Ezekiel 12:13
Context12:13 But I will throw my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans 1 (but he will not see it), 2 and there he will die. 3
Ezekiel 17:20
Context17:20 I will throw my net over him and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylon and judge him there because of the unfaithfulness he committed against me.
Ezekiel 26:12
Context26:12 They will steal your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will tear down your walls and destroy your luxurious 4 homes. Your stones, your trees, and your soil he will throw 5 into the water. 6
Ezekiel 32:3
Context32:3 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:
“‘I will throw my net over you 7 in the assembly of many peoples;
and they will haul you up in my dragnet.
1 tn Or “Babylonians” (NCV, NLT).
sn The Chaldeans were a group of people in the country south of Babylon from which Nebuchadnezzar came. The Chaldean dynasty his father established became the name by which the Babylonians are regularly referred to in the book of Jeremiah, while Jeremiah’s contemporary, Ezekiel, uses both terms.
2 sn He will not see it. This prediction was fulfilled in 2 Kgs 25:7 and Jer 52:11, which recount how Zedekiah was blinded before being deported to Babylon.
3 sn There he will die. This was fulfilled when King Zedekiah died in exile (Jer 52:11).
4 tn Heb “desirable.”
5 tn Heb “set.”
6 tn Heb “into the midst of the water.”
7 tn The expression “throw my net” is common in Ezekiel (12:13; 17:20; 19:8).