Ezekiel 19 · Verse 8

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.
Ezekiel 19:8, King James Version

Ezekiel 19:8 in other translations

BSBThen the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.
WEBThen the nations attacked him on every side from the provinces. They spread their net over him. He was taken in their pit.
ASVThen the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.
YLTAnd set against it do nations Round about from the provinces. And they spread out for it their net, In their pit it hath been caught.
DARBYThen the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.
BBEThen the nations came against him from the kingdoms round about: their net was stretched over him and he was taken in the hole they had made.
WebsterThen the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

What does Ezekiel 19:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. the nations--the Chaldeans, Syrians, Moab, and Ammon (2Ki 24:2).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 The nations set against him - The Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites, and the king of Babylon - king of many nations. He was taken - The city was taken by Nebuchadnezzar; and Jehoiakim was taken prisoner, and sent in chains to Babylon.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 19:8 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.

וַיִּתְּנ֨וּvai.yi.te.Nuand they setH5414
עָלָ֥יו'a.Lavon itH5921
גּוֹיִ֛םgo.YimnationsH1471
סָבִ֖יבsa.Vivall aroundH5439
מִמְּדִינ֑וֹתmi.me.di.Notfrom provincesH4082
וַֽיִּפְרְשׂ֥וּvai.yif.re.Suand they spread outH6566
עָלָ֛יו'a.Lavover itH5921
רִשְׁתָּ֖םrish.Tamnet theirH7568
בְּשַׁחְתָּ֥םbe.shach.Tamin pit theirH7845
נִתְפָּֽשׂ\׃nit.Pasit was caughtH8610

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 19:8

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 19:4

    The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

  • 2 Kings 24:11

    And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.

  • 2 Kings 24:1-6

    In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servants the prophets. Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon. …

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the nations.
2Ki 24:1-6
and spread.
4; 12:13; 17:20; La 4:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 19:9

    And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

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Ezekiel 19:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y dieron sobre él las gentes de las provincias de alrededor, y extendieron sobre él su red; fué preso en su hoyo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Alors, de toutes les provinces, les nations d’alentour se rangèrent contre lui, et étendirent sur lui leur filet: il fut pris dans leur fosse.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da stellten sich gegen ihn die Völker ringsum aus den Landschaften; und sie breiteten ihr Netz über ihn aus, in ihrer Grube wurde er gefangen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et convenerunt adversus eum gentes undique de provinciis, et expanderunt super eum rete suum: in vulneribus earum captus est,