God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 32:9
9“ ‘I will make many people troubled when I spread the news of your destruction among the nations to countries that you haven’t heard of.
Ezekiel 32:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
- New International Version (NIV)I will trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among lands you have not known.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries that you have not known.
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.
Context of Ezekiel 32:9
7“ ‘When I put out your light, I will cover the sky and darken the stars. I will cover the sun with clouds, and the moon won’t shine anymore. 8I will darken all the lights shining in the sky above you. I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Almighty Lord. “ ‘I will make many people troubled when I spread the news of your destruction among the nations to countries that you haven’t heard of. 10Many people will be shocked by what I will do to you. Their kings will shudder when I swing my sword in their faces. When you die, all of them will tremble in fear for their own lives. 11“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: The sword of the king of Babylon will attack you.
Read all of Ezekiel 32Ezekiel 32:9 word by word
וְהִ֨כְעַסְתִּ֔י לֵ֖ב עַמִּ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים בַּהֲבִיאִ֤י שִׁבְרְךָ֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם עַל־אֲרָצ֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יְדַעְתָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- I will also vexכָּעַסka‛as · to provokeH3707
- the heartsלֵבlêb · heartH3820
- of manyרַבrab · manyH7227
- peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- when I shall bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
- thy destructionשֶׁ֫בֶרsheber shêber · breakingH7667
- among the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- into the countriesאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- which thou hast not knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:9
- Revelation 11:18“The nations were angry, but your anger has come. The time has come for the dead to be judged: to reward your servants, the prophets, your holy people, and those who fear your name, no matter if they are important or unimportant, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
- Revelation 18:10Frightened by her torture, they will stand far away and say, ‘How horrible, how horrible it is for that important city, the powerful city Babylon! In one moment judgment has come to it!’
- Ezekiel 29:12I will make Egypt the most desolate country in the world. For 40 years Egypt’s cities will lie in ruins. They will be ruined more than any other city. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and force them into other countries.
- Ezekiel 30:23I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and force them into other countries.
- Jeremiah 25:15This is what the Lord God of Israel said to me: Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my fury, and make all the nations to whom I’m sending you drink from it.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9I will also vex the hearts - Even the remote nations, who had no connection with thee, shall be amazed at the judgments which have fallen upon thee.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9When I shall bring thy destruction - i. e., the news of thy destruction. The phenomena here mentioned are the accompaniments of “the day of the Lord” Joel 2:10; Luke 21:25 or the day of judgment. The fall of Pharaoh represents the fall of the world-power before the sovereignty of God.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10The nations around Egypt and their kings would be filled with fear when Egypt fell. They would worry that the same judgment might come upon them.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. thy destruction--that is, tidings of thy destruction (literally, "thy breakage") carried by captive and dispersed Egyptians "among the nations" [Grotius]; or, thy broken people, resembling one great fracture, the ruins of what they had been [Fairbairn].Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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
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