Ezekiel 29:4 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 29:4

But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.

BSB

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ASV

And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales; and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, with all the fish of thy rivers which stick unto thy scales.

KJV

But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(Verse 3 onwards) Behold, I am coming to you, Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, the great dragon, who lies (or sits) in the midst of your rivers, and you say: The river is mine, and I have made it for myself (or them). And I will put a bit (or a snare) in your jaws, and I will stick the fish of your rivers to your scales (or feathers), and I will draw you out of the midst of your rivers; and all your fish will cling to your scales (or feathers).

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I will put hooks in thy jaws - Amasis, one of this king’s generals, being proclaimed king by an insurrection of the people, dethroned Apries, and seized upon the kingdom; and Apries was obliged to flee to Upper Egypt for safety. I will cause the fish - to stick unto thy scales - Most fish are sorely troubled with a species of insect which bury their heads in their flesh, under their scales, and suck out the vital juices. The allusion seems to be to this.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

He raised the siege of Jerusalem, but it was only for a time (compare Eze 29:6; Jer 37:5, 7-10); ruin overtook not only them, but himself. As the fish that clung to the horny scales of the crocodile, the lord of the Nile, when he was caught, shared his fate, so the adherents of Pharaoh, lord of Egypt, when he was overthrown by Amasis, should share his fate.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְנָתַתִּ֤י	ve.na.ta.Ti	and I will put	H5414 →
חַחִים֙	cha.chi.yim	hooks	H2397 →
בִּלְחָיֶ֔יךָ	bil.cha.Yei.kha	in jaws your	H3895 →
וְהִדְבַּקְתִּ֥י	ve.hid.bak.Ti	and I will make cling	H1692 →
דְגַת־	de.gat-	[the] fish of	H1710 →
יְאֹרֶ֖יךָ	ye.'o.Rei.kha	canals your	H2975 →
בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֑יךָ	be.kas.ke.so.Tei.cha	to scales your	H7193 →
וְהַעֲלִיתִ֙יךָ֙	ve.ha.'a.li.Ti.kha	and I will bring up you	H5927 →
מִתּ֣וֹךְ	mi.Tokh	from among	H8432 →
יְאֹרֶ֔יךָ	ye.'o.Rei.kha	canals your	H2975 →
וְאֵת֙	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
דְּגַ֣ת	de.Gat	[the] fish of	H1710 →
יְאֹרֶ֔יךָ	ye.'o.Rei.kha	canals your	H2975 →
בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֖יךָ	be.kas.ke.so.Tei.cha	to scales your	H7193 →
תִּדְבָּֽק׃	tid.Bak	it will cling	H1692 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Kings 19:28
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
leads to
- Ezekiel 38:4
  I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Kings 19:33
  He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
- 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.
Through
Isaiah 37:29
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
leads to
- Isaiah 30:28
  His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 10:12
  So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud…
- Isaiah 37:34
  He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
Through
Ezekiel 38:4
I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all…
leads to
- Daniel 11:40
  At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading…
- 2 Kings 19:28
  Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Ezekiel

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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