He broke down ¹  their strongholds ²  and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.

biblegateway Eze 19:7

‘He destroyed their fortified towers And laid waste their cities; And the land and its fullness were appalled Because of the sound of his roaring.

He devastated their strongholds and destroyed their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.

He destroyed fortresses and turned cities into wastelands. The land and everyone living in it were terrified by the sound of his roar.

biblegateway Eze 19:7

He broke down their strongholds and devastated their towns. The land and all who were in it were terrified by his roaring.

and seized their widows. He laid waste their cities, and the land was appalled and all who were in it at the sound of his roaring.

bibleoremus Eze 19:7

And he ravaged their strongholds, and laid waste their towns; the land was appalled, and all in it, at the sound of his roaring.

he broke down their palaces, laid their cities in ruins. The land and all in it were aghast at the sound of his roaring.

biblegateway Eze 19:7

He knew their desolate places, And laid waste their cities; The land with its fullness was desolated By the noise of his roaring.

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.

biblegateway Eze 19:7

He broke down ¹  their strongholds ²  and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.

¹ tc The Hebrew text reads “knew,” but is apparently the result of a ר-ד (dalet-resh) confusion. For a defense of the emendation, see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 1:284. However, Allen retains the reading “widows” as the object of the verb, which he understands in the sense of “do harm to,” and translates the line: “He did harm to women by making them widows” (p. 282). The line also appears to be lacking a beat for the meter of the poem.

² tc The Hebrew text reads “widows” instead of “strongholds,” apparently due to a confusion of ר (resh) and ל (lamed). L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 1:284) favors the traditional text, understanding “widows” in the sense of “women made widows.” D. I. Block, (Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:602) also defends the Hebrew text, arguing that the image is that of a dominant male lion who takes over the pride and by copulating with the females lays claim to his predecessor’s “widows.”