Ezekiel 19:4
New International Version
The nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

New Living Translation
Then the nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him away with hooks to the land of Egypt.

English Standard Version
The nations heard about him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

Berean Standard Bible
When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.

King James Bible
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

New King James Version
The nations also heard of him; He was trapped in their pit, And they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.

New American Standard Bible
‘Then nations heard about him; He was caught in their trap, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.

NASB 1995
‘Then nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.

NASB 1977
‘Then nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.

Amplified Bible
‘The nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.

Christian Standard Bible
When the nations heard about him, he was caught in their pit. Then they led him away with hooks to the land of Egypt.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When the nations heard about him, he was caught in their pit. Then they led him away with hooks to the land of Egypt.

American Standard Version
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the nations heard his fame and he was seized in their net, and they brought him with a bridle to the land of Egypt

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the nations heard a report of him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him into the land of Egypt in chains.

Contemporary English Version
When the nations heard of him, they trapped him in a pit, then they used hooks to drag him to Egypt.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the nations heard of him, and took him, but not without receiving wounds: and they brought him in chains into the land of Egypt.

English Revised Version
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit: and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The nations heard about him, caught him in their pit, and brought him with hooks to Egypt.

Good News Translation
The nations heard about him and trapped him in a pit. With hooks they dragged him off to Egypt.

International Standard Version
The nations heard about him. He had become caught in their trap. They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Then the nations assembled against him, He was taken in their pit; And they brought him with hooks Unto the land of Egypt.

Literal Standard Version
And nations hear of him, | He has been caught in their pit, | And they bring him to the land of Egypt in chains.

Majority Standard Bible
When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.

New American Bible
Nations heard about him; in their pit he was caught; They took him away with hooks to the land of Egypt.

NET Bible
The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit. They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

New Revised Standard Version
The nations sounded an alarm against him; he was caught in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

New Heart English Bible
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

Webster's Bible Translation
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.

World English Bible
The nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

Young's Literal Translation
And hear of it do nations, In their pit it hath been caught, And they bring it in with chains unto the land of Egypt.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Lament for the Princes of Israel
3She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men. 4When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt. 5When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.…

Cross References
2 Kings 23:34
Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died.

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 Chronicles 36:6
Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

Ezekiel 19:3
She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

Ezekiel 19:5
When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.


Treasury of Scripture

The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.

2 Kings 23:31,33,34
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah…

2 Chronicles 36:4,6
And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt…

Jeremiah 22:11,12,18
For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: …

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(4) Brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.--Jehoahaz was conquered by Pharaohnecho, deposed, and carried captive (2Kings 23:33; 2Chronicles 36:4). "Chains" is literally nose-rings, keeping up the figure of the lion. In the first part of the verse also there is allusion to the custom of assembling the neighbourhood to secure a lion or other wild beast.

Verse 4. - The nations also heard of him, etc. The fact that lies under the parable is that Egypt and its allies began to be alarmed as they watched the aggressive policy of Jehoahaz, as men are alarmed when they hear that a young lion is in the neighbourhood, and proceed to lay snares for him. In chains, etc.; literally, nose rings, such as were put into the nostrils of brutes or men (Ezekiel 38:4; 2 Kings 19:28; Isaiah 37:29). The mention of Egypt points to the deportation of Jehoahaz by Pharaoh-Necho (2 Kings 23:34; Jeremiah 22:11).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When the nations
גּוֹיִ֖ם (gō·w·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

heard
וַיִּשְׁמְע֥וּ (way·yiš·mə·‘ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

of him,
אֵלָ֛יו (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

he was trapped
נִתְפָּ֑שׂ (niṯ·pāś)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8610: To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably

in their pit.
בְּשַׁחְתָּ֣ם (bə·šaḥ·tām)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7845: A pit, destruction

With hooks
בַֽחַחִ֖ים (ḇa·ḥa·ḥîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2397: A ring for, the nose

they led him away
וַיְבִאֻ֥הוּ (way·ḇi·’u·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the land
אֶ֥רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Egypt.
מִצְרָֽיִם׃ (miṣ·rā·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa


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