Ezekiel 12:13

Translations

Modern

But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.

Traditional

My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.

Literal

And I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare; and I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans; and he will not see it, and there he will die.

Latin

Et extendam rete meum super eum, et capietur in sagena mea: et adducam eum in Babylonem, in terram Chaldæorum, et ipsam non videbit: ibique morietur.

Original

Hebrew

English

But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.

Notes

Ezekiel 12:12–13

King Zedekiah could not foresee the coming judgment. He would not see the land he was leaving or the land of the Babylonians. This prophecy came true when the Babylonians captured Zedekiah as he fled from besieged Jerusalem. They forced him to watch as they tortured his sons to death, then they blinded him (2 Kings 25:1–7).

This terrible end for Judah’s last king did not happen only because Babylon wanted to expand its empire. More importantly, the Lord himself planned to judge the king.

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Prophetic Sign Acts

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Related verses

Hosea 7:12
As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.
Jeremiah 39:7
Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
Ezekiel 17:20
I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.
Isaiah 24:17–18
Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
2 Kings 25:5–7
…but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.
Ezekiel 32:3
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net.
Ezekiel 17:16
‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.
Psalm 11:6
On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
Lamentations 3:47
Panic and pitfall have come upon us—devastation and destruction.
Lamentations 1:13
He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
Ezekiel 19:8–9
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.
Jeremiah 50:24
I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.

Places

Babylon: Ancient Mesopotamian city, capital of Babylonian Empire, site of the Tower of Babel Chaldea: Ancient Mesopotamian empire; known for astrology and wisdom

Glossary

Ezekiel, Book of Fowler Glory Net Zedekiah

Topics

Babylon was Called: Land of the Chaldeans Instruction by Object Lessons: Moving Household Goods Zedekiah: Made King of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar by Ezekiel

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