"And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, …" — Ezekiel 19:7

Ezekiel 19:7 · KJV

“And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. {their desolate...: or, their widows} {the fulness...: or, all it containeth}”

— Ezekiel 19:7

Verse 6

And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, {and} devoured men.

Verse 8

Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

Ezekiel 19 — Context

Now when she saw that she had waited, {and} her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, {and} made him a young lion.

And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, {and} devoured men.

And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. {their desolate...: or, their widows} {the fulness...: or, all it containeth}

Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

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. {in chains: or, in hooks}

Cross References

Ezekiel 30:12

And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken {it}. {dry: Heb. drought} {all...: Heb. the fulness thereof}

Proverbs 28:15-16

{As} a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; {so is} a wicked ruler over the poor people.

Proverbs 28:3

A poor man that oppresseth the poor {is like} a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. {which...: Heb. without food}

Amos 6:8

The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. {that...: Heb. the fulness thereof}

Proverbs 19:12

The king's wrath {is} as the roaring of a lion; but his favour {is} as dew upon the grass.

Ezekiel 12:19

And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, {and} of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein. {all that...: Heb. the fulness thereof}

Micah 1:2

Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple. {all ye...: Heb. ye people, all of them} {all that...: Heb. the fulness thereof}

Ezekiel 22:25

{There is} a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.