‘They put him in a wooden collar with hooks And brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in hunting nets So that his voice would no longer be heard On the mountains of Israel.
Parallel translations
- WEB They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.
- KJV 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.
- BSB With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.
- NKJV They put him in a cage with chains, And brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in nets, That his voice should no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel.
- NLT With hooks, they dragged him into a cage and brought him before the king of Babylon. They held him in captivity, so his voice could never again be heard on the mountains of Israel.
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Quick answer
The captured king is caged, hooked, and carried to Babylon so his voice is silenced from Israel's mountains. This depicts the exile of the king and the end of his rule.
Overview
The king is led to Babylon, most likely picturing Jehoiachin or Zedekiah, whose reigns ended in captivity (2 Kings 24-25). The silencing of his 'roaring' marks the collapse of the Davidic throne in Jerusalem. Yet the line of David is not finally extinguished; God preserves the promise that finds its fulfillment in the eternal reign of Jesus Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- 2 Chr 36:6Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon.
- Ezek 6:2“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy to them,
- Ezek 19:7He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, with its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.
- 2 Kgs 24:15He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, with the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the chief men of the land. He carried them into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
- Jer 22:18–19Therefore 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!’
- Jer 36:30–31Therefore Yahweh says concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: “He will have no one to sit on David’s throne. His dead body will be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
- Ezek 36:1You, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, You mountains of Israel, hear Yahweh’s word.
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