Ezekiel 32:3
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3 Thus says the Lord God:
In an assembly of many peoples
I will throw my net over you,
and I[a] will haul you up in my dragnet.(A)
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- 32.3 Gk Vg: Heb they
Ezekiel 12:13
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13 I will spread my net over him, and he shall be caught in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, yet he shall not see it, and he shall die there.(A)
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Jeremiah 16:16
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16 I am now sending for many fishermen, says the Lord, and they shall catch them, and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill and out of the clefts of the rocks.(A)
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Habakkuk 1:14-17
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14 You have made people like the fish of the sea,
like crawling things that have no ruler.(A)
15 He brings all of them up with a hook;
he drags them out with his net;
he gathers them in his seine,
so he rejoices and exults.(B)
16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net
and makes offerings to his seine,
for by them his portion is lavish,
and his food is rich.
17 Is he then to keep on emptying his net
and destroying nations without mercy?(C)
Hosea 7:12
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12 As they go, I will cast my net over them;
I will bring them down like birds of the air;
I will discipline them according to the report made to their assembly.[a](A)
Footnotes
- 7.12 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Ezekiel 17:20
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20 I will spread my net over him, and he shall be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there for the treason he has committed against me.(A)
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Lamentations 1:13
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13 From on high he sent fire;
it went deep into my bones;
he spread a net for my feet;
he turned me back;
he has left me stunned,
faint all day long.(A)
Ecclesiastes 9:12
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12 For no one can anticipate one’s time. Like fish taken in a cruel net or like birds caught in a snare, so mortals are snared at a time of calamity, when it suddenly falls upon them.(A)
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