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Her gates sank into the ground;
    he smashed her bars to bits.
Her king and her princes are among the nations;
    instruction is wanting,
Even her prophets do not obtain
    any vision from the Lord.(A)

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Nations heard about him;
    in their pit he was caught;
They took him away with hooks
    to the land of Egypt.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 19:4 A common fate for royal prisoners: e.g., Assurbanipal claims he put a ring in the jaw of a captive king and a dog collar around his neck (cf. v. 9). A wall relief shows Esarhaddon holding two royal captives with ropes tied to rings in their lips.

Nations laid out against him
    snares all around;
They spread their net for him,
    in their pit he was caught.(A)

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