Ezekiel 32:9

9 "And I will disturb [the] hearts of many peoples at my bringing [about] your captivity among the nations, to countries that you do not know.

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Ezekiel 32:9 In-Context

7 And I will cover [you] at extinguishing your heavens, and I will make dark their stars, and I will cover [the] sun with the cloud, and [the] moon will not give its light.

8 All sources of light in the heavens, I will make them dark over you, and I will put darkness on your land,'" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

9 "And I will disturb [the] hearts of many peoples at my bringing [about] your captivity among the nations, to countries that you do not know.

10 And I will cause many peoples to be awestruck over you, and their kings will shudder over you [in] horror, at my brandishing my sword before their faces, and they will tremble {continually}, each [person] for his life, on the day of your downfall."

11 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "The sword of the king of Babylon, it will come to you.

Footnotes

• [a] Hebrew "heart"