Ezekiel 32:18

Ezekiel 32:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
• New International Version (NIV)“Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, along with those who go down to the pit.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, and send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit:
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, And cast them down to the depths of the earth, Her and the daughters of the famous nations, With those who go down to the Pit:

Context of Ezekiel 32:18

16It is a lamentation, and [thus] they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall say it in lamenting; they shall say it in lamenting over Egypt and over all her multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah. 17And it came to pass in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, her and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the lower parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. 19Whom dost thou surpass in beauty? Go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. 20They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword. The sword hath been given: draw her out, and all her multitudes.

Ezekiel 32:18 word by word

בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם נְהֵ֛ה עַל־הֲמ֥וֹן מִצְרַ֖יִם וְהוֹרִדֵ֑הוּ א֠וֹתָהּ וּבְנ֨וֹת גּוֹיִ֧ם אַדִּרִ֛ם אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ תַּחְתִּיּ֖וֹת אֶת־י֥וֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

• Sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• wailנָהָהnâhâh · to wailH5091
• multitudeהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
• Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• partsתַּחְתִּיtachtîy · lowerH8482
• earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• pitבּוֹרbôr · pitH953

Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:18

• Ezekiel 32:2Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast like a young lion among the nations, and thou wast as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth in thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
• Ezekiel 21:6Sigh then, thou son of man; with breaking of the loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
• Isaiah 16:9Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jaazer for the vine of Sibmah; with my tears will I water thee, Heshbon, and Elealeh, for a cry is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest.
• Micah 1:8For this will I lament, and I will howl; I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.
• Luke 19:41And as he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it,
• Romans 12:15Rejoice with those that rejoice, weep with those that weep.
• Ezekiel 43:3And the appearance of the vision that I saw was according to the vision that I had seen when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar: and I fell upon my face.
• Jeremiah 1:10See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy, and to overthrow, to build and to plant.
• Hosea 6:5Therefore have I hewed [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and my judgment goeth forth as the light.
• Ezekiel 32:21The strong among the mighty, with them that helped him, shall speak to him out of the midst of Sheol: they are gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
• Ezekiel 26:20then will I bring thee down, with them that go down to the pit, to the people of old time, and will cause thee to dwell in the lower parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I will set glory in the land of the living.
• Ezekiel 31:14to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, nor set their top amidst the thick boughs, and that none of them that drink water stand up in his height by himself; for they are all given over unto death in the lower parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
• Psalms 30:9What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
• Psalms 63:9But those that seek my soul, to destroy [it], shall go into the lower parts of the earth;
• Isaiah 14:15none the less art thou brought down to Sheol, to the recesses of the pit.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Cast them down - Show them that they shall be cast down. Proclaim to them a casting down prophecy.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-32Verses 17-32 Divers nations are mentioned as gone down to the grave before Egypt, who are ready to give her a scornful reception; these nations had been lately ruined and wasted. But though Judah and Jerusalem were about this time ruined and laid waste, yet they are not mentioned here. Though they suffered the same affliction, and by the same hand, yet the kind design for which they were afflicted, and the mercy God reserved for them, altered its nature…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-20In an earlier message (Ezekiel 31:17–18), God said that Egypt would go down to join other nations in the place of the dead. Here that idea is explained more fully. Egypt would share the fate of those who were rejected and those killed by the sword. They would go to the Pit, a word that describes the place of the dead. This place of judgment was already filled with many nations. These nations were once powerful, but they had fallen and been destroyed…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. cast them down--that is, predict that they shall be cast down (so Jr 1:10). The prophet's word was God's, and carried with it its own fulfilment. daughters of ... nations--that is, the nations with their peoples. Egypt is to share the fate of other ancient nations once famous, now consigned to oblivion: Elam (Eze 32:24), Meshech, &c. (Eze 32:26), Edom (Eze 32:29), Zidon (Eze 32:30).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Son of man
• Vex
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Isaiah
• Meshech; Mesech

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings