Ezekiel 29:5

Ezekiel 29:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.
• New International Version (NIV)I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and not be gathered or picked up. I will give you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will cast you out into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your streams; you shall fall on the open field, and not be brought together or gathered. To the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens I give you as food.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will leave you in the wilderness, You and all the fish of your rivers; You shall fall on the open field; You shall not be picked up or gathered. I have given you as food To the beasts of the field And to the birds of the heavens.

Context of Ezekiel 29:5

3Tell them, “The Almighty Lord says this: Listen, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, I have become your enemy. You are like the great monster that lies in Egypt's streams. You say, ‘The Nile river belongs to me! I made it for myself.’ 4But I will put hooks into your mouth and catch you. I will cause the fish in your streams to hang on your scales. I will pull you out from the streams with all those fish on you. I will leave you in the wilderness with all your fish. You will lie on the ground in the open fields. Nobody will pick you up or take care of you. I will give you to the wild animals and birds to be their food. 6Then all the people who live in Egypt will know that I am the Lord. Israel's people thought that you would help them. But you were only like a weak stick for them. 7When they wanted you to hold them up, you broke into pieces. Your sharp pieces tore their shoulders. When they held on to you, you caused their legs to shake.

Ezekiel 29:5 word by word

וּנְטַשְׁתִּ֣יךָ הַמִּדְבָּ֗רָה אוֹתְךָ֙ וְאֵת֙ כָּל־דְּגַ֣ת יְאֹרֶ֔יךָ עַל־פְּנֵ֤י הַשָּׂדֶה֙ תִּפּ֔וֹל לֹ֥א תֵאָסֵ֖ף וְלֹ֣א תִקָּבֵ֑ץ לְחַיַּ֥ת הָאָ֛רֶץ וּלְע֥וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם נְתַתִּ֥יךָ לְאָכְלָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will leaveנָטַשׁnâţash · to leaveH5203
• into the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• thee and all the fishדָּגָהdâgâh · fishH1710
• of thy riversיְאֹרye'ôr · streamH2975
• thou shalt fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
• upon the openפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
• fieldsשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• thou shalt not be brought togetherאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• nor gatheredקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• I have givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• thee for meatאׇכְלָה'ôklâh · foodH402
• to the beastsחַיָּהchay · living thingH2416
• of the fieldאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• and to the fowlsעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
• of the heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064

Cross-references for Ezekiel 29:5

• Ezekiel 31:18Yes, Egypt is very strong, like the great trees of Eden. You are as great and powerful as any nation. But you will fall to the ground and go into your grave. It happened to Assyria and the other nations, and it will happen to you. You will lie under the ground among people who do not belong to me and who have died in war. This is a picture of what will happen to Pharaoh and all his people. That is what the Almighty Lord says.” ’
• Ezekiel 32:4I will throw you onto dry ground and I will leave you there. I will bring the birds to fly down from the sky and sit on you. I will bring the wild animals to feed themselves on you, and eat as much as they want.
• Ezekiel 39:4You will fall to the ground on Israel's mountains. You, your soldiers and the people who are with you will all die there. Vultures and wild animals will eat your dead bodies.
• Psalms 110:5The Lord is standing at your right side. When he becomes angry, he will knock down kings!
• Jeremiah 8:2They will leave the bones all over the ground, under the sun, the moon and the stars. Those were the gods that my people loved. They served them and they worshipped them. Nobody will take their bones and bury them again. They will lie on the ground, like dung.
• Jeremiah 16:4Terrible disease will kill them. Nobody will weep for them. Nobody will bury them. Their bodies will lie on the ground like dung. Either war or famine will kill them. Birds and wild animals will come to eat their dead bodies.’
• Jeremiah 25:33At that time, dead bodies will lie everywhere, all over the earth. Those will be people that the Lord has killed. Nobody will weep for them. Nobody will take their bodies to bury them in the ground. Their dead bodies will lie on the ground like dung.
• 1 Samuel 17:44The Philistine said to David, ‘Come nearer to me. I will feed the birds and the wild animals with your dead body.’
• Psalms 74:14You broke the heads of Leviathan. You gave his body as food for the animals that live in the desert.
• Jeremiah 7:33Then the bodies of dead people will lie on the ground. Birds and animals will come and eat them. There will be nobody to chase them away.
• Jeremiah 34:20I will put them under the power of their enemies. Their enemies will kill them. Birds and wild animals will eat their dead bodies as food.
• Revelation 19:17Then I saw an angel who was standing in the sun. He shouted loudly to all the birds that were flying high in the sky, ‘Come here! Come together to eat the big meal that God has prepared.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 29:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness - Referring to his being obliged to take refuge in Upper Egypt. But he was afterwards taken prisoner, and strangled by Amasis. Herod. lib. 2 s. 169.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5The image of the powerful crocodile leads to another image. The Lord will come like a great hunter. Like Tyre, Egypt trusted in its watery defenses. But those waters would not protect it. The king of Egypt, who seemed strong and frightening, would be captured like an ordinary crocodile. He would be dragged into the wilderness, which is a place of judgment. His allies are pictured as fish taken with him. There he would die. His body would be left in the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. wilderness--captivity beyond thy kingdom. The expression is used perhaps to imply retribution in kind. As Egypt pursued after Israel, saying, "The wilderness hath shut them in" (Ex 14:3), so she herself shall be brought into a wilderness state. open fields--literally, "face of the field." not be brought together--As the crocodile is not, when caught, restored to the river, so no remnant of thy routed army shall be brought together, and rallied, after…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Diminish
• Egypt
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Stick
• Burial
• Dragon
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Ezekiel 29

• 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