Ezekiel 32:29
in Ezekiel 32Edom is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who in their might are laid with them that are slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.
KJV
There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.
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This verse in Ezekiel 32
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThere is Edom - All the glory and pomp of the Idumean kings, who also helped to oppress the Israelites, are gone down into the grave. Their kings, princes, and all their mighty men lie mingled with the uncircumcised, not distinguished from the common dead: “Where they an equal honor share, Who buried or unburied are. Where Agamemnon knows no more Than Irus, he condemned before. Where fair Achilles and Thersites lie, Equally naked, poor, and dry.”
This site's exposition
will be shattered
on Ezekiel 32:28-30
Egypt is addressed directly here, thou shalt be broken. Edom follows at verse 29, and verse 30 adds the princes of the north and all the Zidonians. Wesley reads the list as building deliberately toward its climax, the final verses seat Pharaoh among the very nations he is watching fall.
This site's exposition
Edom is there, and all her
Edom, Judah's neighbour to the south, had kings before Israel had any, as Genesis 36:31 records. Ezekiel judged Edom at 25:12-14 and gives it a whole oracle in chapter 35. Its royal line ends in the same pit.
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, not dignified with monuments or inscriptions, but mingled with common dust, her kings and all her princes, her wise statesmen (which Edom was famous for), and her brave soldiers.
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 Edom, her kings, and all her princes,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
princes--Edom was not only governed by kings, but by subordinate "princes" or "dukes" (Ge 36:40). with their might--notwithstanding their might, they shall be brought down (Isa 34:5, 10-17;
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The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁ֣מָּה | shamah | [is] there <towards> | H8033 → | 834 times |
| אֱד֗וֹם | ʾedom | Edom | H123 → | 99 times |
| מְלָכֶ֙יהָ֙ | melakheiha | kings its | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| נְשִׂיאֶ֔יהָ | nesieiha | princes its | H5387 → | 134 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִתְּנ֥וּ | nitenu | they have been put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| בִגְבוּרָתָ֖ם | vigvuratam | in strength their | H1369 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| חַלְלֵי־ | chalei- | [those] slain of | H2491 → | 94 times |
| חָ֑רֶב | charev | a sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| הֵ֛מָּה | hemah | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| עֲרֵלִ֥ים | ʾarelim | uncircumcised [men] | H6189 → | 35 times |
| יִשְׁכָּ֖בוּ | yishkavu | they will lie | H7901 → | 212 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and with | H854 → | 929 times |
| יֹ֥רְדֵי | yoredei | [those who] go down of | H3381 → | 381 times |
| בֽוֹר׃ | vor | [the] pit | H953 → | 66 times |
שָׁ֣מָּה[is] there <towards>
shamahH8033 →834 times
אֱד֗וֹםEdom
ʾedomH123 →99 times
מְלָכֶ֙יהָ֙kings its
melakheihaH4428 →2525 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
נְשִׂיאֶ֔יהָprinces its
nesieihaH5387 →134 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
נִתְּנ֥וּthey have been put
nitenuH5414 →2011 times
בִגְבוּרָתָ֖םin strength their
vigvuratamH1369 →
אֶת־with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
חַלְלֵי־[those] slain of
chalei-H2491 →94 times
חָ֑רֶבa sword
charevH2719 →413 times
הֵ֛מָּהthey
hemahH1992 →553 times
אֶת־with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
עֲרֵלִ֥יםuncircumcised [men]
ʾarelimH6189 →35 times
יִשְׁכָּ֖בוּthey will lie
yishkavuH7901 →212 times
וְאֶת־and with
veetH854 →929 times
יֹ֥רְדֵי[those who] go down of
yoredeiH3381 →381 times
בֽוֹר׃[the] pit
vorH953 →66 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.