“The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.”
The nations hear of him and take him in their pit, bringing him with hooks to the land of Egypt to be confined and imprisoned. The capture of the first cub represents the Egyptian subjugation of Jehoahaz, who was deposed and exiled to Egypt after only three months of reign (2 Kings 23:31-34). The imagery of pit and hooks emphasizes the violent subjugation and loss of autonomy that characterizes the fall of the first son.
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