, which he then proceeded to "desolate." The Hebrew, literally "widows"; hence widowed palaces (Isa 13:22).
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The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֙דַע֙ | vaiyeda' | and it knew | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אַלְמְנוֹתָ֔יו | ʾalmenotav | widows its | H490 → | 56 times |
| וְעָרֵיהֶ֖ם | veareihem | and cities their | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הֶחֱרִ֑יב | hecheriv | it laid waste | H2717 → | 40 times |
| וַתֵּ֤שַׁם | vatesham | and it was desolate | H3456 → | 4 times |
| אֶ֙רֶץ֙ | ʾeretz | [the] land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וּמְלֹאָ֔הּ | umeloah | and what fills it | H4393 → | 38 times |
| מִקּ֖וֹל | mikol | from [the] sound of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| שַׁאֲגָתֽוֹ׃ | shaagato | roaring its | H7581 → |
וַיֵּ֙דַע֙and it knew
vaiyeda'H3045 →945 times
אַלְמְנוֹתָ֔יוwidows its
ʾalmenotavH490 →56 times
וְעָרֵיהֶ֖םand cities their
veareihemH5892 →1090 times
הֶחֱרִ֑יבit laid waste
hecherivH2717 →40 times
וַתֵּ֤שַׁםand it was desolate
vateshamH3456 →4 times
אֶ֙רֶץ֙[the] land
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
וּמְלֹאָ֔הּand what fills it
umeloahH4393 →38 times
מִקּ֖וֹלfrom [the] sound of
mikolH6963 →506 times
שַׁאֲגָתֽוֹ׃roaring its
shaagatoH7581 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 28:3A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
it leads to
- Matthew 18:28–30
But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
- Matthew 18:28–30
Through
Amos 6:8The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 51:14
The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”
- Amos 4:2
The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
- Psalms 47:4
He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah
- Amos 8:7
The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.
- Jeremiah 22:5
But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself, declares the LORD, that this house will become a pile of rubble.’”
- Jeremiah 51:14
Through
Ezekiel 12:19Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and…
it leads to
- Zechariah 7:14
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they…
- Zechariah 7:14
Through
Ezekiel 30:12I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 29:3
Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says,…
- Ezekiel 29:3
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.