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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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Her gates(A) have sunk into the ground;
    their bars(B) he has broken and destroyed.
Her king and her princes are exiled(C) among the nations,
    the law(D) is no more,
and her prophets(E) no longer find
    visions(F) from the Lord.

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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.

The nations heard about him,
    and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him with hooks(A)
    to the land of Egypt.(B)

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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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Then the nations(A) came against him,
    those from regions round about.
They spread their net(B) for him,
    and he was trapped in their pit.(C)

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