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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 32:17-32

This prophecy concludes and completes the burden of Egypt, and leaves it and all its multitude in the pit of destruction. I. We are here invited to attend the funeral of that once flourishing kingdom, to lament its fall, and to take a view of those who attend it to the grave and accompany it in the grave. 1. This dead corpse of a kingdom is here brought to the grave. The prophet is ordered to cast them down to the pit (Ezek. 32:18), to foretel their destruction as one that had authority, as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 32:18

Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt ,.... Sing a funeral song or dirge, or compose one, to be sung by the mourning women, on account of the vast numbers of the inhabitants of Egypt that shall be slain; for the prophet himself would not mourn, but rejoice, on this occasion; but this is said to show the certainty of the destruction, and the lamentation that would be made on that account: and cast them down, even her and the daughters of the famous nations ; Egypt, and all those... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 32:19

Whom dost thou pass in beauty ?.... This question the prophet is bid to put to Egypt; what nation is there, or has been, that thou excellest in wisdom, in riches, or in strength, in the multitude of subjects, or extent of dominions, that thou thinkest thyself secure from destruction? look over other kingdoms and states mightier than thou, or at least equal to thee, and see how they are brought to ruin, and expect that this will quickly be thy case: go down, and be thou laid with the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 32:20

They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword ,.... The Egyptians shall fall in battle by the sword of the Chaldeans: she is delivered to the sword ; Egypt is given to the sword, to perish by it, for her sins, according to the just appointment of God: draw her and all her multitudes ; to the place of burial; not in pomp and splendour, as great persons are drawn in hearses; but in great disgrace, as carcasses are dragged unto a common pit or grave, and cast into it:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 32:21

The strong among the mighty shall speak to him ,.... The strongest of them, such who have excelled others in strength and courage, famous for military exploits, who have been generals of armies, great warriors, and conquerors; and yet with all their might and strength could not withstand death, but were subdued by it, and brought down to the grave; these are, by a poetical figure, represented as meeting Pharaoh king of Egypt, when he came to his grave, saluting and welcoming him to the state... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 32:22

Ashur is there, and all her company ,.... In the state of the dead, or in a most desolate and ruinous condition; the great Assyrian monarchy, the kings of it, the princes, nobles, generals, soldiers, and the vast number of subjects in all the dominions of it; all his army, as the Targum; this, with what follows, shows who the mighty are, that should meet and address the king of Egypt at his funeral: his graves are about him ; either the graves of Pharaoh and his multitude are round about... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 32:23

Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit ,.... Or vault, where lay the king of Assyria, and those who fell by the sword with him, who are represented as lying in graves all around him; the nearest to him those who were in the highest posts, and most valiant and courageous, and next the common soldiers, as follows: and her company is round about her grave not Pharaoh's company round about the grave of the Assyrian monarch; but the company of the king of Assyria, or his army, as the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 32:24

There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave ,.... The kingdom of the Medes and Persians lying in ruin, and the potent kings thereof in the state of the dead; with their army, as the Arabic version, slain and destroyed, and placed round about the grave of the king of Persia; for of him rather it is to be understood than of the king of Assyria, or of Egypt, as some: all of them slain, fallen by the sword ; either of the Scythians in the reign of Cyaxares; or of Nebuchadnezzar... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 32:25

They have set her bed in the midst of the slain, with all her multitude ,.... The grave is called a bed, Isaiah 57:2 , whereon is put the sepulchral chest or coffin, in which the body is laid, and rests as on a bed. It may here design a stately sepulchre or coffin in it, with a magnificent monument over it for the king of Elam, with his army, and the generals of it slain in battle, placed all around him, in less stately beds, coffins, and graves, as explained in the next clause: her... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 32:26

There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude ,.... The Scythians, a powerful and warlike people; and all their armies, as the Targum; with their leaders, generals, and commanders, as lying in their graves next to the Assyrians and Elamites, or her graves are round about him ; not the king of Egypt, nor the king of Assyria, nor the king of Persia; but the chief commander of the Scythians, called the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, Ezekiel 38:2 , all of them slain by the sword ;... read more

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