Ezekiel 32:4

4 'll dump you on the ground out in an open field And bring in all the crows and vultures for a sumptuous carrion lunch. I'll invite wild animals from all over the world to gorge on your guts.

Ezekiel 32:4 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 32:4

Then will I leave thee upon the land
Like a fish that is drawn out of the waters with a net or hook, and laid on dry land, and left gasping and expiring, where it cannot long live: I will cast thee forth on the open field;
the same in different words, signifying that his army should fall in battle by the sword of the Cyreneans, or Chaldeans, or both, and be left on the surface of the earth unburied: and will cause all the fowls of the heavens to remain upon thee, and I
will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee;
which may be understood either literally of the fowls of the air, that should light upon the slain carcasses, and rest on them till they had satisfied themselves with their flesh; and of the beasts of the field that should gather about them from all parts, and fill themselves with them; see ( Revelation 19:17 Revelation 19:18 ) or figuratively of the soldiers of the enemy's army, that should plunder them, and enrich themselves with the spoil.

Ezekiel 32:4 In-Context

2 "Son of man, sing a funeral lament over Pharaoh king of Egypt. Tell him: "'You think you're a young lion prowling through the nations. You're more like a dragon in the ocean, snorting and thrashing about.
3 "'God, the Master, says: "'I'm going to throw my net over you - many nations will get in on this operation - and haul you out with my dragnet.
4 'll dump you on the ground out in an open field And bring in all the crows and vultures for a sumptuous carrion lunch. I'll invite wild animals from all over the world to gorge on your guts.
5 I'll scatter hunks of your meat in the mountains and strew your bones in the valleys.
6 The country, right up to the mountains, will be drenched with your blood, your blood filling every ditch and channel.
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