Ezekiel 32:22
in Ezekiel 32Assyria is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Asshur is there and all her company; her graves are round about her; all of them slain, fallen by the sword;
KJV
Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
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This verse in Ezekiel 32
Commentary
9 notes on this verseThe number of their months was cut off in the midst, and, being bloody and deceitful men, they were not suffered to live out half their days. Their braves were set in the sides of the pit, all in a row, like beds in a common chamber,
This site's exposition
Assyria is there
on Ezekiel 32:22-23
Asshur, Assyria, is the first nation named in the grave, the very power chapter 31 had sent down. Henry reads the placement as deliberate, since Assyria caused terror in the land of the living and now bears the same fate. The pattern set here repeats through every name that follows.
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 Awakening3 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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Is there - In the state of the dead, in the land of darkness and oblivion. Her company - Princes, soldiers, subjects, and confederates. Are about him - They are about him, who were slain with him.
Ashur is there, and all her company,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
her . . . his--The abrupt change of gender is, because Ezekiel has in view at one time the kingdom (feminine), at another the monarch. "Asshur," or Assyria, is placed first in punishment, as being first in guilt.
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2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Asshur is there - The mightiest conquerors of the earth have gone down to the grave before thee; there they and their soldiers lie together, all slain by the sword.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
In Jer. 25 there is an enumeration of nations destined to be subject to the fury of the Chaldaeans. Here we find those of them who had already fallen not named by Jeremiah. Asshur is the king of Assyria, representing as usual the whole nation. The king is surrounded by the graves of his people.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁ֤ם | sham | [is] there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| אַשּׁוּר֙ | ʾashur | Assyria | H804 → | 151 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| קְהָלָ֔הּ | kehalah | company its | H6951 → | 123 times |
| סְבִֽיבוֹתָ֖יו | sevivotav | [are] around it | H5439 → | 336 times |
| קִבְרֹתָ֑יו | kivrotav | graves its | H6913 → | 67 times |
| כֻּלָּ֣ם | kulam | all of them | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חֲלָלִ֔ים | chalalim | [are] slain | H2491 → | 94 times |
| הַנֹּפְלִ֖ים | hanofelim | those [who] have fallen | H5307 → | 435 times |
| בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ | becharev | by the sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
שָׁ֤ם[is] there
shamH8033 →834 times
אַשּׁוּר֙Assyria
ʾashurH804 →151 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
קְהָלָ֔הּcompany its
kehalahH6951 →123 times
סְבִֽיבוֹתָ֖יו[are] around it
sevivotavH5439 →336 times
קִבְרֹתָ֑יוgraves its
kivrotavH6913 →67 times
כֻּלָּ֣םall of them
kulamH3605 →5413 times
חֲלָלִ֔ים[are] slain
chalalimH2491 →94 times
הַנֹּפְלִ֖יםthose [who] have fallen
hanofelimH5307 →435 times
בֶּחָֽרֶב׃by the sword
becharevH2719 →413 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
Numbers 24:24Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
it leads to
- Genesis 10:4
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
- Genesis 10:4
Through
Ezekiel 32:26Meshech 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…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 27:13
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.
- Genesis 10:2
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
- Ezekiel 39:1
“As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
- Ezekiel 38:2–3
“Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him
- Ezekiel 27:13
Through
Ezekiel 32:24Elam 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…
it leads to
- 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:
- 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…
- Ezekiel 26:20
then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who…
- Ezekiel 32:18
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of 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 and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.