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Ezekiel 32:27

in Ezekiel 32

They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, that are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads, and their iniquities are upon their bones; for they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.

KJV

And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.

This verse in Ezekiel 32

Commentary

8 notes on this verse
And they shall not lie - Better, “Shall they not lie?” or, “Are they not laid?” The custom of burying warriors with their swords, shields, or helmets, raider their heads is well known, and common to most warlike nations. But their iniquities ... - They, rested in all the glories of a warrior’s sepulture, but their sins followed them to the grave.

This 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

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)

(4.) There lies the kingdom of Edom, which had flourished long, but about this time, at least before the destruction of Egypt, was made quite desolate, as was foretold, ch. xxv. Among the sepulchres of the nations there is Edom,

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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And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Though honored by the laying of "their swords under their heads," yet the punishment of "their iniquities shall be upon their bones." Their swords shall thus attest their shame, not their glory (Mt 26:52), being the instruments of their violence, the penalty of which they are paying.
1 more voice on this verse

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Gone down to hell with their weapons of war - Are buried in their armor and with their weapons lying by their sides. It was a very ancient practice, in different nations, to bury a warrior’s weapons in the same grave with himself.

The words behind it

25 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.

  • וְלֹ֤אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • יִשְׁכְּבוּ֙they lie

    yishkevuH7901 →212 times

  • אֶת־with

    ʾet-H854 →929 times

  • גִּבּוֹרִ֔יםwarriors

    giborimH1368 →158 times

  • נֹפְלִ֖יםfallen

    nofelimH5307 →435 times

  • מֵעֲרֵלִ֑יםfrom uncircumcised [men]

    mearelimH6189 →35 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwho

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יָרְדֽוּ־they went down

    yaredu-H3381 →381 times

  • שְׁא֣וֹלSheol

    sheolH7585 →66 times

  • בִּכְלֵֽי־with [the] weapons of

    bikhlei-H3627 →325 times

  • מִלְחַמְתָּם֩war their

    milchamtamH4421 →320 times

  • וַיִּתְּנ֨וּand people put

    vaiyitenuH5414 →2011 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • חַרְבוֹתָ֜םswords their

    charvotamH2719 →413 times

  • תַּ֣חַתunder

    tachatH8478 →505 times

  • רָאשֵׁיהֶ֗םheads their

    rasheihemH7218 →599 times

  • וַתְּהִ֤יand it was

    vatehiH1961 →3559 times

  • עֲוֹֽנֹתָם֙iniquities their

    ʾavonotamH5771 →233 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • עַצְמוֹתָ֔םbones their

    atzmotamH6106 →126 times

  • כִּֽי־for

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • חִתִּ֥יתterror of

    chititH2851 →8 times

  • גִּבּוֹרִ֖יםwarriors

    giborimH1368 →158 times

  • בְּאֶ֥רֶץ[was] in [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 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

    Psalms 109:18

    The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 73:6

      Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.

    • Numbers 5:22

      May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’

  • Through

    Job 20:11

    The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

    it leads to

    • Job 13:26

      For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.

    • Psalms 25:7

      Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.

    • Job 21:26

      But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.

    • John 8:24

      That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

    • Ezekiel 24:13

      Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 32:21

    Mighty chiefs will speak from the midst of Sheol about Egypt and her allies: ‘They have come down and lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.’

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 14:9–10

      Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you—all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise…

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 Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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.