Ezekiel 12:13

¹¹ You are to say, ‘I am a sign to you.’ Just as it happened here, so will it be done to them; they will go into exile as captives.

¹² And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.

But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.

¹⁴ And I will scatter to every wind all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.

¹⁵ And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.
KJV: 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.
WEB: I will also spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die there.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; but he shall not see it, and there shall he die.
BLB: And I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare; and I will bring him to Babylon, [to] the land of the Chaldeans; and he will not see it, and there he will die.

ÅB: Og jeg vil utspenne mitt garn over ham, og han skal fanges i mitt nett, og jeg vil føre ham til Babel i kaldeernes land; men det skal han ikke se[^2], og der skal han dø.
OTB: Jeg vil spre mitt nett for ham, og han vil bli fanget i min snare. Jeg vil føre ham til Babylon i kaldeernes land, men han vil ikke se det, og der vil han dø.
B1930: Og jeg vil utspenne mitt garn over ham, og han skal fanges i mitt nett, og jeg vil føre ham til Babel i kaldeernes land; men det skal han ikke se, og der skal han dø. / < 2KG 25, 7.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 39:7
Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
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Ezekiel 17:20
I 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.
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Hosea 7:12
As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.
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Isaiah 24:17–18
Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
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Ezekiel 17:16
‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.
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2 Kings 25:5–7
but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.
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Ezekiel 32:3
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net.
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Luke 21:35
For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth.
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