Ezekiel 19:7
5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Compare
- 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
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.
Read in contextEzekiel 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.
Read in contextProverbs 28:15–16
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Read in contextAmos 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.
Read in contextProverbs 19:12
The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Read in contextMicah 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.
Read in contextProverbs 28:3
A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Read in contextEzekiel 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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