God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 17:20
20I will spread my net over you to catch you in my trap. I will take you to Babylon and judge you there for rebelling against me.
Ezekiel 17:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.
- New International Version (NIV)I will spread my net for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment on him there because he was unfaithful to me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there for the treachery he has committed against me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will spread My net over him, and he shall be taken in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and try him there for the treason which he committed against Me.
Context of Ezekiel 17:20
18The king of Judah broke the promise and the treaty that he pledged to keep. He did all these things, and he can’t go unpunished. 19“ ‘So this is what the Almighty Lord says: As I live, I will certainly punish you for rejecting my promise and hating my treaty. I will spread my net over you to catch you in my trap. I will take you to Babylon and judge you there for rebelling against me. 21The best of your troops will die in battle. Anyone who remains will be scattered in every direction that the wind blows. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken. 22“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: I, too, will take hold of the top of a cedar tree. I will break off the highest twig and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
Read all of Ezekiel 17Ezekiel 17:20 word by word
וּפָרַשְׂתִּ֤י עָלָיו֙ רִשְׁתִּ֔י וְנִתְפַּ֖שׂ בִּמְצֽוּדָתִ֑י וַהֲבִיאוֹתִ֣יהוּ בָבֶ֗לָה וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּ֤י אִתּוֹ֙ שָׁ֔ם מַעֲל֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר מָֽעַל־בִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And I will spreadפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
- my netרֶ֫שֶׁתresheth · netH7568
- 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
- and will pleadשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
- with him there for his trespassמָעַלmâ‛al · be unfaithfulH4603
- that he hath trespassedמַ֫עַלma‛al · unfaithfulnessH4604
Cross-references for Ezekiel 17:20
- Ezekiel 12:13I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my net. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Babylonians, but he will not see it. And that’s where he’ll die.
- Ezekiel 32:8I will darken all the lights shining in the sky above you. I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Almighty Lord.
- Joshua 10:16The five kings ran away and hid in the cave at Makkedah.
- 2 Samuel 18:9Absalom happened to come face to face with some of David’s men. He was riding on a mule, and the mule went under the tangled branches of a large tree. Absalom’s head became caught in the tree. So he was left hanging in midair when the mule that was under him ran away.
- 2 Chronicles 33:11So the Lord made the army commanders of the king of Assyria invade Judah. They took Manasseh captive, put a hook in his nose, put him in bronze shackles, and brought him to Babylon.
- Job 10:16Like a proud, ferocious lion you hunt me down. You keep working your miracles against me.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12No one knows when his time will come. Like fish that are caught in a cruel net or birds caught in a snare, humans are trapped by a disaster when it suddenly strikes them.
- Jeremiah 39:5The Babylonian army pursued them and caught up with Zedekiah in the plain of Jericho. They arrested him and brought him to Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. The king of Babylon passed sentence on him.
- Lamentations 1:13He sent fire from above. He made it go deep into my bones. He spread a net for my feet. He made me turn back. He has left me devastated. He has made me sick all day long.
- Lamentations 4:20The person the Lord anointed ⌞as king⌟, who is the breath of our life, was caught in their pits. We had thought that we would live in our king’s shadow among the nations.”
- Hosea 7:12When you go, I will spread my net over you. I will snatch you out of the air like a bird. I will punish you for all the evil things you have done.
- Luke 21:35like a trap that catches a bird. That day will surprise all people who live on the earth.
- Ezekiel 20:35I will bring you into the desert of the nations. There I will put you on trial face to face.
- Ezekiel 38:22I will punish Gog with plagues and death. I will send rainstorms, large hailstones, fire, and burning sulfur on his troops and on the many armies with him.
- Jeremiah 2:9“That is why I am bringing charges against you,” declares the Lord, “and I am bringing charges against your grandchildren.
- Jeremiah 50:44I will suddenly chase them from their places like a lion coming out of the jungle along the Jordan River into pastureland. I will appoint over Babylon whomever I choose. Who is like me? Who can challenge me? Is there any leader who can stand up to me?
Commentaries on Ezekiel 17:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20I will spread my net upon him - See the note on Ezekiel 12:13.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 The parable is explained, and the particulars of the history of the Jewish nation at that time may be traced. Zedekiah had been ungrateful to his benefactor, which is a sin against God. In every solemn oath, God is appealed to as a witness of the sincerity of him that swears. Truth is a debt owing to all men. If the professors of the true religion deal treacherously with those of a false religion, their profession makes their sin the worse…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-21God would punish Israel’s king because he broke his covenant. By turning against Babylon, he also committed treason (betrayal against a ruler). In doing this, he sinned against the Lord, who had placed him in the promised land. will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him: See 2 Kings 25:5–7.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. my net--(Eze 12:13; 32:3). God entraps him as he had tried to entrap others (Psa 7:15). This was spoken at least upwards of three years before the fall of Jerusalem (compare Eze 8:1, with Eze 20:1). plead with him--by judgments on him (Eze 20. 36).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 17
- 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
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