Ezekiel 32:22

Ezekiel 32:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
• New International Version (NIV)“Assyria is there with her whole army; she is surrounded by the graves of all her slain, all who have fallen by the sword.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Assyria is there, and all her company, its graves all around it, all of them slain, fallen by the sword,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Assyria is there, and all her company, With their graves all around her, All of them slain, fallen by the sword.

Context of Ezekiel 32:22

20They fall among those slain by the sword. She is given over to the sword. They drag her down with all her throng. 21The strongest warriors will speak of him and his allies from the midst of Sheol. They have gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword. “Assyria is there and all her company, their graves surround them —all of them slain, fallen by the sword. 23Her graves are set in the deepest parts of the Pit. Her company surrounds her grave —all of them slain, fallen by the sword —who put terror in the land of the living. 24“There is Elam and all her multitude surrounding her grave —all of them slain, fallen by the sword —who went down uncircumcised into the underworld, who caused terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who go down to the Pit.

Ezekiel 32:22 word by word

שָׁ֤ם אַשּׁוּר֙ וְכָל־קְהָלָ֔הּ סְבִֽיבוֹתָ֖יו קִבְרֹתָ֑יו כֻּלָּ֣ם חֲלָלִ֔ים הַנֹּפְלִ֖ים בֶּחָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Asshurאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• there and all her companyקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• his gravesקֶ֫בֶרqeber qibrâh · graveH6913
• aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• him: all of them slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• by the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719

Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:22

• Ezekiel 32:24“There is Elam and all her multitude surrounding her grave —all of them slain, fallen by the sword —who went down uncircumcised into the underworld, who caused terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who go down to the Pit.
• Ezekiel 31:3Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches shadowing the forest, of lofty height. Its top was in leafy branches.
• Numbers 24:24Ships will come from Kittim’s shore. They will afflict Asshur and Eber, but they too will come to destruction.”
• Psalms 83:8Gebal, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre,
• Isaiah 30:33For Topheth has long been ready, prepared for the king, its fire pit made deep and wide, a pyre of fire with plenty of wood. The breath of Adonai, like a torrent of brimstone, sets it aflame.
• Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of Adonai went out and struck down 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When the men arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
• Nahum 1:7Adonai is good as a refuge in the day of distress, and He knows those who take refuge in Him.
• Nahum 3:1Oy , bloody city! Full of deceit, full of plunder. The prey never departs.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Asshur is there - The mightiest conquerors of the earth have gone down to the grave before thee; there they and their soldiers lie together, all slain by the sword.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22In Jeremiah 25 there is an enumeration of nations destined to be subject to the fury of the Chaldaeans. Here we find those of them who had already fallen not named by Jeremiah. Asshur is the king of Assyria, representing as usual the whole nation. The king is surrounded by the graves of his people.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-32Verses 17-32 Divers nations are mentioned as gone down to the grave before Egypt, who are ready to give her a scornful reception; these nations had been lately ruined and wasted. But though Judah and Jerusalem were about this time ruined and laid waste, yet they are not mentioned here. Though they suffered the same affliction, and by the same hand, yet the kind design for which they were afflicted, and the mercy God reserved for them, altered its nature…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-30Assyria … Elam … Meshech and Tubal … Edom … the leaders of the north and the Sidonians: In the past, these nations filled people with fear. Now they are described as weak shadows of what they once were. Their power is gone, and they exist in a place without joy or purpose. Assyria had been defeated by the Babylonians and the Medes between 627 and 609 BC. After that time, it was no longer a great world power.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. her ... his--The abrupt change of gender is, because Ezekiel has in view at one time the kingdom (feminine), at another the monarch. "Asshur," or Assyria, is placed first in punishment, as being first in guilt.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