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.

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With hooks(A) they pulled him into a cage
    and brought him to the king of Babylon.(B)
They put him in prison,
    so his roar(C) was heard no longer
    on the mountains of Israel.(D)

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Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

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Nebuchadnezzar(A) king of Babylon attacked him and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.(B)

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Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

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“Son of man, set your face(A) against the mountains(B) of Israel; prophesy against them(C)

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36 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord:

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Hope for the Mountains of Israel

36 “Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel(A) and say, ‘Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord.

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And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

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He broke down[a] their strongholds
    and devastated(A) their towns.
The land and all who were in it
    were terrified by his roaring.

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Footnotes

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

30 Therefore thus saith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.

31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.

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30 Therefore this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim(A) king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on the throne of David; his body will be thrown out(B) and exposed(C) to the heat by day and the frost by night.(D) 31 I will punish him and his children(E) and his attendants for their wickedness; I will bring on them and those living in Jerusalem and the people of Judah every disaster(F) I pronounced against them, because they have not listened.(G)’”

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18 Therefore thus saith the Lord 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!

19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

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18 Therefore this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:

“They will not mourn(A) for him:
    ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’
They will not mourn for him:
    ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
19 He will have the burial(B) of a donkey—
    dragged away and thrown(C)
    outside the gates of Jerusalem.”

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15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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15 Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin(A) captive to Babylon. He also took from Jerusalem to Babylon the king’s mother,(B) his wives, his officials and the prominent people(C) of the land.

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