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Ezekiel 17:20

Ezekiel 17:20
And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Thus saith the Lord God,.... Lest it should be thought, by the above prophecies, that the tribe of Judah should be utterly lost, and the family of David extinct, and the promise to him void, that he…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

I will spread my net upon him - See the note on Eze 12:13.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 17:1-21

We must take all these verses together, that we may have the parable and the explanation of it at one view before us, because they will illustrate one another. 1. The prophet is appointed to put forth…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

spread my net Cf. ch. Eze 12:13; Hos 7:12.

plead with him i.e. there subject him to the consequences of his treachery, bringing it thereby to his knowledge that he is suffering the penalty of it, cf.…