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

3Speak and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, The great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, That has said, ‘My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.’ 4I will put hooks in your jaws And make the fish of your rivers cling to your scales. And I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, And all the fish of your rivers will cling to your scales. I will abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers; You will fall on the open field; you will not be brought together or gathered. I have given you for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky. 6Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the Lord, Because they have been only a staff made of reed to the house of Israel. 7When they took hold of you with the hand, You broke and tore all their hands; And when they leaned on you, You broke and made all their loins quake.”

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

• abandonנָטַשׁnâţash · to leaveH5203
• you to the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• you and allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the fishדָּגָהdâgâh · fishH1710
• riversיְאֹרye'ôr · streamH2975
• You will fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
• openפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
• fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• you will not be broughtאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• gatheredקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• I have givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• foodאׇכְלָה'ôklâh · foodH402
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• and to the birdsעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
• of the skyשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064

Cross-references for Ezekiel 29:5

• Ezekiel 31:18“To which among the trees of Eden are you thus equal in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. So is Pharaoh and all his hordes!”’ declares the Lord God.”
• Ezekiel 32:4I will leave you on the land; I will cast you on the open field. And I will cause all the birds of the heavens to dwell on you, And I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth with you.
• Ezekiel 39:4You will fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you as food to every kind of predatory bird and beast of the field.
• Psalms 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand; He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath.
• Jeremiah 8:2They will spread them out to the sun, the moon and to all the host of heaven, which they have loved and which they have served, and which they have gone after and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered or buried; they will be as dung on the face of the ground.
• Jeremiah 16:4“They will die of deadly diseases, they will not be lamented or buried; they will be as dung on the surface of the ground and come to an end by sword and famine, and their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth.”
• Jeremiah 25:33“Those slain by the Lord on that day will be from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be lamented, gathered or buried; they will be like dung on the face of the ground.
• 1 Samuel 17:44The Philistine also said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field.”
• Psalms 74:14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
• Jeremiah 7:33The dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth; and no one will frighten them away.
• Jeremiah 34:20I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.
• Revelation 19:17Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven, “Come, assemble for the great supper of God,

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