And I will spreadוּפָרַשְׂתִּיmy netרִשְׁתִּיover him,עָלָיוand he will be caughtוְנִתְפַּשׂin my snare;בִּמְצוּדָתִיand I will bring himוַהֲבִיאוֹתִיהוּto Babylonבָבֶלָהand enter into judgmentוְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּיwith himאִתּוֹthereשָׁםfor his breach of faithמַעֲלוֹthatאֲשֶׁרhe committedמָעַלagainst me.בִּי
Ezekiel 17:20
Study it in the app“And I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there for his breach of faith that he committed against me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 17:20, word by word
- And I will spreadפָרַשְׂתִּיfarasti
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “farasti” appears- my netרִשְׁתִּrishti
net
A mesh for hunting, or a trap.
Where else “rishti” appears- and he will be caughtנִתְפַּשׂnitpas
seize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “nitpas” appears- in my snareמְצוּדָתִmetsudati
net
A net spread to catch game.
Where else “metsudati” appears- and I will bring himהֲבִיאוֹתִיhavioti
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havioti” appears- to Babylonבָבֶלָvavela
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “vavela” appears- and enter into judgmentנִשְׁפַּטְתִּיnishpatti
call to account
To call to account, punish.
Where else “nishpatti” appears- for his breach of faithמַעֲלmaal
unfaithfulness
Unfaithfulness, a breach of trust.
Where else “maal” appears- he committedמָעַלmaal
be unfaithful
Be unfaithful, break the loyalty owed; especially, keep for oneself what belongs to God.
Where else “maal” appears
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
19Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: ‘As I live, surely my imprecation that he despised and my covenant that he broke, I will put it on his head.
20 · This verse (above)
21And all his fugitives, with all his troops, by the sword will fall, and those who remain to every wind will be scattered; and you will know that I, YHWH, have spoken.’