Ezekiel 19:4

Ezekiel 19:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
• New International Version (NIV)The nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The nations heard about him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The nations also heard of him; He was trapped in their pit, And they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.

Context of Ezekiel 19:4

2Say this: “Your mother was like a great lion among the other lions. She lay among strong young lions. She helped her children to grow safely. 3She taught one of her children to catch animals for food. As he grew, he started to eat people. The people of other nations heard about him. They dug a hole and they caught him in their trap. They put hooks in him and they took him to Egypt. 5His mother waited for him to return home. He did not come and she stopped hoping for him. She helped another of her sons to become a strong young lion. 6He grew to be strong among the other lions. He learned to catch wild animals and to eat them. He also learned to eat people.

Ezekiel 19:4 word by word

וַיִּשְׁמְע֥וּ אֵלָ֛יו גּוֹיִ֖ם בְּשַׁחְתָּ֣ם נִתְפָּ֑שׂ וַיְבִאֻ֥הוּ בַֽחַחִ֖ים אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• also heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• of him; he was takenתָּפַשׂtâphaώ · to captureH8610
• in their pitשַׁ֫חַתshachath · pit: graveH7845
• and they broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• him with chainsחַחchâch châchîy · hookH2397
• unto the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714

Cross-references for Ezekiel 19:4

• 2 Kings 23:31Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king. He ruled as king in Jerusalem for three months. His mother's name was Hamutal. She was the daughter of Jeremiah, who came from Libnah.
• 2 Chronicles 36:4The king of Egypt chose Eliakim, Jehoahaz's brother, to rule as king over Judah and Jerusalem. He changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. But Necho took Jehoiakim's brother Jehoahaz away to Egypt.
• Jeremiah 22:11Josiah's son, Shallum, became king of Judah after his father died. But enemies took him away as a prisoner to a foreign land. The Lord says this about him: ‘He will never return to this land.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 19:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The 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. Thus: - He was taken in their pit - Here is an allusion to those trap-pits digged in forests, into which the wild beasts fall, when the huntsmen, surrounding a given portion of the forest, drive the beasts in; by degrees narrowing the inclosure, till the animals come to the place where the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-9Verses 4-9 Chains - See the marginal rendering to Ezekiel 19:9 and Isaiah 27:9, note. Ezekiel 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 2 Kings 24:6…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-4The first picture shows a lioness and one of her cubs, whom she chose as the leader of her group. This cub represents Jehoahaz, who ruled for only three months before Pharaoh Neco took him to Egypt (2 Kings 23:33–34). tear his prey … devoured men: The prophet describes Jehoahaz’s short reign in completely negative terms. He presents his rule as evil and harmful. In ancient times, hunters often caught lions with a net and a pit. In this passage, that…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. The nations--Egypt, in the case of Jehoahaz, who probably provoked Pharaoh by trying to avenge the death of his father by assailing the bordering cities of Egypt (2Ki 23:29, 30). in their pit--image from the pitfalls used for catching wild beasts (Jr 22:11, 12). chains--or hooks, which were fastened in the noses of wild beasts (see on Eze 19:9).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 19:4

• Lion
• Parables

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Hunting
• Captivity
• Ezekiel
• Hook
• Whelp
• Hook, Hooks

Commentaries on Ezekiel 19

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings