Ezekiel 19 · Verse 7

Ezekiel 19:7

And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

Ezekiel 19:7, King James Version

Ezekiel 19:7 in other translations

BSB	He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.
WEB	He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities. The land was desolate with its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.
ASV	And he knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring.
YLT	And it knoweth his forsaken habitations, And their cities it hath laid waste, And desolate is the land and its fulness, Because of the voice of his roaring.
DARBY	And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities, so that the land was desolate, and all it contained, by the noise of his roaring.
BBE	And he sent destruction on their widows and made waste their towns; and the land and everything in it became waste because of the loud sound of his voice.
Webster	And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fullness of it, by the noise of his roaring.

What does Ezekiel 19:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

7. knew ... desolate palaces--that is, claimed as his own their palaces, which he then proceeded to "desolate." The Hebrew, literally "widows"; hence widowed palaces (Is 13:22). Vatablus (whom Fairbairn follows) explains it, "He knew (carnally) the widows of those whom he devoured" (Eze 19:6). But thus the metaphor and the literal reality would be blended: the lion being represented as knowing widows. The reality, however, often elsewhere thus breaks through the veil. fulness thereof--all that it contained; its inhabitants.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 19:1-9

A parable lamenting the ruin of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim. (Ezek 19:1-9) Another describing the desolation of the people. (Ezek 19:10-14) Verses 1-9 Ezekiel is to compare the kingdom of Judah to a lioness. He must compare the kings of Judah to a lion's whelps; they were cruel and oppressive to their own subjects. The righteousness of God is to be acknowledged, when those who have terrified and enslaved others, are…

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Ezekiel 19:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּ֙דַע֙vai.Ye.da'and it knewH3045

אַלְמְנוֹתָ֔יו'al.me.no.Tavwidows itsH490

וְעָרֵיהֶ֖םve.'a.rei.Hemand cities theirH5892

הֶחֱרִ֑יבhe.che.Rivit laid wasteH2717

וַתֵּ֤שַׁםva.Te.shamand it was desolateH3456

אֶ֙רֶץ֙'e.retz[the] landH776

וּמְלֹאָ֔הּu.me.lo.'Ahand what fills itH4393

מִקּ֖וֹלmi.Kolfrom [the] sound ofH6963

שַׁאֲגָתֽוֹ\׃sha.'a.ga.Toroaring itsH7581

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Cross references for Ezekiel 19:7

Ezekiel 30:12
And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the Lord have spoken it.
Ezekiel 12:19
And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.
Proverbs 28:15-16
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
Amos 6:8
The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
Proverbs 19:12
The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Micah 1:2
Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
Proverbs 28:3
A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Ezekiel 22:25
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

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desolate palaces. or, widows. and the land.
22:25; Pr 19:12; 28:3,15,16
the fulness.
12:19; 30:12; Am 6:8; Mic 1:2

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Context

Ezekiel 19:6
And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
Ezekiel 19:7
And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
Ezekiel 19:8
Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

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Ezekiel 19:7 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y conoció sus viudas, y asoló sus ciudades; y la tierra fué asolada, y su abundancia, á la voz de su bramido.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Il connut leurs palais désolés, et dévasta leurs villes, et le pays et tout ce qu’il contenait fut désolé par la voix de son rugissement.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und er zerstörte ihre Paläste verheerte ihre Städte; und das Land und seine Fülle entsetzte sich vor der Stimme seines Gebrülls.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	didicit viduas facere, et civitates earum in desertum adducere: et desolata est terra et plenitudo ejus a voce rugitus illius.