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Ezekiel 32:4

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I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And I will leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle upon thee, and I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

KJV

Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

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This verse in Ezekiel 32

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

I will spread My net over you

on Ezekiel 32:3-6

The image shifts from cedar to river beast. His flesh is laid upon the mountains, an image Fairbairn reads as the corpse itself covering the ground like a fallen mountain range. Clarke adds that watering the land with thy blood plays on Egypt's own dependence on the Nile's flood.

This site's exposition

hurl you into the open field

An unburied body was the deepest disgrace in the ancient world, as Jeremiah 22:19 says of Jehoiakim. Egypt spent its wealth on embalming and tombs for its kings. Pharaoh is left for the birds.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Chapter XXXII, verse 1 and following) And it was in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month (or tenth), on one day (the Vulgate is silent on the day) of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: You are like a lion among the nations, and like a dragon in the sea; you stirred up your horns in your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet, and trampled their (or your) rivers.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), where being out of his element, he must die of course, and be a prey to the birds and beasts, as was foretold, ch. xxix. What can the strongest fish do to help itself when it is out of the water and lies gasping?

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The words behind it

16 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.

  • וּנְטַשְׁתִּ֣יךָand I will abandon you

    unetashtikhaH5203 →40 times

  • בָאָ֔רֶץon the land

    vaaretzH776 →2504 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • פְּנֵ֥י[the] surface of

    peneiH6440 →2123 times

  • הַשָּׂדֶ֖הthe field

    hasadehH7704 →334 times

  • אֲטִילֶ֑ךָI will throw you

    ʾatilekhaH2904 →

  • וְהִשְׁכַּנְתִּ֤יand I will cause to settle

    vehishkantiH7931 →129 times

  • עָלֶ֙יךָ֙on you

    ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • ע֣וֹף<the> bird of

    ofH5775 →71 times

  • הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםthe heavens

    hashamayimH8064 →421 times

  • וְהִשְׂבַּעְתִּ֥יand I will satisfy

    vehisba'tiH7646 →97 times

  • מִמְּךָ֖from you

    mimekhaH4480 →1188 times

  • חַיַּ֥ת[the] animal[s] of

    chaiyatH2416 →498 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הָאָֽרֶץ׃the earth

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezekiel 31:13All the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs.5 worksIsaiah 18:6They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.4 worksEzekiel 29:5I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.3 worksEzekiel 31:12–13Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.3 worksJeremiah 8:2They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.2 worksEzekiel 39:17–20And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Psalms 74:14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.2 worksIsaiah 66:24“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”2 worksPsalms 83:9–10Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,2 worksRevelation 19:17–18Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,2 worksIsaiah 34:2–7The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.2 worksJeremiah 25:33Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.2 worksEzekiel 39:4–5On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast.2 works1 Samuel 17:44–46“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”2 worksPsalms 63:10They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.2 worksIsaiah 14:19But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.2 worksPsalms 110:5–6The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.2 worksPsalms 79:2–3They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.2 works

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

    Ezekiel 29:5

    I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have…

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 32:4–6

      I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Jeremiah 7:33

      The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Jeremiah 8:2

      They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried,…

    • Jeremiah 34:20

      I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 8:2

    They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried,…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 4:19

      When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to…

    • 2 Kings 23:5

      Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who…

    • Zephaniah 1:5

      those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,

    • Acts 7:42

      But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and…

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.
Ezekiel: the study guide →Read Ezekiel 32 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel and Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.

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