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Ezekiel 32:18

in Ezekiel 32

“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:

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

KJV

Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

This verse in Ezekiel 32

Commentary

9 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

When Egypt is slain, let her have an honourable funeral, befitting her quality; let her be buried with the daughters of the famous nations, in their burying-places and with the same ceremony. It is but a poor allay to the reproach and terror of death to be buried with those that were famous; yet this is all that is allowed to Egypt.

This site's exposition

the fifteenth day

on Ezekiel 32:17-18

A second oracle opens two weeks after the first, and moves the whole scene underground. The chapter becomes a roll call of fallen empires already resident in Sheol. Keil reads the device as a second funeral for the same king, spoken from inside the place he is being sent to.

This site's exposition

consign her and the daughters of

The prophet's own word sends Egypt down, the same authority Jeremiah received at Jeremiah 1:10 to uproot kingdoms. The daughters of the mighty nations are the other powers named in the verses that follow. Egypt goes down in company.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(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 Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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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A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

Wail - Prepare the funeral ceremonies at the burial of Egypt. The daughters - And celebrate the funerals of other cities and kingdoms that lie buried in their own ruins.
Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

cast them down--that is, predict that they shall be cast down (so Jer 1:10). The prophet's word was God's, and carried with it its own fulfilment. daughters of . . . nations--that is, the nations with their peoples.

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1 more voice on this verse

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Cast them down - Show them that they shall be cast down. Proclaim to them a casting down prophecy.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • בֶּן־O son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • אָדָ֕םhumankind

    ʾadamH120 →551 times

  • נְהֵ֛הwail

    nehehH5091 →

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הֲמ֥וֹן[the] multitude of

    hamonH1995 →83 times

  • מִצְרַ֖יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • וְהוֹרִדֵ֑הוּand bring down it

    vehoridehuH3381 →381 times

  • א֠וֹתָהּ<obj.> it

    ʾotahH853 →10935 times

  • וּבְנ֨וֹתand [the] daughters of

    uvenotH1323 →588 times

  • גּוֹיִ֧םnations

    goyimH1471 →561 times

  • אַדִּרִ֛םmighty

    ʾadirimH117 →

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אֶ֥רֶץ[the] earth of

    ʾeretzH776 →2504 times

  • תַּחְתִּיּ֖וֹת[the] lowest parts

    tachtiyotH8482 →19 times

  • אֶת־with

    ʾet-H854 →929 times

  • י֥וֹרְדֵי[those who] go down of

    yordeiH3381 →381 times

  • בֽוֹר׃[the] pit

    vorH953 →66 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Jeremiah 1:10

    See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 31:28

      Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.

    • 2 Corinthians 10:4–5

      The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

    • Isaiah 44:26–28

      who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I…

    • Jeremiah 31:4–5

      Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.

    • Jeremiah 24:6

      I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.

  • 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?

  • Through

    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.”

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 26:17

      Then 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…

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; 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 Patrick Fairbairn, Ezekiel and the Book of His Prophecy.