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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 19:4 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 19:4 |
King James |
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
The nations--Egypt, in the case of Jehoahaz, who probably provoked Pharaoh by trying to avenge the death of his father by assailing the bordering cities of Egypt (Kg2 23:29-30).
in their pit--image from the pitfalls used for catching wild beasts (Jer 22:11-12).
chains--or hooks, which were fastened in the noses of wild beasts (see on Eze 19:9). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Chains - See the marginal rendering to Eze 19:9 and Isa 27:9, note.
Eze 19:5
Another - Jehoiachin who soon showed himself no less unworthy than Jehoahaz. The "waiting" of the people was during the absence of their rightful lord Jehoahaz, a captive in Egypt while Jehoiakim, whom they deemed an usurper, was on the throne. It was not until Jehoiachin succeeded, that they seemed to themselves to have a monarch of their own Kg2 24:6.
Eze 19:7
Their desolate palaces - Rather, his palaces, built upon the ground, from where he had ejected the former owners.
Eze 19:8
The nations - are here the Chaldaeans: see the marginal references. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The nations - The Egyptians heard what he did. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The nations also heard of him - The king of Egypt, whose subjects were of divers nations, marched against Jerusalem, took Jehoahaz prisoner, and brought him to Egypt. Thus: -
He was taken in their pit - Here is an allusion to those trap-pits digged in forests, into which the wild beasts fall, when the huntsmen, surrounding a given portion of the forest, drive the beasts in; by degrees narrowing the inclosure, till the animals come to the place where the pits are, which, being lightly covered over with branches and turf, are not perceived, and the beasts tread on them and fall in. Jehoahaz reigned only three months before he was dethroned by the king of Egypt, against whom it is apparent some craft was used, here signified by the pit, into which he fell. |
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.
11 For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
12 But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.
29 In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.
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.
7 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.
6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
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.
9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
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.