Ezekiel 32:10
in Ezekiel 32I 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Yea, I will make many peoples amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.
KJV
Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.
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This verse in Ezekiel 32
Commentary
6 notes on this verseShall tremble - Be greatly afraid, lest Nebuchadnezzar, who is God's sword, should smite them. Every man - Every one of the kings, whose kingdoms are near to Egypt.
This site's exposition
trouble the hearts of many peoples
on Ezekiel 32:9-10
Egypt's fall unsettles nations far beyond its own borders. Verse 10 sharpens the picture to kings themselves, horribly afraid, trembling at every moment when the sword is brandished before them. Gill reads the reach of the terror as the point, a warning meant for every throne that watches Egypt fall.
This site's exposition
when I brandish My sword before them
The sword is the LORD's, though the king of Babylon carries it, as 30:24 states. Kings shudder for their own lives. If Egypt, the oldest of the great powers, can fall, no smaller throne is safe.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter XXXII, verse 1 and following) And it was in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month (or tenth), on one day (the Vulgate is silent on the day) of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: You are like a lion among the nations, and like a dragon in the sea; you stirred up your horns in your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet, and trampled their (or your) rivers.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee,....
When others are ruined by sin we have reason to quake for fear, as knowing ourselves guilty and obnoxious. Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? (3.) It is set forth by a plain and express prediction of the desolation itself that should come upon Egypt. [1.] The instruments of the desolation appear here very formidable.
The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַהֲשִׁמּוֹתִ֨י | vahashimoti | and I will make appalled | H8074 → | 86 times |
| עָלֶ֜יךָ | ʾaleikha | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| עַמִּ֣ים | ʾamim | peoples | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| רַבִּ֗ים | rabim | many | H7227 → | 454 times |
| וּמַלְכֵיהֶם֙ | umalkheihem | and kings their | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂעֲר֤וּ | yisaru | they will shudder | H8175 → | |
| עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ | ʾaleikha | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שַׂ֔עַר | saar | shuddering | H8178 → | |
| בְּעוֹפְפִ֥י | beofi | when brandish I | H5774 → | |
| חַרְבִּ֖י | charbi | sword my | H2719 → | 413 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵיהֶ֑ם | peneihem | faces their | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| וְחָרְד֤וּ | vecharedu | and they will tremble | H2729 → | 39 times |
| לִרְגָעִים֙ | lirgaim | to moments | H7281 → | |
| אִ֣ישׁ | ʾish | everyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| לְנַפְשׁ֔וֹ | lenafsho | for life his | H5315 → | 754 times |
| בְּי֖וֹם | beyom | on [the] day of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| מַפַּלְתֶּֽךָ׃ ס | mapaltekha | downfall your | H4658 → | 8 times |
וַהֲשִׁמּוֹתִ֨יand I will make appalled
vahashimotiH8074 →86 times
עָלֶ֜יךָon you
ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times
עַמִּ֣יםpeoples
ʾamimH5971 →1873 times
רַבִּ֗יםmany
rabimH7227 →454 times
וּמַלְכֵיהֶם֙and kings their
umalkheihemH4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂעֲר֤וּthey will shudder
yisaruH8175 →
עָלֶ֙יךָ֙on you
ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times
שַׂ֔עַרshuddering
saarH8178 →
בְּעוֹפְפִ֥יwhen brandish I
beofiH5774 →
חַרְבִּ֖יsword my
charbiH2719 →413 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵיהֶ֑םfaces their
peneihemH6440 →2123 times
וְחָרְד֤וּand they will tremble
vechareduH2729 →39 times
לִרְגָעִים֙to moments
lirgaimH7281 →
אִ֣ישׁeveryone
ʾishH376 →1663 times
לְנַפְשׁ֔וֹfor life his
lenafshoH5315 →754 times
בְּי֖וֹםon [the] day of
beyomH3117 →2304 times
מַפַּלְתֶּֽךָ׃ סdownfall your
mapaltekhaH4658 →8 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
Revelation 18:10In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
it leads to
- Revelation 18:19
Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her…
- Revelation 18:8
Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
- Revelation 18:15–17
The merchants who sold these things and grew their wealth from her will stand at a distance, in fear of her torment. They will weep and mourn,
- Revelation 14:8
Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
- Amos 5:16
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will…
- Revelation 18:19
Through
Ezekiel 26:16All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over…
it leads to
- Hosea 11:10
They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
- Jonah 3:6
When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
- Job 8:22
Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
- Hosea 11:10
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About Ezekiel

This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.
