Ezekiel 19:7
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.
He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.
8 Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.
9 With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.
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
- He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.
- KJV
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- BLB
- And he broke down their strongholds, and their cities he laid waste, and the land was devastated and all its fullness by the voice of his roaring.
- ÅB
- Han voldtok deres enker og ødela deres byer, og landet og alt det der var, ble forferdet ved lyden av hans brøl.
- OTB
- Han rev ned deres festninger og la deres byer øde. Landet og alle dets innbyggere ble forferdet over hans brøl.
- B1930
- Han voldtok deres enker og ødela deres byer, og landet og alt det der var, blev forferdet ved lyden av hans brøl.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 30:12
I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Read in contextEzekiel 12:19
Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.
Read in contextProverbs 28:15–16
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
Read in contextAmos 6:8
The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
Read in contextProverbs 19:12
A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Read in contextMicah 1:2
Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
Read in contextProverbs 28:3
A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:25
The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
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