Ezekiel 32:9

9 et inritabo cor populorum multorum cum induxero contritionem tuam in gentibus super terras quas nescis

Ezekiel 32:9 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 32:9

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 Targum renders it,

``when I shall bring the broken of thy war;''
that is, the soldiers that should be wounded in battle, their limbs broke, and they taken captive, and brought among the nations, dismal spectacles to look at; and which should be brought into countries, which thou hast not known;
at a distance from Egypt, and which had no commerce nor communication with them, nor were their friends and allies; yet as their destruction would reach their ears, so it would affect their hearts, and fill them with vexation and grief; not so much on account of Egypt, as the growing power of Nebuchadnezzar, and the danger they were in of falling into his hands.
FOOTNOTES:

F2 (Krbv) "fractionem tuam", Piscator, Cocceius, Starckius.

Ezekiel 32:9 In-Context

7 et operiam cum extinctus fueris caelos et nigrescere faciam stellas eius solem nube tegam et luna non dabit lumen suum
8 omnia luminaria caeli maerere faciam super te et dabo tenebras super terram tuam dicit Dominus Deus
9 et inritabo cor populorum multorum cum induxero contritionem tuam in gentibus super terras quas nescis
10 et stupescere faciam super te populos multos et reges eorum horrore nimio formidabunt super te cum volare coeperit gladius meus super facies eorum et obstupescent repente singuli pro anima sua in die ruinae suae
11 quia haec dicit Dominus Deus gladius regis Babylonis veniet tibi
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