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Ezekiel 19:4

Egypt

2 and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

3 She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.

5 When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

6 He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

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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
When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.
KJV
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
WEB
The nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
ASV
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.
DARBY
And the nations heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings into the land of Egypt.
BLB
And the nations heard of him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with the hooks to the land of Egypt.
ÅB
Men hedningefolk fikk høre om ham; i deres grav ble han fanget, og de førte ham med neseringer til Egypt.
OTB
Folkene hørte om ham, og han ble fanget i deres felle. De førte ham bort med kroker til Egyptens land.
B1930
Men hedningefolk fikk høre om ham; i deres grav blev han fanget, og de førte ham med neseringer til Egyptens land.

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 36:4

    Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.

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  • 2 Kings 23:33–34

    And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:6

    Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

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  • Jeremiah 22:11–12

    For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return,

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  • 2 Kings 23:31

    Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

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  • Jeremiah 22:18

    Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’

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