Ezekiel 32:5

5 Je mettrai ta chair sur les montagnes, et de tes débris je remplirai les vallées.

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 Ainsi a dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel: J'étendrai mes filets sur toi, par une multitude nombreuse de peuples, qui te tireront dans mes filets.

4 Je t'abandonnerai sur la terre, et te jetterai à la surface des champs; je ferai reposer sur toi tous les oiseaux des cieux, et je rassasierai de toi les bêtes de toute la terre.

5 Je mettrai ta chair sur les montagnes, et de tes débris je remplirai les vallées.

6 J'abreuverai de ton sang la terre où tu nages, jusqu'aux montagnes, et les ravins seront remplis de toi.

7 Quand je t'éteindrai, je couvrirai les cieux, et j'obscurcirai leurs étoiles; je couvrirai le soleil de nuages, et la lune ne donnera plus sa lumière.