Ezekiel 32:20
in Ezekiel 32They 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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ASV
They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword; draw her away and all her multitudes.
KJV
They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.
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This verse in Ezekiel 32
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
pass in beauty
on Ezekiel 32:19-21
The question, whom dost thou pass in beauty, echoes chapter 31's whom art thou like. Verse 21 has the strong speak to him, a scene JFB compares to Isaiah 14's taunt. Gill notes uncircumcised is used as a term of shame, since Egypt is recorded elsewhere as a circumcising people.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 17 onwards) 'And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying: Son of man, mourn for the multitude of Egypt, and bring her down, even her and the daughters of the mighty nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. Wherein art thou fairer than any woman? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. Among them that are slain with the sword, they shall fall: the sword is given: draw her and all her multitudes.'
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord G OD . The prophet is ordered to take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt,
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They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
She is delivered to the sword - Rather, the sword is put forth. Draw her down as one dragged to execution.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּת֥וֹךְ | betokh | in among | H8432 → | 418 times |
| חַלְלֵי־ | chalei- | [those] slain of | H2491 → | 94 times |
| חֶ֖רֶב | cherev | a sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| יִפֹּ֑לוּ | yipolu | they will fall | H5307 → | 435 times |
| חֶ֣רֶב | cherev | a sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| נִתָּ֔נָה | nitanah | it has been appointed | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| מָשְׁכ֥וּ | mashekhu | they have drawn down | H4900 → | 36 times |
| אוֹתָ֖הּ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הֲמוֹנֶֽיהָ׃ | hamoneiha | multitudes its | H1995 → | 83 times |
בְּת֥וֹךְin among
betokhH8432 →418 times
חַלְלֵי־[those] slain of
chalei-H2491 →94 times
חֶ֖רֶבa sword
cherevH2719 →413 times
יִפֹּ֑לוּthey will fall
yipoluH5307 →435 times
חֶ֣רֶבa sword
cherevH2719 →413 times
נִתָּ֔נָהit has been appointed
nitanahH5414 →2011 times
מָשְׁכ֥וּthey have drawn down
mashekhuH4900 →36 times
אוֹתָ֖הּ<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הֲמוֹנֶֽיהָ׃multitudes its
hamoneihaH1995 →83 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 24:11Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
it leads to
- Psalms 82:4
Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.
- Isaiah 58:6–7
Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
- 1 John 3:16–17
By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
- Job 29:17
I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
- Psalms 82:4
Through
Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
it leads to
- Psalms 55:21
His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
- Psalms 12:2
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
- Jeremiah 9:8–9
Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
- Psalms 26:9
Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
- Psalms 55:21
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.