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The nations from every region came together against him.
    They spread their net over him
        and caught him in their pit.
With hooks they put him in a cage
    and brought him to the king of Babylon.
    They put him in prison
        so that his roar wouldn’t be heard anymore
            on the mountains of Israel.

10 Your mother was like a grapevine
    that was planted near water.
    It had a lot of fruit and many branches
    because there was plenty of water.

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Then the nations(A) came against him,
    those from regions round about.
They spread their net(B) for him,
    and he was trapped in their pit.(C)
With hooks(D) they pulled him into a cage
    and brought him to the king of Babylon.(E)
They put him in prison,
    so his roar(F) was heard no longer
    on the mountains of Israel.(G)

10 “‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard[a](H)
    planted by the water;(I)
it was fruitful and full of branches
    because of abundant water.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:10 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts your blood