New International Reader's Version

Ezekiel 19:8-10 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

8. Then nations came against him. They came from all around him. They spread out their net to catch him. He was trapped in their pit.

9. They used hooks to pull him into a cage. They brought him to the king of Babylonia. They put him in prison. So his roar was not heard anymore on the mountains of Israel.

10. " 'Israel, you were like a vine in a vineyard. It was planted near water. It had a lot of fruit and many branches. There was plenty of water.