1.
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
am 3417, bc 587
in the twelfth: On Wednesday, March 22, am 3417, the twelfth year of Jeconiah's captivity, about a year and half after the destruction of Jerusalem, and at a time when Pharaoh was in power and prosperity. Ezekiel 32:17, Ezekiel 1:2, Ezekiel 29:1, Ezekiel 29:17, Ezekiel 30:20
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 44:30 - I will Ezekiel 20:1 - in the seventh Ezekiel 24:1 - the ninth year Ezekiel 40:1 - In the five
2.
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
take up: Ezekiel 32:16, Ezekiel 32:18, Ezekiel 19:1, Ezekiel 27:2, Ezekiel 27:32, Ezekiel 28:12, Jeremiah 9:18
Thou art like: Ezekiel 19:2-6, Ezekiel 38:13, Genesis 49:9, Numbers 24:9, Proverbs 28:15, Jeremiah 4:7, Nahum 2:11-13
and thou art as: Ezekiel 29:3, Psalms 74:13, Psalms 74:14, Isaiah 27:1, Isaiah 51:9
whale: or, dragon
and troubledst: Ezekiel 34:18
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:21 - great Genesis 12:15 - princes Deuteronomy 22:8 - thou bring Jeremiah 46:8 - riseth Ezekiel 26:17 - take Ezekiel 29:15 - rule Ezekiel 32:13 - neither Amos 5:1 - I take
3.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Ezekiel 12:13, Ezekiel 17:20, Ecclesiastes 9:12, Jeremiah 16:16, Lamentations 1:13, Hosea 7:12, Habakkuk 1:14-17
Reciprocal: Job 18:8 - he is cast Job 19:6 - compassed
4.
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.
Ezekiel 29:5, Ezekiel 31:12, Ezekiel 31:13, Ezekiel 39:4, Ezekiel 39:5, Ezekiel 39:17-20, 1 Samuel 17:44-46, Psalms 63:10, Psalms 74:14, Psalms 79:2, Psalms 79:3, Psalms 83:9, Psalms 83:10, Psalms 110:5, Psalms 110:6, Isaiah 14:19, Isaiah 18:6, Isaiah 34:2-7, Isaiah 66:24, Jeremiah 8:2, Jeremiah 25:33, Joel 3:19, Revelation 19:17, Revelation 19:18
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 21:24 - that dieth Jeremiah 34:20 - and their Ezekiel 35:8 - General
5.
And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.
And I: To represent the power, rapaciousness, and cruelty of Pharaoh, he had been compared to a fierce young lion, and also to an immense, overgrown sea-monster, or crocodile; and here it is predicted that God would cast a net over him, by which many companies of people should drag him out of his rivers, and cast him into the open field, mountains, valleys, etc., to be devoured by birds and beasts of prey; that is, his ruin would be complete, and attended with terrible miseries to the Egyptians, and afford a large booty to their enemies.
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 21:24 - that dieth Isaiah 34:3 - and the mountains Ezekiel 31:12 - upon Ezekiel 35:8 - General Ezekiel 39:4 - I will
6.
I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
water: Exodus 7:17, Isaiah 34:3, Isaiah 34:7, Revelation 14:20, Revelation 16:6
the land: Egypt, so called because interspersed by numerous canals, and overflowed annually by the Nile.
wherein thou swimmest: or, of thy swimming
7.
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
put thee out: or, extinguish thee, Job 18:5, Job 18:6, Proverbs 13:9
I will cover the heaven: Destroy the empire. Ezekiel 30:3, Ezekiel 30:18, Exodus 10:21-23, Isaiah 13:10, Isaiah 34:4, Jeremiah 13:16, Joel 2:2, Joel 2:31, Joel 3:15, Amos 8:9, Matthew 24:29, Revelation 6:12, Revelation 6:13
make: Overwhelm the dependent states.
the sun: The king.
the moon: The queen, or some state less than the kingdom.
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:14 - and let Job 9:7 - sealeth Isaiah 5:30 - if one look Isaiah 24:23 - the moon Jeremiah 4:23 - the heavens Lamentations 2:1 - covered Joel 2:10 - the sun Mark 13:24 - General Luke 21:25 - signs Revelation 8:12 - and the third part of the sun
8.
