Ezekiel 32:24
in Ezekiel 32Elam 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 land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
KJV
There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
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This verse in Ezekiel 32
Commentary
9 notes on this verseThere is Elam - The Elamites, not far from the Assyrians; others think that Persia is meant. It was invaded by the joint forces of Cyaxares and Nebuchadnezzar.
This site's exposition
Elam is there
on Ezekiel 32:24-25
Elam follows Assyria into the same grave, a power east of Babylon whose terror in life is answered by shame in death. Keil reads the repetition itself as part of the oracle's force, each nation given the identical sentence so no power reads itself as an exception.
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 Awakening4 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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Elam - The Persians, and their famous kings, who lived in former days. Their shame - God, and man poured contempt upon them, and turned their glory into shame.
There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave,....
Note, Those who cause their terror shall, sooner or later, bear their shame, and be made a terror to themselves. The king of Elam is put in the midst of those that are slain. All the honour he can now pretend to is to be buried in the chief sepulchre.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Its territory lay in Persia. In Abraham's time an independent kingdom (Ge 14:1). Famous for its bowmen (Isa 22:6). borne their shame--the just retribution of their lawless pride.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
See the marginal referenc. Elam answers to the country known to the Greeks and Romans as Elymais, near Persia and Media. The Elamites were a fierce and warlike people. In the records of Assurbanipal his final triumph over Elam seems to have been one of his proudest boasts. Elam no doubt in the decline of Assyrian power again asserted its independence and was again crushed by the Chaldaean conqueror.
The words behind it
26 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 |
| עֵילָם֙ | ʾeilam | Elam | H5867 → | |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הֲמוֹנָ֔הּ | hamonah | multitude its | H1995 → | 83 times |
| סְבִיב֖וֹת | sevivot | around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| קְבֻרָתָ֑הּ | kevuratah | grave its | H6900 → | |
| כֻּלָּ֣ם | kulam | all of them | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חֲלָלִים֩ | chalalim | [are] slain | H2491 → | 94 times |
| הַנֹּפְלִ֨ים | hanofelim | those [who] have fallen | H5307 → | 435 times |
| בַּחֶ֜רֶב | bacherev | by the sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| אֲֽשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יָרְד֥וּ | yaredu | they have gone down | H3381 → | 381 times |
| עֲרֵלִ֣ים׀ | ʾarelim | uncircumcised | H6189 → | 35 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] earth of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| תַּחְתִּיּ֗וֹת | tachtiyot | [the] lowest parts | H8482 → | 19 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָתְנ֤וּ | natenu | they had put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| חִתִּיתָם֙ | chititam | terror their | H2851 → | 8 times |
| בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| חַיִּ֔ים | chaiyim | [the] living | H2416 → | 498 times |
| וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ | vaiyisu | and they have borne | H5375 → | 656 times |
| כְלִמָּתָ֖ם | khelimatam | disgrace their | H3639 → | 30 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| י֥וֹרְדֵי | yordei | [those who] go down of | H3381 → | 381 times |
| בֽוֹר׃ | vor | [the] pit | H953 → | 66 times |
שָׁ֤ם[is] there
shamH8033 →834 times
עֵילָם֙Elam
ʾeilamH5867 →
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הֲמוֹנָ֔הּmultitude its
hamonahH1995 →83 times
סְבִיב֖וֹתaround
sevivotH5439 →336 times
קְבֻרָתָ֑הּgrave its
kevuratahH6900 →
כֻּלָּ֣םall of them
kulamH3605 →5413 times
חֲלָלִים֩[are] slain
chalalimH2491 →94 times
הַנֹּפְלִ֨יםthose [who] have fallen
hanofelimH5307 →435 times
בַּחֶ֜רֶבby the sword
bacherevH2719 →413 times
אֲֽשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יָרְד֥וּthey have gone down
yareduH3381 →381 times
עֲרֵלִ֣ים׀uncircumcised
ʾarelimH6189 →35 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֶ֣רֶץ[the] earth of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
תַּחְתִּיּ֗וֹת[the] lowest parts
tachtiyotH8482 →19 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נָתְנ֤וּthey had put
natenuH5414 →2011 times
חִתִּיתָם֙terror their
chititamH2851 →8 times
בְּאֶ֣רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
חַיִּ֔ים[the] living
chaiyimH2416 →498 times
וַיִּשְׂא֥וּand they have borne
vaiyisuH5375 →656 times
כְלִמָּתָ֖םdisgrace their
khelimatamH3639 →30 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 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 32:18“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:
it leads to
- 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…
- Ezekiel 31:14
This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they…
- 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.”
- 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.”
- Micah 1:8
Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.
- Ezekiel 32:2
Through
Ezekiel 32:30All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 38:6
as well as Gomer with all its troops, and Beth-togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.
- Ezekiel 38:6
Through
Ezekiel 26:20then 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…
it leads to
- Psalms 27:13
Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
- Psalms 27:13
Through
Genesis 10:22The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
it leads to
- Isaiah 66:19
I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who…
- Isaiah 66:19
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About Ezekiel
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.