Ezekiel 32:7-14

7 1When I blot you out, 2I will cover the heavens and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.
8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over you, and 3put darkness on your land, declares the Lord GOD.
9 "I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries that you have not known.
10 4I will make many peoples appalled at you, and the hair of their kings shall bristle with horror because of you, when 5I brandish my sword before them. 6They shall tremble every moment, every one for his own life, on the day of your downfall.
11 "For thus says the Lord GOD: 7The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you.
12 I will cause 8your multitude to fall by the swords of mighty ones, all of them 9most ruthless of nations. 10"They shall bring to ruin the pride of Egypt, and all its multitude[a] shall perish.
13 I will destroy all its beasts from beside many waters; 11and no foot of man shall trouble them anymore, nor shall the hoofs of beasts trouble them.
14 Then 12I will make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 32:7-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 32

This chapter contains two more prophecies concerning the destruction of Egypt. The date of the first is given, Eze 22:1, in which the king of Egypt is compared to a large fish taken in a net, and brought to land, and left on it, to be the prey of the fowls of the air and beasts of the field, Eze 32:2-4, and the ruin of that kingdom is further amplified by the casting of it on the mountains and valleys; by the land flowing with its blood; by the darkness of the heavens; by the vexation in the hearts of many people; and by the amazement of kings and nations, Eze 32:5-10, the means and instruments of all which will be the king of Babylon and his army, Eze 32:11,12, the devastation made by him, which would be such as would cause lamentation in other nations, is described, Eze 32:13-16, then follows the other prophecy, whose date is given, Eze 32:17, the prophet is bid to lament the fall of Egypt, which is represented under the funeral of a corpse, Eze 32:18-20, saluted by those gone down to the grave before, or were become desolate; which are mentioned, to assure Egypt of its destruction, Eze 32:21 as the Assyrian empire, and all its provinces, Eze 32:22,23, the Persians and Medes, with all their dominions, Eze 32:24,25, the posterity of Meshech and Tubal, or the Scythians, those warlike people, Eze 32:26-28, the Edomites, the princes of the north, and all the Zidonians, Eze 32:29,30 which would be a comfort, though a poor one to the king of Egypt and his subjects, to have such company with them, Eze 32:31,32.

Cross References 12

  • 1. [Isaiah 14:12]
  • 2. [Isaiah 13:10; Joel 2:31; Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24, 25]
  • 3. [Exodus 10:21; Isaiah 5:30]
  • 4. [Ezekiel 27:35]
  • 5. [1 Chronicles 21:16]
  • 6. Ezekiel 26:16; [Deuteronomy 28:66]
  • 7. [Ezekiel 29:8, 19]; See Jeremiah 46:26
  • 8. See Ezekiel 31:2
  • 9. See Ezekiel 28:7
  • 10. Ezekiel 29:19
  • 11. Ezekiel 29:11
  • 12. [ver. 2]

Footnotes 1

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