Ezekiel 19:8
in Ezekiel 19Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.
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ASV
Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.
KJV
Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
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This verse in Ezekiel 19
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThe nations set against him - The Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites, and the king of Babylon - king of many nations. He was taken - The city was taken by Nebuchadnezzar; and Jehoiakim was taken prisoner, and sent in chains to Babylon.
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
They spread their net over him
Clarke lists the nations as Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites and Ammonites, the same raiders 2 Kings 24:2 says the LORD sent against Jehoiakim. The net and the pit are the two tools of a lion hunt. Babylon led the hunt.
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 Awakening4 voices
): The nations set against him on every side, to restrain and reduce his exorbitant power, which they joined in confederacy to do for their common safety; and they spread their net over him, formed designs against him. God brought against Jehoiakim bands of the Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites, with the Chaldees ( 2 Kings xxiv. 2 ), and he was taken in their pit.
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The nations - Which were tributary to Nebuchadnezzar. Set against - By order of the king of Babylon. The provinces - Which belonged to the Babylonish kingdom.
Then the nations set against him,....
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 words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ | vaiyitenu | and they set | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| עָלָ֥יו | ʾalav | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| גּוֹיִ֛ם | goyim | nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| סָבִ֖יב | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| מִמְּדִינ֑וֹת | mimedinot | from provinces | H4082 → | |
| וַֽיִּפְרְשׂ֥וּ | vaiyifresu | and they spread out | H6566 → | 67 times |
| עָלָ֛יו | ʾalav | over it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| רִשְׁתָּ֖ם | rishtam | net their | H7568 → | 22 times |
| בְּשַׁחְתָּ֥ם | beshachtam | in pit their | H7845 → | 23 times |
| נִתְפָּֽשׂ׃ | nitpas | it was caught | H8610 → | 65 times |
וַיִּתְּנ֨וּand they set
vaiyitenuH5414 →2011 times
עָלָ֥יוon it
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
גּוֹיִ֛םnations
goyimH1471 →561 times
סָבִ֖יבall around
savivH5439 →336 times
מִמְּדִינ֑וֹתfrom provinces
mimedinotH4082 →
וַֽיִּפְרְשׂ֥וּand they spread out
vaiyifresuH6566 →67 times
עָלָ֛יוover it
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
רִשְׁתָּ֖םnet their
rishtamH7568 →22 times
בְּשַׁחְתָּ֥םin pit their
beshachtamH7845 →23 times
נִתְפָּֽשׂ׃it was caught
nitpasH8610 →65 times
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
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…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 17:20
I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.
- Hosea 7:12
As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.
- Jeremiah 39:7
Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
- Ezekiel 17:20
Through
Lamentations 4:20The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 1:14
So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
- Ezekiel 12:13
But 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…
- Genesis 2:7
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
- 2 Samuel 1:14
Through
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.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 36:4
Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.
- 2 Kings 23:33–34
And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and…
- 2 Chronicles 36:4
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; 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.