Ezekiel 19:4
in Ezekiel 19When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.
KJV
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
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This verse in Ezekiel 19
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThe nations also heard of him - The king of Egypt, whose subjects were of divers nations, marched against Jerusalem, took Jehoahaz prisoner, and brought him to Egypt.
This site's exposition
brought up one of her whelps
on Ezekiel 19:3-4
The first whelp learns to catch the prey and devour men, then is trapped and dragged in chains to Egypt, a fit matched to Jehoahaz. Gill and Clarke both read taken in their pit as the language of a beast hunt turned on the hunter.
This site's exposition
he was trapped in their pit
Hunters took lions alive with pits and nets, and verse 8 names both. Clarke reads the nations as Egypt's army, gathered from many peoples. Jeremiah 22:10-12 mourns the same king under the name Shallum, who would never see his land again.
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
The nations also heard of 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,
Thither Jehoahaz was carried captive, and never heard of more. (2.) The like sin and fall of his successor Jehoiakim. The kingdom of Judah for some time expected the return of Jehoahaz out of Egypt, but at length despaired of it, and then took another of the lion's whelps, and made him a young lion,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Chains - See the marginal rendering to Eze 19:9 and Isa 27:9, note. Eze 19:5 Another - Jehoiachin who soon showed himself no less unworthy than Jehoahaz. The “waiting” of the people was during the absence of their rightful lord Jehoahaz, a captive in Egypt while Jehoiakim, whom they deemed an usurper, was on the throne. It was not until Jehoiachin succeeded, that they seemed to themselves to have a monarch of their own 2Ki 24:6. Eze 19:7 Their desolate palaces - Rather, his palaces, built upon the ground, from where he had ejected the former owners. Eze 19:8 The nations - are here the Chaldaeans: see the marginal references.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁמְע֥וּ | vaiyishmeu | and they heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֵלָ֛יו | ʾelav | concerning it | H413 → | 5510 times |
| גּוֹיִ֖ם | goyim | nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| בְּשַׁחְתָּ֣ם | beshachtam | in pit their | H7845 → | 23 times |
| נִתְפָּ֑שׂ | nitpas | it was caught | H8610 → | 65 times |
| וַיְבִאֻ֥הוּ | vayviuhu | and they brought it | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בַֽחַחִ֖ים | vachachim | with <the> hooks | H2397 → | 7 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶ֥רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרָֽיִם׃ | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
וַיִּשְׁמְע֥וּand they heard
vaiyishmeuH8085 →1159 times
אֵלָ֛יוconcerning it
ʾelavH413 →5510 times
גּוֹיִ֖םnations
goyimH1471 →561 times
בְּשַׁחְתָּ֣םin pit their
beshachtamH7845 →23 times
נִתְפָּ֑שׂit was caught
nitpasH8610 →65 times
וַיְבִאֻ֥הוּand they brought it
vayviuhuH935 →2568 times
בַֽחַחִ֖יםwith <the> hooks
vachachimH2397 →7 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֶ֥רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרָֽיִם׃Egypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 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
Jeremiah 22:18Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas,…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 16:6
“Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.
- 1 Kings 13:30
Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”
- Jeremiah 22:10
Do not weep for the dead king; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for the one who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.
- Jeremiah 16:4
“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will…
- Jeremiah 16:6
Through
2 Chronicles 36:4Then 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.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 22:10–12
Do not weep for the dead king; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for the one who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.
- Jeremiah 22:10–12
Through
2 Chronicles 36:6Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 33:11
So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
- Daniel 1:1–2
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
- Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents,…
- 2 Chronicles 33:11
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.