Ezekiel 17:20

20 I will spread my net over you to catch you in my trap. I will take you to Babylon and judge you there for rebelling against me.

Ezekiel 17:20 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 17:20

And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my
snare (See Gill on Ezekiel 12:13); where the same words are used, and of the same person: and I will bring him to Babylon;
though, as it is said in the place referred to, he should not see it, his eyes being put out before he was brought thither: and I will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath
trespassed against me;
for though it was breaking covenant and oath with a Heathen prince, yet it was a trespass against God, in whose name they were made; and his being laid in prison at Babylon, and kept there to the time of his death, was the Lord's pleading with him, and judging of him; it was a reproof for his sins, and a condemnation of him and them.

Ezekiel 17:20 In-Context

18 The king of Judah broke the promise and the treaty that he pledged to keep. He did all these things, and he can't go unpunished.

19 "'So this is what the Almighty LORD says: As I live, I will certainly punish you for rejecting my promise and hating my treaty.

20 I will spread my net over you to catch you in my trap. I will take you to Babylon and judge you there for rebelling against me.

21 The best of your troops will die in battle. Anyone who remains will be scattered in every direction that the wind blows. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.

22 "'This is what the Almighty LORD says: I, too, will take hold of the top of a cedar tree. I will break off the highest twig and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.