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Ezekiel 19:9
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel addresses the exiled community with a prophetic oracle concerning the fate of Judah’s last ruling prince. The passage records the moment foreign armies capture the king and remove him from his land.
The words — בַּסּוּגַר (ba.su.gar) translates literally as “in the cage,” and בַּחַחִים (ba.cha.chim) means “with hooks.” These terms specify the physical instruments used to restrain and transport the captive ruler.
The thread — The event aligns with 2 Chronicles 36:6 and 2 Kings 24:15, where Nebuchadnezzar binds and transports Judah’s kings to Babylon. The silencing of royal power corresponds to the prophetic focus on the mountains of Israel in Ezekiel 6:2.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that military defeat terminates earthly royal authority. It demands recognition that captivity serves as the final end to political influence and national pride.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 36:6 Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
- Ezekiel 6:2 “Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
- 2 Kings 24:15 Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 22:18 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
- Jeremiah 36:30 Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.
- Ezekiel 19:7 He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.
- Ezekiel 36:1 “And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.