Ezekiel 19:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.”
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“When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And hear of it do nations, In their pit it hath been caught, And they bring it in with chains unto the land of Egypt.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 19:4 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 23:31Jehoahaz 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.
- 2 Kings 23:33And 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.
- 2 Chronicles 36:4Then 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.
- 2 Chronicles 36:6Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 22:11For 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,
- Jeremiah 22:18Therefore 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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