Ezekiel 19:8

8 The nations set upon him from the provinces all around; they spread their net over him; he was caught in their pit.

Ezekiel 19:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 19:8

Then the nations set against him
Or, "gave against him" {y}; that is, their voice, as Kimchi; they called to one another, to gather together against him; they gave their counsel against him; they, joined together, agreed, and combined against him, and disposed their armies, and set them in array against him: on every side from the provinces;
Nebuchadnezzar and his auxiliaries, which consisted of the people of the provinces all around, who were brought together, and placed round about Jerusalem, at the siege of it; particularly the bands of the Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites, ( 2 Kings 24:1 2 Kings 24:2 ) ; and spread their net over him;
which may be expressive both of the policy, crafty and secret contrivances and designs, of Jehoiakim's enemies; and of their external force and hostile power against him: he was taken in their pit;
which they dug for him, or by the means which they contrived for his ruin, and which they put in execution and effected: the metaphor of a lion is carried on, and the manner of taking one is alluded to, which is commonly in pits, as Pliny ^F26 says; and the Arabs now dig a pit where lions are observed to enter, and covering it over slightly with reeds, of small branches of trees, they frequently decoy and catch them ^F1.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (wyle wntyw) "et ediderunt vocem"; Vatablus.
F26 "Capere eos ardui erat quondam operis, foveisque maxime". Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 8. c. 16.
F1 Dr. Shaw's Travels, p. 172. Ed. 2.

Ezekiel 19:8 In-Context

6 He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured people.

7 And he ravaged their strongholds, and laid waste their towns; the land was appalled, and all in it, at the sound of his roaring.

8 The nations set upon him from the provinces all around; they spread their net over him; he was caught in their pit.

9 With hooks they put him in a cage, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into custody, so that his voice should be heard no more on the mountains of Israel.

10 Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard transplanted by the water, fruitful and full of branches from abundant water.