Ezekiel 32:5

5 And I shall give thy fleshes on (the) hills, and I shall fill thy little hills with thy root(s);

Ezekiel 32:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 32:5

And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains
The remainder of it, left by the birds and beasts of prey, and who might carry it thither; or it intends such of the Egyptians who should flee to the mountains for safety, but should fall by the hands of the enemy there. So the Targum,

``and I will give the flesh of thy slain upon the mountains.''

And fill the valleys with thy height;
his huge army, and with which he prided and lifted up himself, and thought himself safe in; which should fall in such great numbers as to cover the plains and valleys where the battle was fought. Jarchi observes, that the word for "height" has with some the signification of "worms"; and so the Syriac version renders it, "and the valleys shall be filled with thy worms"; bred in the carcasses of the slain: and so the Vulgate Latin version, "with corrupt matter"; such as issues out of putrefied wounds. The Targum very rightly paraphrases it,

``the valleys shall be filled with the carcasses of thine army.''

Ezekiel 32:5 In-Context

3 Therefore the Lord God saith these things, I shall spread abroad my net [up]on thee in the multitude of many peoples, and I shall draw thee out in my net;

4 and I shall cast forth thee into [the] earth. On the face of the field I shall cast thee away, and I shall make all the volatiles of heaven to dwell on thee, and I shall fill of thee the beasts of all (the) earth. (and I shall throw thee forth onto the ground. Yea, I shall throw thee upon the face of the field, and I shall make all the birds of the heavens, or of the air, to live upon thee, and I shall fill all the beasts of the field with thee.)

5 And I shall give thy fleshes on (the) hills, and I shall fill thy little hills with thy root(s);

6 and I shall moist the earth with the stink of thy blood on mountains, and valleys shall be filled of thee. (and I shall water the earth with the stink of thy blood upon the mountains, and the valleys shall be filled with thee.)

7 And when thou shalt be quenched, I shall cover (the) heavens, and I shall make black the stars thereof; I shall cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.