Ezekiel 32:9
in Ezekiel 32‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries you do not know.
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ASV
I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
KJV
I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
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This verse in Ezekiel 32
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
When I shall bring thy destruction - i. e., the news of thy destruction. The phenomena here mentioned are the accompaniments of “the day of the Lord” Joe 2:10; Luk 21:25 or the day of judgment. The fall of Pharaoh represents the fall of the world-power before the sovereignty of God.
This site's exposition
trouble the hearts of many peoples
on Ezekiel 32:9-10
Egypt's fall unsettles nations far beyond its own borders. Verse 10 sharpens the picture to kings themselves, horribly afraid, trembling at every moment when the sword is brandished before them. Gill reads the reach of the terror as the point, a warning meant for every throne that watches Egypt fall.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(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
), people shall be much affected, and shall feel themselves sensibly touched by it. [1.] It shall fill them with vexation to see such an ancient, wealthy, potent kingdom thus humbled and brought down, and the pride of worldly glory, which they have such a value for, stained.
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I will also vex the hearts of many people,.... With anger and grief, with fear and dread, with consternation and amazement: when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations; or, "thy breach" (b); the news of it, the tidings of their destruction; which by one means or another should come to their ears, and fill them with concern and great anxiety of mind, so rich and powerful a kingdom being subdued, and the king of Babylon made so great thereby, and fearing they fall a prey unto him also.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
thy destruction--that is, tidings of thy destruction (literally, "thy breakage") carried by captive and dispersed Egyptians "among the nations" [GROTIUS]; or, thy broken people, resembling one great fracture, the ruins of what they had been [FAIRBAIRN].
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I will also vex the hearts - Even the remote nations, who had no connection with thee, shall be amazed at the judgments which have fallen upon thee.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִ֨כְעַסְתִּ֔י | vehikhasti | and I will disturb | H3707 → | 54 times |
| לֵ֖ב | lev | [the] heart of | H3820 → | 595 times |
| עַמִּ֣ים | ʾamim | peoples | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| רַבִּ֑ים | rabim | many | H7227 → | 454 times |
| בַּהֲבִיאִ֤י | bahavii | when bring I | H935 → | 2568 times |
| שִׁבְרְךָ֙ | shivrekha | breaking your | H7667 → | |
| בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם | bagoyim | among the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | to | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֲרָצ֖וֹת | ʾaratzot | lands | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יְדַעְתָּֽם׃ | yeda'tam | you have known them | H3045 → | 945 times |
וְהִ֨כְעַסְתִּ֔יand I will disturb
vehikhastiH3707 →54 times
לֵ֖ב[the] heart of
levH3820 →595 times
עַמִּ֣יםpeoples
ʾamimH5971 →1873 times
רַבִּ֑יםmany
rabimH7227 →454 times
בַּהֲבִיאִ֤יwhen bring I
bahaviiH935 →2568 times
שִׁבְרְךָ֙breaking your
shivrekhaH7667 →
בַּגּוֹיִ֔םamong the nations
bagoyimH1471 →561 times
עַל־to
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
אֲרָצ֖וֹתlands
ʾaratzotH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יְדַעְתָּֽם׃you have known them
yeda'tamH3045 →945 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
Revelation 11:18The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your…
it leads to
- Revelation 19:5
Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”
- Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their…
- Revelation 6:10–11
And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
- Revelation 13:10
“If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and…
- Revelation 20:4–5
Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for…
- Revelation 19:5
Through
Ezekiel 30:23I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 30:17–18
The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 30:17–18
Through
Ezekiel 30:26I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
it leads to
- Daniel 11:42
He will extend his power over many countries, and not even the land of Egypt will escape.
- Ezekiel 29:12
I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and her cities will lie desolate for forty years among the ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations…
- Daniel 11:42
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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); 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 and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.