Ezekiel 32:26
in Ezekiel 32Meshech 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 living.
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ASV
There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude; their graves are round about them; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they caused their terror in the land of the living.
KJV
There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living.
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This verse in Ezekiel 32
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Meshech and Tubal are there
on Ezekiel 32:26-27
Meshech and Tubal, the same pairing that returns as Gog's allies in chapters 38 and 39, take their place in the grave. Verse 27 draws one distinction, buried instead with their weapons under their heads. Fairbairn reads the separate note as marking these as ancient warriors given a warrior's burial.
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
There lie Meshech and Tubal, and all their multitude; there is a burying place for them, with their chief commander in the midst of them, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword. These Scythians, dying ingloriously as they lived, are not laid, as the other nations spoken of before, in the bed of honour (
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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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There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
There is Meshech, Tubal - See on Eze 27:13 (note).
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁ֣ם | sham | [is] there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| מֶ֤שֶׁךְ | meshekh | Meshech | H4902 → | 9 times |
| תֻּבַל֙ | tuval | Tubal | H8422 → | 8 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הֲמוֹנָ֔הּ | hamonah | multitude its | H1995 → | 83 times |
| סְבִֽיבוֹתָ֖יו | sevivotav | [are] around it | H5439 → | 336 times |
| קִבְרוֹתֶ֑יהָ | kivroteiha | graves its | H6913 → | 67 times |
| כֻּלָּ֤ם | kulam | all of them | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עֲרֵלִים֙ | ʾarelim | [are] uncircumcised | H6189 → | 35 times |
| מְחֻ֣לְלֵי | mechulei | pierced of | H2490 → | 143 times |
| חֶ֔רֶב | cherev | [the] sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| נָתְנ֥וּ | natenu | they had put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| חִתִּיתָ֖ם | chititam | terror their | H2851 → | 8 times |
| בְּאֶ֥רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| חַיִּֽים׃ | chaiyim | [the] living | H2416 → | 498 times |
שָׁ֣ם[is] there
shamH8033 →834 times
מֶ֤שֶׁךְMeshech
meshekhH4902 →9 times
תֻּבַל֙Tubal
tuvalH8422 →8 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הֲמוֹנָ֔הּmultitude its
hamonahH1995 →83 times
סְבִֽיבוֹתָ֖יו[are] around it
sevivotavH5439 →336 times
קִבְרוֹתֶ֑יהָgraves its
kivroteihaH6913 →67 times
כֻּלָּ֤םall of them
kulamH3605 →5413 times
עֲרֵלִים֙[are] uncircumcised
ʾarelimH6189 →35 times
מְחֻ֣לְלֵיpierced of
mechuleiH2490 →143 times
חֶ֔רֶב[the] sword
cherevH2719 →413 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
נָתְנ֥וּthey had put
natenuH5414 →2011 times
חִתִּיתָ֖םterror their
chititamH2851 →8 times
בְּאֶ֥רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
חַיִּֽים׃[the] living
chaiyimH2416 →498 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 27:13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.
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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 10:2
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
- 1 Chronicles 1:5
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
- Revelation 18:13
of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; of slaves and souls of men.
- Isaiah 66:19
Through
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.
it leads to
- 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 38:2–3
Through
Genesis 10:2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 38:2
“Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him
- 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.
- 1 Chronicles 1:5–7
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
- Ezekiel 38:2
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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 Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.