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A Lament for the Princes of Israel

Ezekiel 19:4

In 11 translations

BSB
When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.
KJV
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
WEB
The nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
ASV
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.
LSV
And nations hear of him, || He has been caught in their pit, || And they bring him to the land of Egypt in chains.
YLT
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.
DBY
And the nations heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings into the land of Egypt.
DRC
And the nations heard of him, and took him, but not without receiving wounds: and they brought him in chains into the land of Egypt.
GNV
The nations also heard of him, and he was taken in their nets, and they brought him in chaines vnto the land of Egypt.
JPS
Then the nations assembled against him, he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.
LXXE
And the nations heard a report of him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him into the land of Egypt in chains.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּשְׁמְע֥וּ אֵלָ֛יו גּוֹיִ֖ם בְּשַׁחְתָּ֣ם נִתְפָּ֑שׂ וַיְבִאֻ֥הוּ בַֽחַחִ֖ים אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἤκουσαν κατʼ αὐτοῦ ἔθνη, ἐν τῇ διαφθορᾷ αὐτῶν συνελήφθη, καὶ ἤγαγον αὐτὸν ἐν κημῷ εἰς γῆν Αἰγύπτου.

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  • 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 Kings 23:33–34And 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. Then Pharaoh Neco made…
  • Jeremiah 22:11–12For 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, but he will die in the place to which he was…
  • 2 Chronicles 36:6Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
  • Jeremiah 22:18Therefore 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…
  • 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.

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