All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
bright lights of heaven: Heb. lights of the light in heaven, Genesis 1:14
dark: Heb. them dark, Proverbs 20:20
set darkness upon: Involve the whole land in desolation and woe.
Reciprocal: Job 38:19 - darkness Isaiah 5:30 - if one look Isaiah 13:10 - General Isaiah 24:23 - the moon Isaiah 34:4 - all the Isaiah 45:7 - create darkness Jeremiah 4:23 - the heavens Lamentations 2:1 - covered Matthew 24:29 - shall the Luke 21:25 - signs Revelation 6:12 - the sun Revelation 8:12 - and the third part of the sun
9.
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.
vex: Heb. provoke to anger, or grief, Revelation 11:18, Revelation 18:10-15
when: Ezekiel 29:12, Ezekiel 30:23, Ezekiel 30:26, Jeremiah 25:15-25
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 46:12 - heard Jeremiah 46:25 - and their Ezekiel 30:9 - great Revelation 18:9 - shall bewail
10.
Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.
amazed: Ezekiel 27:35, Deuteronomy 29:24, 1 Kings 9:8
my sword: Deuteronomy 32:41
and they: Ezekiel 26:16, Ezekiel 30:9, Exodus 15:14-16, Jeremiah 51:9, Zechariah 11:2, Revelation 18:10
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 46:5 - fear Jeremiah 49:21 - earth Jeremiah 50:46 - General Ezekiel 26:15 - shake Ezekiel 27:29 - shall come Ezekiel 28:17 - I will lay Ezekiel 29:8 - cut Ezekiel 31:18 - thou shalt Revelation 18:9 - shall bewail
11.
For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
The sword: Ezekiel 26:7, Ezekiel 30:4, Ezekiel 30:22-25, Jeremiah 43:10, Jeremiah 46:13, Jeremiah 46:24-26
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 46:26 - I will Ezekiel 30:10 - I will Ezekiel 31:11 - the mighty
12.
By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.
the terrible: Ezekiel 28:7, Ezekiel 30:11, Ezekiel 31:11, Deuteronomy 28:49, Deuteronomy 28:50, Habakkuk 1:6, Habakkuk 1:7
they shall: Ezekiel 29:19, Isaiah 25:2, Isaiah 25:3
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 26:7 - I will Acts 25:23 - with
13.
I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.
destroy: Ezekiel 29:8, Ezekiel 30:12
neither: Ezekiel 32:2, Ezekiel 29:11, Ezekiel 34:18
Reciprocal: Hebrews 6:13 - he sware
14.
Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD.
and cause: The neighbouring countries shall be in a state of quietness, like a river that smoothly glides along, having no longer a political crocodile to foul their waters, or to disturb their peace.
15.
When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.
destitute of that whereof: Heb. desolate from the fulness thereof, Ezekiel 29:12, Ezekiel 29:19, Ezekiel 29:20, Psalms 24:1, Psalms 107:34
then: Ezekiel 6:7, Ezekiel 30:26, Exodus 7:5, Exodus 14:4, Exodus 14:18, Psalms 9:16, Psalms 83:17, Psalms 83:18
Reciprocal: Exodus 7:17 - thou shalt Ezekiel 30:25 - they shall know Ezekiel 37:6 - ye shall
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 GOD.
Ezekiel 32:2, Ezekiel 26:17, 2 Samuel 1:17, 2 Samuel 3:33, 2 Samuel 3:34, 2 Chronicles 35:25, Jeremiah 9:17
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 19:1 - take Ezekiel 28:12 - take up Ezekiel 32:18 - wail Amos 5:1 - I take
17.
It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
in the twelfth: Ezekiel 32:1, Ezekiel 1:2
the fifteenth: That is, of the twelfth month, just a fortnight after the preceding prophecy.
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 8:1 - in the sixth year Ezekiel 24:1 - the ninth year Ezekiel 40:1 - In the five
18.
Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
wail: Ezekiel 32:2, Ezekiel 32:16, Ezekiel 21:6, Ezekiel 21:7, Isaiah 16:9, Micah 1:8, Luke 19:41, Romans 12:15
cast: That is, predict that they shall be cast down. Ezekiel 43:3, Jeremiah 1:10, Hosea 6:5
the daughters: The cities and colonies of the celebrated nations afterwards enumerated.
unto the: Ezekiel 32:21, Ezekiel 32:24-32, Ezekiel 26:20, Ezekiel 31:14, Psalms 30:9, Psalms 63:9, Isaiah 14:15
Reciprocal: Numbers 16:33 - into the Psalms 88:5 - Free Isaiah 5:14 - hell Isaiah 14:18 - all of Isaiah 25:5 - shalt bring Ezekiel 19:1 - take Ezekiel 28:8 - shall bring Ezekiel 30:7 - General Ezekiel 30:18 - the pomp Ezekiel 31:16 - When I Luke 10:15 - thrust
19.
Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
dost: Ezekiel 27:3, Ezekiel 27:4, Ezekiel 28:12-17, Ezekiel 31:2, Ezekiel 31:18
go: Isaiah 14:9-15
with: Ezekiel 32:21, Ezekiel 32:24, Ezekiel 32:29, Ezekiel 32:30, Ezekiel 28:10, 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:36, Jeremiah 9:25, Jeremiah 9:26
Reciprocal: Isaiah 14:11 - pomp Ezekiel 32:25 - all of them Ezekiel 32:26 - all of
20.
They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.
fall: Ezekiel 32:23-26, Ezekiel 32:29, Ezekiel 32:30, Ezekiel 29:8-12
she is delivered to the sword: or, the sword is laid
draw: Psalms 28:3, Proverbs 24:11, Jeremiah 22:19
Reciprocal: Isaiah 14:11 - pomp Ezekiel 31:17 - went Ezekiel 32:26 - all of Ezekiel 44:13 - bear Luke 10:15 - thrust
21.
The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
strong: Pharaoh is here represented as descending into the regions of the dead, whither many mighty warriors and potentates had gone before him, who welcome him to their dreary mansion. Ezekiel 32:27, Isaiah 1:31, Isaiah 14:9, Isaiah 14:10, Luke 16:23, Luke 16:24
gone: Ezekiel 32:19, Ezekiel 32:24, Ezekiel 32:25, Numbers 16:30-34, Psalms 9:17, Psalms 55:15, Proverbs 14:32
Reciprocal: Job 21:32 - he be Ezekiel 26:16 - all the princes Ezekiel 28:10 - the deaths Ezekiel 31:18 - thou shalt Ezekiel 32:18 - unto the Habakkuk 2:6 - take
22.
Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
Ezekiel 32:24, Ezekiel 32:26, Ezekiel 32:29, Ezekiel 32:30, Ezekiel 31:3-18, Numbers 24:24, Psalms 83:8-10
Asshur: Isaiah 30:33, Isaiah 37:36-38, Nahum 1:7-12, Nahum 3:1-19
Reciprocal: Genesis 10:11 - Asshur 1 Chronicles 1:17 - Asshur Nahum 3:18 - O King
23.
Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.
graves: The niches in the sides of the subterranean burying places. Ezekiel 26:20, Isaiah 14:15
which: Ezekiel 32:24-27, Ezekiel 32:32, Ezekiel 26:17, Ezekiel 26:20, Isaiah 14:16, Isaiah 51:12, Isaiah 51:13
terror: or, dismaying
the land: Ezekiel 26:20, Job 28:13, Psalms 27:13, Psalms 116:9, Psalms 142:5, Isaiah 38:11, Jeremiah 11:19
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 9:37 - the carcase Isaiah 14:19 - go Isaiah 30:33 - for the king Jeremiah 49:37 - to be Ezekiel 32:20 - fall Ezekiel 32:26 - caused Nahum 3:18 - O King
24.
There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
Elam: Genesis 10:22, Genesis 14:1, 1 Chronicles 1:17, Jeremiah 25:25, Jeremiah 49:34-39, Daniel 8:2
which are: Ezekiel 32:18, Ezekiel 32:21, Ezekiel 26:20
which caused: Ezekiel 32:23
borne: Ezekiel 32:25, Ezekiel 32:30, Ezekiel 16:52, Ezekiel 16:54, Ezekiel 34:29, Ezekiel 36:6, Ezekiel 36:7, Ezekiel 36:15, Ezekiel 39:26, Ezekiel 44:13, Jeremiah 3:24, Jeremiah 3:25, Habakkuk 2:16
Reciprocal: Ezra 4:9 - Elamites Ezekiel 28:10 - the deaths Ezekiel 31:18 - thou shalt Ezekiel 32:19 - with Ezekiel 32:22 - General Ezekiel 32:26 - all of
25.
