and seized[a] their widows.
    He laid waste their cities,
and the land was appalled and all who were in it
    at the sound of his roaring.
(A)Then the nations set against him
    from provinces on every side;
(B)they spread their net over him;
    (C)he was taken in their pit.
With hooks (D)they put him in a cage[b]
    and (E)brought him to the king of Babylon;
    they brought him into custody,
that his voice should no more be heard
    on (F)the mountains of Israel.

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  1. Ezekiel 19:7 Hebrew knew
  2. Ezekiel 19:9 Or in a wooden collar

He broke down[a] their strongholds
    and devastated(A) their towns.
The land and all who were in it
    were terrified by his roaring.
Then the nations(B) came against him,
    those from regions round about.
They spread their net(C) for him,
    and he was trapped in their pit.(D)
With hooks(E) they pulled him into a cage
    and brought him to the king of Babylon.(F)
They put him in prison,
    so his roar(G) was heard no longer
    on the mountains of Israel.(H)

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  1. Ezekiel 19:7 Targum (see Septuagint); Hebrew He knew