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the twelfth year. See the table on p. 1105.
twelfth month. About one year and. half after the fall of Jerusalem.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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Ezekiel 32:2 open_in_new
Son of man. See note on Ezekiel 2:1.
Thou art like. Thou bast been likened to.
and thou art. yet art thou. The contrast is between what was noble and less noble.
whale. crocodile
seas. a collection of waters, like the branches of the Nile. Compare Isaiah 27:1.
rivers. Heb, nahar. Not the same word as in Ezekiel 32:6.
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the Lord GOD. Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah, See note on Ezekiel 2:4.
company. gathered host. Compare Ezekiel 16:40.
many: or, mighty.
people. peoples.
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Ezekiel 32:4 open_in_new
fill. satisfy.
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Ezekiel 32:5 open_in_new
height. thy high heap i.e. of thy slain.
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wherein thou swimmest: or, of thy overflowing.
rivers. torrents, or ravines. Hebrew. aphikim, See note on 2 Samuel 22:16. Not the same word as in Ezekiel 32:2.
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put thee out. extinguish thee.
I will cover, &c. Compare Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 14:12.Joel 2:10; Joel 3:15.Amos 8:9; Revelation 6:12-14.
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bright lights. light. bearers. Ref, to Pentateuch (Genesis 1:14). App-92, Hebrew. ma'or.
saith the Lord GOD. [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.
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every man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
life. soul. Hebrew. nephesh, App-13.
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man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.
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deep. subside.
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Ezekiel 32:17 open_in_new
the month: i.e. the twelfth month. See Ezekiel 32:1.
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cast them down. cause them to descend: i.e. by Heb, idiom declare (by the dirge) that they shall descend. See note on Ezekiel 14:8; Ezekiel 14:9; Ezekiel 20:28.
nether. lower.
the pit. Hebrew. bor. a grave dug in the earth. See note on 31. is, showing the meaning of Sheol in Ezekiel 32:21.
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the uncircumcised. This word is repeated ten times in this chapter, and always in connection with an ignominious death (verses: Ezekiel 32:19; Ezekiel 32:21; Ezekiel 32:24-30, Eze 19:32). Compare Jeremiah 9:25; Jeremiah 9:26.
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Ezekiel 32:20 open_in_new
slain by the sword. Note the Figure of speech Cycloidea (App-6), by which these words occur as. refrain twelve times in the following verses (twelve being the number of governmental perfection or completion. See App-10).
draw her. drag her away: i.e. to the grave.
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Ezekiel 32:21 open_in_new
The strong. The strongest, or chiefeet.
shall speak, &c, Note the Figure of speech Prosopopoeia (App-6), by which dead people are represented as speaking.
hell. the grave. Hebrew. Sheol. App-35.
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Ezekiel 32:22 open_in_new
Asshur: i.e. the great empire of Assyria.
graves. Hebrew. keber. burying-places, or sepulchres. See App-36. Same word as in verses: Ezekiel 32:23; Ezekiel 32:25; Ezekiel 32:26.
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Ezekiel 32:23 open_in_new
company. gathered host.
in the land of the living. Used here as the opposite of the land of the dead. See note on Ezekiel 26:20. The expression occurs six times in this chapter.
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Ezekiel 32:25 open_in_new
multitude. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads multitudes" (plural)
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Ezekiel 32:27 open_in_new
with their weapons of war. This determines the nature of the place here described as "the grave", "the pit", and "Sheol".
iniquities. Hebrew. avah. App-44.
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broken: or, overthrown.
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Ezekiel 32:32 open_in_new
caused. Hebrew nathan. given: as distinct from their terror. See note on Ezekiel 20:25.
My. Hebrew text has "His"; margin "My".