The nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
Parallel translations
- KJV The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
- BSB When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.
- NKJV The nations also heard of him; He was trapped in their pit, And they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.
- NASB ‘Then nations heard about him; He was caught in their trap, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.
- NLT Then the nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him away with hooks to the land of Egypt.
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The first young lion of Judah's lament is captured by the nations and dragged off to Egypt. It pictures the fall and exile of one of Judah's last kings.
Overview
This continues the lament (qinah) over Judah's princes, here likely referring to King Jehoahaz, who was deposed by Pharaoh Neco and carried to Egypt (2 Kings 23:31-34). The 'pit' and 'hooks' echo the cruel treatment of captured beasts and prisoners. The proud lion of Davidic royalty is brought low, showing that no earthly throne stands apart from God's judgment.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- 2 Chr 36:4The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
- 2 Kgs 23:33–34Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
- 2 Chr 36:6Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon.
- Jer 22:11–12For Yahweh says touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went out of this place: “He shall not return there any more.
- Jer 22:18Therefore Yahweh says concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: “They shall not lament for him, saying, ‘Ah my brother!’ or, ‘Ah sister!’ They shall not lament for him, saying ‘Ah lord!’ or, ‘Ah his glory!’
- 2 Kgs 23:31Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
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