Ezekiel 32

Ezekiel 32:1

In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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am 3417 , bc 587

Ezekiel 32:2

“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’

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whale or , dragon

Ezekiel 32:3

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net.

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Ezekiel 32:4

I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you.

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Ezekiel 32:5

I will put your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains.

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And I To represent the power , rapaciousness , and cruelty of Pharaoh , he had been compared to a fierce young lion , and also to an immense , overgrown sea-monster , or crocodile; and here it is predicted that God would cast a net over him , by which many companies of people should drag him out of his rivers , and cast him into the open field , mountains , valleys , etc. , to be devoured by birds and beasts of prey; that is , his ruin would be complete , and attended with terrible miseries to the Egyptians , and afford a large booty to their enemies.

Ezekiel 32:6

I will drench the land with the flow of your blood, all the way to the mountains—the ravines will be filled.

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the land Egypt , so called because interspersed by numerous canals , and overflowed annually by the Nile.

wherein thou swimmest or , of thy swimming

Ezekiel 32:7

When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

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make Overwhelm the dependent states.

the sun The king.

the moon The queen , or some state less than the kingdom.

Ezekiel 32:8

All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.

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set darkness upon Involve the whole land in desolation and woe.

Ezekiel 32:9

‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries you do not know.

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Ezekiel 32:10

I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.’

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Ezekiel 32:11

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!

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Ezekiel 32:12

I will make your hordes fall by the swords of the mighty, the most ruthless of all nations. They will ravage the pride of Egypt and all her multitudes will be destroyed.

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Ezekiel 32:13

I will slaughter all her cattle beside the abundant waters. No human foot will muddy them again, and no cattle hooves will disturb them.

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Ezekiel 32:14

Then I will let her waters settle and will make her rivers flow like oil,’ declares the Lord GOD.

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and cause The neighbouring countries shall be in a state of quietness , like a river that smoothly glides along , having no longer a political crocodile to foul their waters , or to disturb their peace.

Ezekiel 32:15

‘When I make the land of Egypt a desolation and empty it of all that filled it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD.’

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Ezekiel 32:16

This is the lament they will chant for her; the daughters of the nations will chant it. Over Egypt and all her multitudes they will chant it, declares the Lord GOD.”

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Ezekiel 32:17

In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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the fifteenth That is , of the twelfth month , just a fortnight after the preceding prophecy.

Ezekiel 32:18

“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:

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the daughters The cities and colonies of the celebrated nations afterwards enumerated.

Ezekiel 32:19

Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised!

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Ezekiel 32:20

They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes.

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she is delivered to the sword or , the sword is laid

Ezekiel 32:21

Mighty chiefs will speak from the midst of Sheol about Egypt and her allies: ‘They have come down and lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.’

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Ezekiel 32:22

Assyria is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.

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Ezekiel 32:23

Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terror in the land of the living.

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terror or , dismaying

Ezekiel 32:24

Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.

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Ezekiel 32:25

Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.

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a bed A cell , or bier , in the sepulchral vault , in which the corpse was deposited.

Ezekiel 32:26

Meshech and Tubal are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.

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Tubal Probably the Tibarenians , a people of Pontus , west of the Moschians.

Ezekiel 32:27

They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.

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to hell That is , to the grave; and are buried in their armour , with their weapons lying by their sides , as was a very ancient practice in various nations.

Ezekiel 32:28

But you too will be shattered and lie down among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.

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Ezekiel 32:29

Edom is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.

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laid Heb. given , or put

Ezekiel 32:30

All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.

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Ezekiel 32:31

Pharaoh will see them and be comforted over all his multitude—Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.

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Pharaoh shall Pharaoh , who said he was a god , shall be found among the dead.

Ezekiel 32:32

For I will spread My terror in the land of the living, so that Pharaoh and all his multitude will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.”

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