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

1On March 3, during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord: 2“Son of man, mourn for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and give him this message: “You think of yourself as a strong young lion among the nations, but you are really just a sea monster, heaving around in your own rivers, stirring up mud with your feet. Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will send many people to catch you in my net and haul you out of the water. 4I 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. 5I will scatter your flesh on the hills and fill the valleys with your bones.

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 12:13Then I will throw my net over him and capture him in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Babylonians, though he will never see it, and he will die there.
• Ezekiel 17:20I will throw my net over him and capture him in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and put him on trial for this treason against me.
• Ecclesiastes 9:12People can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a trap, people are caught by sudden tragedy.
• Jeremiah 16:16“But now I am sending for many fishermen who will catch them,” says the Lord. “I am sending for hunters who will hunt them down in the mountains, hills, and caves.
• Lamentations 1:13“He has sent fire from heaven that burns in my bones. He has placed a trap in my path and turned me back. He has left me devastated, racked with sickness all day long.
• Hosea 7:12But as they fly about, I will throw my net over them and bring them down like a bird from the sky. I will punish them for all the evil they do.
• Habakkuk 1:14Are we only fish to be caught and killed? Are we only sea creatures that have no leader?

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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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