They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.
set her: Psalms 139:8, Revelation 2:22
a bed: A cell, or bier, in the sepulchral vault, in which the corpse was deposited.
all of them: Ezekiel 32:19, Ezekiel 32:21, Ezekiel 44:7, Ezekiel 44:9, 2 Samuel 1:20, 1 Chronicles 10:4, Acts 7:51
though: Luke 12:4, Luke 12:5
Reciprocal: Isaiah 57:2 - rest Jeremiah 49:34 - Elam Ezekiel 32:24 - borne Ezekiel 32:30 - and bear Ezekiel 39:26 - they have borne
26.
There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living.
Meshech: Supposed to be the Moschi, a people between Iberia and Armenia, from whom, probably the Muscovites are descended. Ezekiel 27:13, Ezekiel 38:2, Ezekiel 38:3, Ezekiel 39:1, Genesis 10:2, Genesis 10:12, 1 Chronicles 1:5
Tubal: Probably the Tibarenians, a people of Pontus, west of the Moschians.
all of: Ezekiel 32:19, Ezekiel 32:20, Ezekiel 32:24
caused: Ezekiel 32:23, Ezekiel 32:27, Ezekiel 32:32
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:27 - General Ezekiel 26:20 - in the land Ezekiel 32:22 - General
27.
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.
shall not: Ezekiel 32:21, Job 3:13-15, Isaiah 14:18, Isaiah 14:19
to hell: That is, to the grave; and are buried in their armour, with their weapons lying by their sides, as was a very ancient practice in various nations.
their weapons of war: Heb. weapons of their war, Isaiah 54:17, 2 Corinthians 10:4
but: Ezekiel 18:20, Job 20:11, Psalms 49:14, Psalms 92:7, Psalms 92:9, Psalms 109:18, Proverbs 14:32, John 8:24
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 17:36 - this Ezekiel 26:20 - in the land Ezekiel 32:26 - caused Ezekiel 32:32 - General Luke 10:15 - thrust
28.
Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.
29.
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.
Edom: Ezekiel 25:1-17, Ezekiel 35:1-15, Genesis 25:30, Genesis 36:1-19, Isaiah 34:1-17, Isaiah 63:1-6, Jeremiah 49:7-22, Amos 1:11, Amos 1:12, Obadiah 1:1, Obadiah 1:2-9, Malachi 1:3, Malachi 1:4
laid: Heb. given, or put
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 25:21 - Edom Ezekiel 32:19 - with Ezekiel 32:20 - fall Ezekiel 32:22 - General Ezekiel 35:2 - and prophesy
30.
There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.
the princes: The kings of Media, Armenia, and other nations north of Chaldea, or of the Syrians and others north of Judah, with "all the Zidonians," kings of Zidon, Tyre, and other cities of Phoenicia. Ezekiel 38:6, Ezekiel 38:15, Ezekiel 39:2, Jeremiah 25:22
and bear: Ezekiel 32:24, Ezekiel 32:25
Reciprocal: Numbers 16:33 - into the Jeremiah 25:26 - all the kings Ezekiel 28:21 - Zidon Ezekiel 32:19 - with Ezekiel 32:20 - fall Ezekiel 32:22 - General Ezekiel 39:26 - they have borne
31.
Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
Pharaoh shall: Pharaoh, who said he was a god, shall be found among the dead.
shall be: Shall console himself, when he sees all these mighty nations and proud conquerors in the same condition as himself. Ezekiel 14:22, Ezekiel 31:16, Lamentations 2:13
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 31:17 - dwelt
32.
For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 32:27, Genesis 35:5, Job 31:23, Jeremiah 25:15-38, Zephaniah 3:6-8, 2 Corinthians 5:11, Hebrews 10:31, Revelation 6:15-17
Reciprocal: Isaiah 19:1 - Egypt Jeremiah 9:26 - Egypt Jeremiah 12:14 - I will Jeremiah 25:19 - Pharaoh Jeremiah 43:11 - he shall smite Jeremiah 46:2 - Against Egypt Jeremiah 46:24 - she shall Lamentations 1:21 - thou wilt Ezekiel 26:20 - in the land Ezekiel 28:26 - when I Ezekiel 29:2 - against all Ezekiel 32:23 - which Ezekiel 32:26 - caused