Ezekiel 17 · Verse 20

Ezekiel 17:20

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.
Ezekiel 17:20, King James Version

Ezekiel 17:20 in other translations

BSBI will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.
WEBI will spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.
ASVAnd I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.
YLTAnd I have spread out for him My snare, And he hath been caught in My net, And I have brought him in to Babylon, And pleaded with him there his trespass, That he hath trespassed against Me.
DARBYAnd I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his unfaithfulness in which he hath been unfaithful against me.
BBEMy net will be stretched out over him, and he will be taken in my cords, and I will send him to Babylon, and there I will be his judge for the wrong which he has done against me.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Ezekiel 17:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
20. 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).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 I will spread my net upon him - See the note on Eze 12:13.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 17:11-21

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…

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Ezekiel 17:20 in the original Hebrew

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וּפָרַשְׂתִּ֤יu.fa.ras.Tiand I will spreadH6566
עָלָיו֙'a.Lavover himH5921
רִשְׁתִּ֔יrish.Tinet myH7568
וְנִתְפַּ֖שׂve.nit.Pasand he will be caughtH8610
בִּמְצֽוּדָתִ֑יbim.tzu.da.Tiin hunting net myH4686
וַהֲבִיאוֹתִ֣יהוּva.ha.vi.'o.Ti.huand I will bring himH935
בָבֶ֗לָהva.Ve.lahBabylon towardsH894
וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּ֤יve.nish.pa.Tiand I will enter into judgmentH8199
אִתּוֹ֙'i.Towith himH854
שָׁ֔םShamthereH8033
מַעֲל֖וֹma.'a.Lounfaithfulness hisH4604
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
מָֽעַל\־ma.'al-he has acted unfaithfullyH4603
בִּֽי\׃Biagainst me

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Cross references for Ezekiel 17:20

  • Ezekiel 12:13

    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.

  • Ezekiel 32:3

    Thus saith the Lord God; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.

  • Ezekiel 20:35-36

    And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God.

  • Jeremiah 2:35

    Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

  • Ezekiel 38:22

    And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

  • Jeremiah 39:5-7

    But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:11

    Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

  • 2 Samuel 18:9

    And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

  • Lamentations 4:20

    The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

  • Luke 21:35

    For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:12

    For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

  • Hosea 2:2

    Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will spread.
12:13; 32:3; Jos 10:16-18; 2Sa 18:9; 2Ch 33:11; Job 10:16; Ec 9:12
Jer 39:5-7; La 1:13; 4:20; Ho 7:12; Lu 21:35
plead.
20:35,36; 38:22; Jer 2:9,35; 50:44; Ho 2:2; Mic 6:2

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Context

  • Ezekiel 17:19

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

  • Ezekiel 17:20

    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.

  • Ezekiel 17:21

    And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it.

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Ezekiel 17:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y extenderé sobre él mi red, y será preso en mi malla; y hacerlo he venir á Babilonia, y allí estaré á juicio con él, por su prevaricación con que contra mí se ha rebelado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et j’étendrai sur lui mon filet, et il sera pris dans mon piège; et je l’amènerai à Babylone, et là j’entrerai en jugement avec lui pour son infidélité par laquelle il a été infidèle envers moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich will mein Netz über ihn ausbreiten, und in meinem Garne wird er gefangen werden; und ich will ihn nach Babel bringen und daselbst mit ihm rechten wegen seiner Treulosigkeit, die er gegen mich begangen hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et expandam super eum rete meum, et comprehendetur in sagena mea: et adducam eum in Babylonem, et judicabo eum ibi in prævaricatione qua despexit me.