Ezekiel 19:9
in Ezekiel 19With 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Ezekiel 19
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThat his voice should no more be heard - He continued in prison many years, till the reign of Evil-merodach, who set him at liberty, but never suffered him to return to the mountains of Israel. “The unhappy fate of these princes, mentioned Eze 19:4, Eze 19:8, Eze 19:9, is a just subject of lamentation.” - Newcome.
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 repeats the same course of violence and is likewise taken, this time to Babylon rather than Egypt. The bench divides over which king stands behind the second lion, since the chapter names no one and keeps the identification a beast's biography rather than a name. What the readings share is the verse's own point, his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel, a throne silenced rather than a man merely exiled.
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
And they put him in ward in chains,....
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,
It was long since observed that bloody tyrants seldom die in peace, but have blood given them to drink, for they are worthy. Ad generum Cereris sine cæde et sanguine pauci Descendunt reges et sicca morte tyranni-- How few of all the boastful men that reign Descend in peace to Pluto's dark domain!
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Margin, "hooks"; perhaps referring to the hook often passed through the nose of beasts; so, too, through that of captives, as seen in the Assyrian sculptures (see on Eze 19:4). voice--that is, his roaring. no more be heard upon the mountains--carrying on the metaphor of the lion, whose roaring on the mountains frightens all the other beasts.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Your mother is like a vine This is still part of the lamentation.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיִּתְּנֻ֤הוּ | vaiyitenuhu | and they put it | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| בַסּוּגַר֙ | vasugar | in <the> cage | H5474 → | |
| בַּֽחַחִ֔ים | bachachim | with <the> hooks | H2397 → | 7 times |
| וַיְבִאֻ֖הוּ | vayviuhu | and they brought it | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בָּבֶ֑ל | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| יְבִאֻ֙הוּ֙ | yeviuhu | they brought it | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בַּמְּצֹד֔וֹת | bametzodot | in <the> strongholds | H4685 → | |
| לְמַ֗עַן | lemaan | so that | H4616 → | 272 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִשָּׁמַ֥ע | yishama' | it will be heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| קוֹל֛וֹ | kolo | voice its | H6963 → | 506 times |
| ע֖וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָרֵ֥י | harei | [the] mountains of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וַֽיִּתְּנֻ֤הוּand they put it
vaiyitenuhuH5414 →2011 times
בַסּוּגַר֙in <the> cage
vasugarH5474 →
בַּֽחַחִ֔יםwith <the> hooks
bachachimH2397 →7 times
וַיְבִאֻ֖הוּand they brought it
vayviuhuH935 →2568 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
בָּבֶ֑לBabylon
bavelH894 →262 times
יְבִאֻ֙הוּ֙they brought it
yeviuhuH935 →2568 times
בַּמְּצֹד֔וֹתin <the> strongholds
bametzodotH4685 →
לְמַ֗עַןso that
lemaanH4616 →272 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִשָּׁמַ֥עit will be heard
yishama'H8085 →1159 times
קוֹל֛וֹvoice its
koloH6963 →506 times
ע֖וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָרֵ֥י[the] mountains of
hareiH2022 →546 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 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
2 Kings 24:15Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
it leads to
- Esther 2:6
He had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon among those taken captive with Jeconiah king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 22:24–28
“As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.
- 2 Chronicles 36:10
In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and…
- Esther 2:6
Through
Ezekiel 6:2“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 20:46
“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
- Ezekiel 25:2
“Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
- Ezekiel 37:22
I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never…
- Ezekiel 35:12
Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to devour!’
- Ezekiel 13:17
Now, O son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them
- Ezekiel 20:46
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.