Ezekiel Chapter 19 verse 4 Holy Bible
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.
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And the nations had news of him; he was taken in the hole they had made: and, pulling him with hooks, they took him into the land of Egypt.
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And the nations heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings into the land of Egypt.
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The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
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The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
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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.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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.
