Ezekiel 19:4 - Exposition

The nations also heard of him, etc. The fact that lies under the parable is that Egypt and its allies began to be alarmed as they watched the aggressive policy of Jehoahaz, as men are alarmed when they hear that a young lion is in the neighbourhood, and proceed to lay snares for him. In chains, etc.; literally, nose rings, such as were put into the nostrils of brutes or men ( Ezekiel 38:4 ; 2 Kings 19:28 ; Isaiah 37:29 ). The mention of Egypt points to the deportation of Jehoahaz by Pharaoh-Necho ( 2 Kings 23:34 ; Jeremiah 22:11 ).