Ezekiel 32:2 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 32:1-16

Here, I. The prophet is ordered to take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, Ezek. 32:2. It concerns ministers to be much of a serious spirit, and, in order thereunto, to be frequent in taking up lamentations for the fall and ruin of sinners, as those that have not desired, but dreaded, the woeful day. Note, Ministers that would affect others with the things of God must make it appear that they are themselves affected with the miseries which sinners bring upon themselves by their sins.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 32:2

Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt ,.... Pharaohhophra, or Apries; say a funeral dirge for him; this is ordered, not out of honour and respect to him, or in compassion for his misery and ruin, but to assure him of it: and say unto him, thou art like a young lion of the nations ; for strength and fierceness, for cruelty and tyranny, which he exercised, not in one nation only, but in many; a lively emblem of the beast of Rome, spiritually called Egypt and Sodom,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 32:2

Thou art like a young lion - and thou art as a whale in the seas - Thou mayest be likened to two of the fiercest animals in the creation; to a lion, the fiercest on the land; to a crocodile, תנים tannim , (see Ezekiel 29:3 ;), the fiercest in the waters. It may, however, point out the hippopotamus, as there seems to be a reference to his mode of feeding. He walks deliberately into the water over head, and pursues his way in the same manner; still keeping on his feet, and feeding on the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:1-10

Judgment on a proud king. The mightiest king is not irresponsible. Although he may find no authority on earth to exercise control over him, he shall find that an unseen Power holds him in check, and chastises his oppressions. From the ubiquity of God's scepter he cannot escape. We have here described— I. A MONSTER OF MISCHIEF . He is represented as "a young lion of the nations," as "a whale in the seas." He is noteworthy, not for intellectual or manly qualities, but merely for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:1-10

God's teaching in history. As the prophet continues his utterance in the same strain, our thought is directed to the same class of truths, and we learn— I. THAT GREAT SINNERS ARE GREAT TROUBLERS . Egypt was a young lion among the nations, fierce, dangerous, dreaded ( Ezekiel 32:2 ). It was a crocodile in the river, "breaking forth," " troubling the waters," and "fouling" them ( Ezekiel 32:2 ). Great cities like Rome and Sparta, powerful kingdoms like Assyria anti... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:2

Thou art like a young lion ; rather, with the Revised Version, thou wast likened unto a young lion . The two clauses of the verse stand in direct contrast to each other. Flatterers, orators, courtiers, had used the usual symbolism of the animal world. The King of Egypt was as the king of beasts. Ezekiel rejects that comparison, and likens him rather to the whale , the dragon (Revised Version), in the seas, i.e. to the crocodile of his own river (compare the use of the "dragon" for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:2

The noxiousness of a sinful nation. In order to justify the humiliation and the calamities appointed for Egypt, the prophet mentions the evil which the king and people of that land have committed, and which an omniscient and righteous Ruler cannot possibly pass unnoticed and unrebuked. According to his metaphorical habit, Ezekiel pictures Egypt as a young and ravening lion, seizing and devouring prey; as a dragon or crocodile, troubling the waters with its feet, and fouling the rivers.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:2-3

The lion in a net. Pharaoh is compared both to a young lien and to a whale. The young lion has left his mark at the watering-place of the cattle. Therefore a net is spread for him, and he is entrapped. I. THE GREATEST ERE UNDER THE POWER OF GOD . The lion is the king of beasts; the whale is the greatest sea-monster. Yet both are under the power of their Creator. Kings are subject to God. Successful rich men have not grown out of his reach. Men of great intellect are not... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 32:2

Thou art like ... - Rather, Thou wouldest be like to (others, “wast likened unto”) a young lion.And thou art - In contrast to what thou wouldest be.A whale - Rather, crocodile (marginal reference note). Pharaoh should have been like the king of beasts, but he is a mere sea-monster. There is strong irony here, because the Egyptian king was proud of the comparison between himself and the mighty crocodile.Seas - The word is often used of the waters of a great river, like the Nile.Thou camest forth... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 32:1-2

Ezekiel 32:1-2. In the twelfth year Namely, of Jehoiachin’s captivity, about which time Amasis began to set up himself against the king of Egypt, concerning whom this prophecy is. Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh “To the preceding funeral panegyric over Assyria, the fate of which was past, Ezekiel prophetically subjoins a similar panegyric over Egypt, though its fate was still future; making plainly here a happy variation in the oratorical figure, by which past events are... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 32:1-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 32:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 32:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 32:2-3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 32:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 32:1-2

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