Ezekiel 17:20

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

18For the king of Israel disregarded his treaty and broke it after swearing to obey; therefore, he will not escape. 19“So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will punish him for breaking my covenant and disregarding the solemn oath he made in my name. I will throw my net over him and capture him in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and put him on trial for this treason against me. 21And all his best warriors will be killed in battle, and those who survive will be scattered to the four winds. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken. 22“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take a branch from the top of a tall cedar, and I will plant it on the top of Israel’s highest mountain.

Ezekiel 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 12:13Then I will throw my net over him and capture him in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Babylonians, though he will never see it, and he will die there.
• Ezekiel 32:8I will darken the bright stars overhead and cover your land in darkness. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!
• Joshua 10:16During the battle the five kings escaped and hid in a cave at Makkedah.
• 2 Samuel 18:9During the battle, Absalom happened to come upon some of David’s men. He tried to escape on his mule, but as he rode beneath the thick branches of a great tree, his hair got caught in the tree. His mule kept going and left him dangling in the air.
• 2 Chronicles 33:11So the Lord sent the commanders of the Assyrian armies, and they took Manasseh prisoner. They put a ring through his nose, bound him in bronze chains, and led him away to Babylon.
• Job 10:16And if I hold my head high, you hunt me like a lion and display your awesome power against me.
• Ecclesiastes 9:12People can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a trap, people are caught by sudden tragedy.
• Jeremiah 39:5But the Babylonian troops chased them and overtook Zedekiah on the plains of Jericho. They captured him and took him to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who was at Riblah in the land of Hamath. There the king of Babylon pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah.
• Lamentations 1:13“He has sent fire from heaven that burns in my bones. He has placed a trap in my path and turned me back. He has left me devastated, racked with sickness all day long.
• Lamentations 4:20Our king—the Lord’s anointed, the very life of our nation— was caught in their snares. We had thought that his shadow would protect us against any nation on earth!
• Hosea 7:12But as they fly about, I will throw my net over them and bring them down like a bird from the sky. I will punish them for all the evil they do.
• Luke 21:35like a trap. For that day will come upon everyone living on the earth.
• Ezekiel 20:35I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and there I will judge you face to face.
• Ezekiel 38:22I will punish you and your armies with disease and bloodshed; I will send torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and burning sulfur!
• Jeremiah 2:9Therefore, I will bring my case against you,” says the Lord. “I will even bring charges against your children’s children in the years to come.
• Jeremiah 50:44“I will come like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan, leaping on the sheep in the pasture. I will chase Babylon from its land, and I will appoint the leader of my choice. For who is like me, and who can challenge me? What ruler can oppose my will?”

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