New English Translation
Ezekiel 32:5
5I will put your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys with your maggot-infested carcass.
Ezekiel 32:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.
- New International Version (NIV)I will spread your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will strew your flesh upon the mountains and fill the valleys with your carcass.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will lay your flesh on the mountains, And fill the valleys with your carcass.
Context of Ezekiel 32:5
3“‘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. I will put your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys with your maggot-infested carcass. 6I will drench the land with the flow of your blood up to the mountains, and the ravines will be full of your blood. 7When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky; I will darken its stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not shine.
Read all of Ezekiel 32Ezekiel 32:5 word by word
וְנָתַתִּ֥י אֶת־בְּשָׂרְךָ֖ עַל־הֶֽהָרִ֑ים וּמִלֵּאתִ֥י הַגֵּאָי֖וֹת רָמוּתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5And fill the valleys with thy height - Some translate, with the worms, which should proceed from the putrefaction of his flesh.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The prophet passes from the image of the crocodile to that of dead bodies of the slain heaped up on the land. Some render “height,” “foulness.”Read the comment
- 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. 55. thy height--thy hugeness [Fairbairn]. The great heap of corpses of thy forces, on which thou pridest thyself. "Height" may refer to mental elevation, as well as bodily [Vatablus].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
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