Bible verse
When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 19:4 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ezekiel 19.
1 “As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel
2 and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
3 She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
4 When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.
5 When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
6 He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
7 He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.
8 Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.
KJV
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
ASV
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.
ERV
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit: and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.
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