Ezekiel 32:16
in Ezekiel 32This 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.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament; the daughters of the nations shall lament therewith; over Egypt, and over all her multitude, shall they lament therewith, saith the Lord Jehovah.
KJV
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 God.
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This verse in Ezekiel 32
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis prophecy concludes and completes the burden of Egypt, and leaves it and all its multitude in the pit of destruction. We are here invited to attend the funeral of that once flourishing kingdom, to lament its fall, and to take a view of those who attend it to the grave and accompany it in the grave. This dead corpse of a kingdom is here brought to the grave.
This site's exposition
the land of Egypt a desolation
on Ezekiel 32:15-16
The recognition formula closes the first oracle, then shall they know that I am the Lord. Verse 16 hands the lament to the daughters of the nations, which Henry reads as the earth called to witness a fall. The second half takes up the same king from inside the grave.
This site's exposition
the daughters of the nations will
Israel and its neighbors hired women skilled in keening to lead a funeral lament, as Jeremiah 9:17 calls for the wailing women. Here the daughters of the nations chant the lament. They mourn over Egypt and her multitudes while they still live.
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 Awakening1 voice
This is the lamentation with which they shall lament her,.... The Egyptians themselves, or rather they that are after mentioned.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Daughters of the nations - Pagan kingdoms.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קִינָ֥ה | kinah | [is] a lamentation | H7015 → | 18 times |
| הִיא֙ | hi' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וְק֣וֹנְנ֔וּהָ | vekonuha | and people will chant it | H6969 → | 8 times |
| בְּנ֥וֹת | benot | [the] daughters of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| הַגּוֹיִ֖ם | hagoyim | the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| תְּקוֹנֵ֣נָּה | tekonenah | they will chant | H6969 → | 8 times |
| אוֹתָ֑הּ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מִצְרַ֤יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הֲמוֹנָהּ֙ | hamonah | multitude its | H1995 → | 83 times |
| תְּקוֹנֵ֣נָּה | tekonenah | they will chant | H6969 → | 8 times |
| אוֹתָ֔הּ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נְאֻ֖ם | neum | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֥י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִֽה׃ פ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
קִינָ֥ה[is] a lamentation
kinahH7015 →18 times
הִיא֙it
hi'H1931 →1879 times
וְק֣וֹנְנ֔וּהָand people will chant it
vekonuhaH6969 →8 times
בְּנ֥וֹת[the] daughters of
benotH1323 →588 times
הַגּוֹיִ֖םthe nations
hagoyimH1471 →561 times
תְּקוֹנֵ֣נָּהthey will chant
tekonenahH6969 →8 times
אוֹתָ֑הּ<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
מִצְרַ֤יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
וְעַל־and over
veal-H5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הֲמוֹנָהּ֙multitude its
hamonahH1995 →83 times
תְּקוֹנֵ֣נָּהthey will chant
tekonenahH6969 →8 times
אוֹתָ֔הּ<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
נְאֻ֖ם[the] utterance of
neumH5002 →376 times
אֲדֹנָ֥י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִֽה׃ פYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 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
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…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 29:3
Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says,…
- Nahum 2:11–13
Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?
- Ezekiel 27:2
“Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.
- Ezekiel 29:3
Through
2 Chronicles 35:25Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 9:17–21
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 22:10
Do not weep for the dead king; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for the one who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.
- Lamentations 4:20
The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
- Jeremiah 9:17–21
Through
2 Samuel 1:17Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 35:25
Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in…
- 2 Chronicles 35:25
Through
Ezekiel 26:17Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all…
it leads to
- Isaiah 14:12
How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
- Isaiah 14:12
Where this verse is studied
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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.
