Ezekiel 32:3

Ezekiel 32:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus saith the Lord God; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “ ‘With a great throng of people I will cast my net over you, and they will haul you up in my net.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Thus 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Thus says the Lord God: “I will therefore spread My net over you with a company of many people, And they will draw you up in My net.

Context of Ezekiel 32:3

1In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2“Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: “‘You were like a lion among the nations, but you are a monster in the seas; you thrash about in your streams, stir up the water with your feet, and muddy your streams. “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘I will throw my net over you in the assembly of many peoples; and they will haul you up in my dragnet. 4I will leave you on the ground, I will fling you on the open field, I will allow all the birds of the sky to settle on you, and I will permit all the wild animals to gorge themselves on you. 5I will put your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys with your maggot-infested carcass.

Ezekiel 32:3 word by word

כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וּפָרַשְׂתִּ֤י עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ אֶת־רִשְׁתִּ֔י בִּקְהַ֖ל עַמִּ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים וְהֶעֱל֖וּךָ בְּחֶרְמִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
• I will therefore spread outפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
• my netרֶ֫שֶׁתresheth · netH7568
• over thee with a companyקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• of manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and they shall bring thee upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: attackH5927
• in my netחֵ֫רֶםchêrem cherem · netH2764

Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:3

• Ezekiel 12:13But I will throw my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans (but he will not see it), and there he will die.
• Ezekiel 17:20I will throw my net over him and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylon and judge him there because of the unfaithfulness he committed against me.
• Ecclesiastes 9:12Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare – just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.
• Jeremiah 16:16But for now I, the Lord, say: “I will send many enemies who will catch these people like fishermen. After that I will send others who will hunt them out like hunters from all the mountains, all the hills, and the crevices in the rocks.
• Lamentations 1:13He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long. נ (Nun)
• Hosea 7:12I will throw my bird net over them while they are flying, I will bring them down like birds in the sky; I will discipline them when I hear them flocking together.
• Habakkuk 1:14You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea that have no ruler.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:3

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3Ezekiel compares Pharaoh to a powerful beast (Ezekiel 29:3). Egypt's pharaohs used the lion and a monster in the seas (or crocodile) as symbols of strength. These animals represented power and control. However, both lions and crocodiles can be hunted and killed. The same would happen to Pharaoh. God would act through his chosen agents (Ezekiel 32:11–12). They would hunt Pharaoh, capture him, and drag him away.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. with a company of many people--namely, the Chaldeans (Eze 29:3, 4; Ho 7:12). my net--for they are My instrument.Read the comment

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• Isaiah

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