Ezekiel 32:4

Ezekiel 32:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
• New International Version (NIV)I will throw you on the land and hurl you on the open field. I will let all the birds of the sky settle on you and all the animals of the wild gorge themselves on you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then I will leave you on the land; I will cast you out on the open fields, And cause to settle on you all the birds of the heavens. And with you I will fill the beasts of the whole earth.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will leave you stranded on the land to die. All the birds of the heavens will land on you, and the wild animals of the whole earth will gorge themselves on you.

Context of Ezekiel 32:4

2"Son of man, raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: "You consider yourself a lion of the nations, but you are like a dragon in the seas; you burst forth in your rivers, trouble the waters with your feet, and foul their rivers. 3Thus says the Lord God: I will throw my net over you with a host of many peoples, and they will haul you up in my dragnet. And I will cast you on the ground; on the open field I will fling you, and will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle on you, and I will gorge the beasts of the whole earth with you. 5I will strew your flesh upon the mountains and fill the valleys with your carcass. 6I will drench the land even to the mountains with your flowing blood, and the ravines will be full of you.

Ezekiel 32:4 word by word

וּנְטַשְׁתִּ֣יךָ בָאָ֔רֶץ עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה אֲטִילֶ֑ךָ וְהִשְׁכַּנְתִּ֤י עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ כָּל־ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְהִשְׂבַּעְתִּ֥י מִמְּךָ֖ חַיַּ֥ת כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then will I leaveנָטַשׁnâţash · to leaveH5203
• thee upon the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• I will cast thee forthטוּלţûl · to castH2904
• upon the openפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
• fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• and will cause all the fowlsעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
• of the heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• to remainשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
• upon thee, and I will fillשָׂבֵעַώâba‛ ώâbêa‛ · to satisfyH7646
• the beastsחַיָּהchay · living thingH2416
• of the whole earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:4

• Ezekiel 29:5And 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.
• Ezekiel 31:12Foreigners, the most ruthless of nations, have cut it down and left it. On the mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs have been broken in all the ravines of the land, and all the peoples of the earth have gone away from its shadow and left it.
• Ezekiel 39:4You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your hordes and the peoples who are with you. I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
• 1 Samuel 17:44The Philistine said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field."
• Psalms 63:10they shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be a portion for jackals.
• Psalms 74:14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
• Psalms 79:2They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the heavens for food, the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.
• Psalms 83:9Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
• Psalms 110:5The Lord is at your right hand; he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.
• Isaiah 14:19but you are cast out, away from your grave, like a loathed branch, clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit, like a dead body trampled underfoot.
• Isaiah 18:6They shall all of them be left to the birds of prey of the mountains and to the beasts of the earth. And the birds of prey will summer on them, and all the beasts of the earth will winter on them.
• Isaiah 34:2For the Lord is enraged against all the nations, and furious against all their host; he has devoted them to destruction, has given them over for slaughter.
• Isaiah 66:24"And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."
• Jeremiah 8:2And they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshiped. And they shall not be gathered or buried. They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground.
• Jeremiah 25:33"And those pierced by the Lord on that day shall extend from one end of the earth to the other. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried; they shall be dung on the surface of the ground.
• Joel 3:19"Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the people of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6mountains … valleys … mountains … ravines: In Hebrew, this is a literary device called a merism (a way of naming the outer parts to include everything in between). It shows both the boundaries and all that lies within them. Here, it emphasizes that God’s judgment would cover the whole land. The description of destruction uses hyperbole (intentional exaggeration). This strong language shows that Egypt’s defeat would be complete.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. leave thee upon the land--as a fish drawn out of the water loses all its strength, so Pharaoh (in Eze 32:3, compared to a water monster) shall be (Eze 29:5).Read the comment

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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