Ezekiel 32

Ezekiel 32:1

the twelfth year. See the table on p. 1105.

twelfth month. About one year and a half after the fall of Jerusalem.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

Ezekiel 32:2

Son of man. See note on Ezekiel 2:1.

Thou art like = Thou bast been likened to.

and thou art = yet art thou. The contrast is between what was noble and less noble.

whale = crocodile

seas = a collection of waters, like the branches of the Nile. Compare Isaiah 27:1.

rivers. Heb, nahar. Not the same word as in Ezekiel 32:6.

Ezekiel 32:3

the Lord GOD. Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah, See note on Ezekiel 2:4.

company = gathered host. Compare Ezekiel 16:40.

many: or, mighty.

people = peoples.

Ezekiel 32:4

fill = satisfy.

Ezekiel 32:5

height = thy high heap i.e. of thy slain.

Ezekiel 32:6

wherein thou swimmest: or, of thy overflowing.

rivers = torrents, or ravines. Hebrew ’aphikim, See note on 2 Samuel 22:16. Not the same word as in Ezekiel 32:2.

Ezekiel 32:7

put thee out = extinguish thee.

I will cover, &c. Compare Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 14:12. Joe 2:10; Joe 3:15. Amos 8:9. Revelation 6:12-14.

Ezekiel 32:8

bright lights = light = bearers. Ref, to Pentateuch (Genesis 1:14). App-92, Hebrew. ma’or.

saith the Lord GOD = [is] Adonai Jehovah’s oracle.

Ezekiel 32:10

every man. Hebrew. ’ish. App-14.

life = soul. Hebrew. nephesh, App-13.

Ezekiel 32:13

man. Hebrew. ’adam. App-14.

Ezekiel 32:14

deep = subside.

Ezekiel 32:17

the month: i.e. the twelfth month. See Ezekiel 32:1.

Ezekiel 32:18

cast them down = cause them to descend: i.e. by Heb, idiom declare (by the dirge) that they shall descend. See note on Ezekiel 14:8, Ezekiel 14:9; Ezekiel 20:28.

nether = lower.

the pit. Hebrew. bor = a grave dug in the earth. See note on 31. is, showing the meaning of Sheol in Ezekiel 32:21.

Ezekiel 32:19

the uncircumcised. This word is repeated ten times in this chapter, and always in connection with an ignominious death (verses: Ezekiel 32:19, Ezekiel 32:21, Ezekiel 32:24-30, Ezekiel 19:32). Compare Jeremiah 9:25, Jeremiah 9:26.

Ezekiel 32:20

slain by the sword. Note the Figure of speech Cycloidea (App-6), by which these words occur as a refrain twelve times in the following verses (twelve being the number of governmental perfection or completion. See App-10).

draw her = drag her away: i.e. to the grave.

Ezekiel 32:21

The strong = The strongest, or chiefeet.

shall speak, &c, Note the Figure of speech Prosopopoeia (App-6), by which dead people are represented as speaking.

hell = the grave. Hebrew. Sheol. App-35.

Ezekiel 32:22

Asshur: i.e. the great empire of Assyria.

graves. Hebrew. keber = burying-places, or sepulchres. See App-36. Same word as in verses: Ezekiel 32:23, Ezekiel 32:25, Ezekiel 32:26.

Ezekiel 32:23

company = gathered host.

in the land of the living. Used here as the opposite of the land of the dead. See note on Ezekiel 26:20. The expression occurs six times in this chapter.

Ezekiel 32:25

multitude. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads multitudes" (plural)

Ezekiel 32:27

with their weapons of war. This determines the nature of the place here described as “the grave”, “the pit”, and “Sheol”.

iniquities. Hebrew ’avah. App-44.

Ezekiel 32:28

broken: or, overthrown.

Ezekiel 32:32

caused. Hebrew nathan = given: as distinct from their terror. See note on Ezekiel 20:25.

My. Hebrew text has “His”; margin “My”.