--- title: "Bullinger" description: "the twelfth year. See the table on p. 1105. twelfth month . About one year and a half after the fall of Jerusalem. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4 ." image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/ezekiel/32" --- **the twelfth year.** See the table on p. 1105. **twelfth month** . About one year and a half after the fall of Jerusalem. **the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah* . App-4 . **Son of man.** See note on [Ezekiel 2:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/1) . **Thou art like** = Thou bast been likened to. **and thou art** = yet art thou. The contrast is between what was noble and less noble. **whale** = crocodile **seas** = a collection of waters, like the branches of the Nile. Compare [Isaiah 27:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/27/1) . **rivers.** Heb, *nahar* . Not the same word as in [Ezekiel 32:6](../../../kjv/ezekiel/32/6) . **the Lord GOD** . Hebrew. *Adonai Jehovah* , See note on [Ezekiel 2:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/4) . **company** = gathered host. Compare [Ezekiel 16:40](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/40) . **many:** or, mighty. **people** = peoples. **fill** = satisfy. **height** = thy high heap i.e. of thy slain. **wherein thou swimmest** : or, of thy overflowing. **rivers** = torrents, or ravines. Hebrew ' *aphikim* , See note on [2 Samuel 22:16](../../../kjv/2-samuel/22/16) . Not the same word as in [Ezekiel 32:2](../../../kjv/ezekiel/32/2) . **put thee out** = extinguish thee. **I will cover** , &c. Compare [Isaiah 13:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/13/10) ; [Isaiah 14:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/14/12) .[Joel 2:10](../../../kjv/joel/2/10) ; [Joel 3:15](../../../kjv/joel/3/15) .[Amos 8:9](../../../kjv/amos/8/9) . [Revelation 6:12-14](../../../kjv/revelation/6/12-14) . **bright lights** = light = bearers. Ref, to Pentateuch ([Genesis 1:14](../../../kjv/genesis/1/14) ). App-92 , Hebrew. *ma'or* . **saith the Lord GOD** = [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle. **every man** . Hebrew. *'ish* . App-14 . **life** = soul. Hebrew. *nephesh* , App-13 . **man.** Hebrew. *'adam.* App-14 . **deep** = subside. **the month:** i.e. the twelfth month. See [Ezekiel 32:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/32/1) . **cast them down** = cause them to descend: i.e. by Heb, idiom declare (by the dirge) that they shall descend. See note on [Ezekiel 14:8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/14/8) , [Ezekiel 14:9](../../../kjv/ezekiel/14/9) ; [Ezekiel 20:28](../../../kjv/ezekiel/20/28) . **nether** = lower. **the pit.** Hebrew. *bor* = a grave dug in the earth. See note on 31. is, showing the meaning of Sheol in [Ezekiel 32:21](../../../kjv/ezekiel/32/21) . **the uncircumcised.** This word is repeated ten times in this chapter, and always in connection with an ignominious death (verses: [Ezekiel 32:19](../../../kjv/ezekiel/32/19) , [Ezekiel 32:21](../../../kjv/ezekiel/32/21) , [Ezekiel 32:24-30](../../../kjv/ezekiel/32/24-30) , Eze 19:32 ). Compare [Jeremiah 9:25](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/25) , [Jeremiah 9:26](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/26) . **slain by the sword.** Note the Figure of speech Cycloidea ( App-6 ), by which these words occur as a refrain twelve times in the following verses (twelve being the number of governmental perfection or completion. See App-10 ). **draw her** = drag her away: i.e. to the grave. **The strong** = The strongest, or chiefeet. **shall speak,** &c, Note the Figure of speech *Prosopopoeia* ( App-6 ), by which dead people are represented as speaking. **hell** = the grave. Hebrew. *Sheol* . App-35 . **Asshur** : i.e. the great empire of Assyria. **graves** . Hebrew. *keber* = burying-places, or sepulchres. See App-36 . Same word as in verses: [Ezekiel 32:23](../../../kjv/ezekiel/32/23) , [Ezekiel 32:25](../../../kjv/ezekiel/32/25) , [Ezekiel 32:26](../../../kjv/ezekiel/32/26) . **company** = gathered host. **in the land of the living.** Used here as the opposite of the land of the dead. See note on [Ezekiel 26:20](../../../kjv/ezekiel/26/20) . The expression occurs six times in this chapter. **multitude.** The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads multitudes" (plural) **with their weapons of war.** This determines the nature of the place here described as "the grave", "the pit", and "Sheol". **iniquities.** Hebrew ' *avah* . App-44 . **broken:** or, overthrown. **caused.** Hebrew nathan = given: as distinct from their terror. 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