Ezekiel 32:20

20 They shall fall amid those ¹who are slain by the sword. Egypt^[a] is delivered to the sword; drag her away, and ²all her multitudes.

Ezekiel 32:20 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 32:20

They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the
sword
The Egyptians shall fall in battle by the sword of the Chaldeans: she is delivered to the sword;
Egypt is given to the sword, to perish by it, for her sins, according to the just appointment of God: draw her and all her multitudes;
to the place of burial; not in pomp and splendour, as great persons are drawn in hearses; but in great disgrace, as carcasses are dragged unto a common pit or grave, and cast into it: this is said to the Chaldeans, who had a commission from the Lord to slay Egypt, and to bury her, and all her people.

Ezekiel 32:20 In-Context

18 “Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, and send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit:

19 ‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised. ’

20 They shall fall amid those who are slain by the sword. Egypt is delivered to the sword; drag her away, and all her multitudes.

21 The mighty chiefs shall speak of them, with their helpers, out of the midst of Sheol: ‘They have come down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword. ’

22 “Assyria is there, and all her company, its graves all around it, all of them slain, fallen by the sword,

Cross References

• 1. 32:20 ch. 31:17, 18
• 2. 32:20 See ch. 31:2

Footnotes

• [a] 32:20 Hebrew 'She'