Ezekiel 12:13

Ezekiel 12:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
• New International Version (NIV)I will spread my net for him, and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylonia, the land of the Chaldeans, but he will not see it, and there he will die.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare. And I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, yet he shall not see it, and he shall die there.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will also spread My net over him, and he shall be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there.

Context of Ezekiel 12:13

11You are to say, ‘I am a sign for you. Just as I have done, it will be done to them; they will go into exile, into captivity.’ 12The prince who is among them will lift his bags to his shoulder in the dark and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out through it. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land with his eyes. 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 he will die there. 14I will also scatter all the attendants who surround him and all his troops to every direction of the wind, and I will draw a sword to chase after them. 15They will know that I am the Lord when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries.

Ezekiel 12:13 word by word

וּפָרַשְׂתִּ֤י אֶת־רִשְׁתִּי֙ עָלָ֔יו וְנִתְפַּ֖שׂ בִּמְצֽוּדָתִ֑י וְהֵבֵאתִ֨י אֹת֤וֹ בָבֶ֙לָה֙ אֶ֣רֶץ כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים וְאוֹתָ֥הּ לֹֽא־יִרְאֶ֖ה וְשָׁ֥ם יָמֽוּת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My netרֶ֫שֶׁתresheth · netH7568
• also will I spreadפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
• upon him, and he shall be takenתָּפַשׂtâphaώ · to captureH8610
• in my snareמְצוּדָהmâtsûd metsûdâh metsûdâh · netH4686
• and I will bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• him to Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkaώdîy kaώdîymâh · ChaldeaH3778
• yet shall he not seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• it, though he shall dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for Ezekiel 12:13

• Ezekiel 17:16“‘As I live — this is the declaration of the Lord God — he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.
• Ezekiel 19:8Then the nations from the surrounding provinces set out against him. They spread their net over him; he was caught in their pit.
• Ezekiel 32:3“‘This is what the Lord God says: I will spread my net over you with an assembly of many peoples, and they will haul you up in my net.
• Job 19:6then understand that it is God who has wronged me and caught me in his net.
• Psalms 11:6Let him rain burning coals and sulfur on the wicked; let a scorching wind be the portion in their cup.
• Isaiah 24:17Panic, pit, and trap await you who dwell on the earth.
• Jeremiah 50:24Babylon, I laid a trap for you, and you were caught, but you did not even know it. You were found and captured because you pitted yourself against the Lord.
• Lamentations 1:13He sent fire from on high into my bones; he made it descend. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, sick all day long.
• Lamentations 3:47We have experienced panic and pitfall, devastation and destruction.”
• Lamentations 4:19Those who chased us were swifter than eagles in the sky; they relentlessly pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
• Hosea 7:12As they are going, I will spread my net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the sky. I will discipline them in accordance with the news that reaches their assembly.
• Luke 21:35like a trap. For it will come on all who live on the face of the whole earth.
• 2 Kings 25:5the Chaldean army pursued him and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. Zedekiah’s entire army left him and scattered.
• Jeremiah 34:3As for you, you will not escape from him but are certain to be captured and handed over to him. You will meet the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak face to face; you will go to Babylon.
• Jeremiah 39:7Then he blinded Zedekiah and put him in bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
• Jeremiah 52:8The Chaldean army pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. Zedekiah’s entire army left him and scattered.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 12:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13I will bring - him to Babylon - yet shall he not see it - Because Nebuchadnezzar caused him to have his eyes put out at Riblah. To Babylon he was carried in his blind state, and there he died. In saying, My net also will I spread upon him, there is probably a reference to an ancient manner of fighting. One, who was called the retiarius, had a small casting net, which if he could throw over his antagonist's head, he then dispatched him with his sword; if…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Compare Jeremiah 52:9 ffRead the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13King Zedekiah could not foresee the coming judgment. He would not see the land he was leaving or the land of the Babylonians. This prophecy came true when the Babylonians captured Zedekiah as he fled from besieged Jerusalem. They forced him to watch as they tortured his sons to death, then they blinded him (2 Kings 25:1–7). This terrible end for Judah’s last king did not happen only because Babylon wanted to expand its empire. More importantly, the Lord…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. My net--the Chaldean army. He shall be inextricably entangled in it, as in the meshes of a net. It is God's net (Job 19:6). Babylon was God's instrument (Is 10:5). Called "a net" (Ha 1:14-16). bring him to Babylon ... ; yet shall he not see it--because he should be deprived of sight before he arrived there (Jr 52:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 12:13

• Instruction
• Zedekiah

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings