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Ezekiel 32

1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And it came to pass in the twelfth H6240 (עָשָׂר) — ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
  • And it came to pass in the twelfth H8147 (שְׁנַיִם) — two; also (as ordinal) twofold
  • year H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • in the twelfth month H2320 (חֹדֶשׁ) — the new moon; by implication, a month
  • in the first H259 (אֶחָד) — properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
  • of the month H2320 (חֹדֶשׁ) — the new moon; by implication, a month
  • the word H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • came unto me, saying H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)

2 Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast likened unto a young lion of the nations: yet art thou as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Son H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • of man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
  • take up H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
  • a lamentation H7015 (קִינָה) — a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments)
  • for Pharaoh H6547 (פַּרְעֹה) — Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
  • king H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
  • of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
  • and say H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • unto him, Thou art like H1819 (דָּמָה) — to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
  • a young lion H3715 (כְּפִיר) — a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
  • of the nations H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
  • as a whale H8565 (תַּן) — a monster (as preternaturally formed), i.e. a sea-serpent (or other huge marine animal); also a jackal (or other hideous land animal)
  • as a whale H8577 (תַּנִּין) — a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal
  • in the seas H3220 (יָם) — a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin…
  • and thou camest forth H1518 (גִּיחַ) — to gush forth (as water), generally to issue
  • with thy rivers H5104 (נָהָר) — a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
  • and troubledst H1804 (דָּלַח) — to roil water
  • the waters H4325 (מַיִם) — water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
  • with thy feet H7272 (רֶגֶל) — a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
  • and fouledst H7515 (רָפַשׂ) — to trample, i.e. roil water
  • their rivers H5104 (נָהָר) — a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity

3 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will spread out my net upon thee with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in my net.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Thus saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
  • Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)
  • I will therefore spread out H6566 (פָּרַשׂ) — to break apart, disperse, etc.
  • my net H7568 (רֶשֶׁת) — a net (as catching animals)
  • over thee with a company H6951 (קָהָל) — assemblage (usually concretely)
  • of many H7227 (רַב) — abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
  • people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
  • and they shall bring thee up H5927 (עָלָה) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
  • in my net H2764 (חֵרֶם) — physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination

4 And I will leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle upon thee, and I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Then will I leave H5203 (נָטַשׁ) — properly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject,…
  • thee upon the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • I will cast thee forth H2904 (טוּל) — to pitch over or reel; hence (transitively) to cast down or out
  • upon the open H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
  • field H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
  • and will cause all the fowls H5775 (עוֹף) — a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
  • of the heaven H8064 (שָׁמַיִם) — the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
  • to remain H7931 (שָׁכַן) — to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
  • upon thee, and I will fill H7646 (שָׂבַע) — to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
  • the beasts H2416 (חַי) — alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing),…
  • of the whole earth H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And I will lay H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • thy flesh H1320 (בָּשָׂר) — flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
  • upon the mountains H2022 (הַר) — a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
  • and fill H4390 (מָלֵא) — to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
  • the valleys H1516 (גַּיְא) — a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
  • with thy height H7419 (רָמוּת) — a heap (of carcases)

6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the watercourses shall be full of thee.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • I will also water H8248 (שָׁקָה) — to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to
  • with thy blood H1818 (דָּם) — blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. dr…
  • the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • wherein thou swimmest H6824 (צָפָה) — an inundation (as covering)
  • to the mountains H2022 (הַר) — a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
  • and the rivers H650 (אָפִיק) — properly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of a stream; also a strong thing or a hero
  • shall be full H4390 (מָלֵא) — to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

7 And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And when I shall put thee out H3518 (כָּבָה) — to expire or (causatively) to extinguish (fire, light, anger)
  • I will cover H3680 (כָּסָה) — properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
  • the heaven H8064 (שָׁמַיִם) — the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
  • and make H6937 (קָדַר) — to be ashy, i.e. dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
  • the stars H3556 (כּוֹכָב) — a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
  • thereof dark H6937 (קָדַר) — to be ashy, i.e. dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
  • the sun H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ) — the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
  • with a cloud H6051 (עָנָן) — a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
  • and the moon H3394 (יָרֵחַ) — the moon
  • shall not give H215 (אוֹר) — to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
  • her light H216 (אוֹר) — illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • All the bright H3974 (מָאוֹר) — properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element); figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier
  • lights H216 (אוֹר) — illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
  • of heaven H8064 (שָׁמַיִם) — the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
  • will I make dark H6937 (קָדַר) — to be ashy, i.e. dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
  • over thee, and set H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • darkness H2822 (חֹשֶׁךְ) — the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
  • upon thy land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • saith H5002 (נְאֻם) — an oracle
  • the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
  • Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)

9 I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • I will also vex H3707 (כַּעַס) — to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
  • the hearts H3820 (לֵב) — the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
  • of many H7227 (רַב) — abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
  • people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
  • when I shall bring H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
  • thy destruction H7667 (שֶׁבֶר) — a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
  • among the nations H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
  • into the countries H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • which thou hast not known H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…

10 Yea, I will make many peoples amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Yea, I will make many H7227 (רַב) — abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
  • people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
  • amazed H8074 (שָׁמֵם) — to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
  • at thee, and their kings H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
  • shall be horribly H8178 (שַׂעַר) — a terror
  • afraid H8175 (שָׂעַר) — to storm; by implication, to shiver, i.e. fear
  • for thee, when I shall brandish H5774 (עוּף) — to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
  • my sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
  • before them H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
  • and they shall tremble H2729 (חָרַד) — to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)
  • moment H7281 (רֶגַע) — a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time
  • every man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
  • for his own life H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
  • in the day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
  • of thy fall H4658 (מַפֶּלֶת) — fall, i.e. decadence; concretely, a ruin; specifically a carcase

11 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • For thus saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
  • Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)
  • The sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
  • of the king H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
  • of Babylon H894 (בָּבֶל) — Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
  • shall come H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall; the terrible of the nations are they all: and they shall bring to nought the pride of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • By the swords H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
  • of the mighty H1368 (גִּבּוֹר) — powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
  • will I cause thy multitude H1995 (הָמוֹן) — a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth
  • to fall H5307 (נָפַל) — to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
  • the terrible H6184 (עָרִיץ) — fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical
  • of the nations H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
  • all of them: and they shall spoil H7703 (שָׁדַד) — properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
  • the pomp H1347 (גָּאוֹן) — the same as 1346
  • of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
  • and all the multitude H1995 (הָמוֹן) — a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth
  • thereof shall be destroyed H8045 (שָׁמַד) — to desolate

13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside many waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • I will destroy H6 (אָבַד) — properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
  • also all the beasts H929 (בְּהֵמָה) — properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
  • thereof from H5921 (עַל) — above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
  • beside the great H7227 (רַב) — abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
  • waters H4325 (מַיִם) — water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
  • neither shall the foot H7272 (רֶגֶל) — a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
  • of man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
  • trouble H1804 (דָּלַח) — to roil water
  • them any more, nor the hoofs H6541 (פַּרְסָה) — a claw or split hoof
  • of beasts H929 (בְּהֵמָה) — properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)

14 Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Then will I make their waters H4325 (מַיִם) — water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
  • deep H8257 (שָׁקַע) — to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue
  • and cause their rivers H5104 (נָהָר) — a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
  • to run H3212 (יָלַךְ) — to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
  • like oil H8081 (שֶׁמֶן) — grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
  • saith H5002 (נְאֻם) — an oracle
  • the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
  • Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)

15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • When I shall make H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
  • desolate H8077 (שְׁמָמָה) — devastation; figuratively, astonishment
  • and the country H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • shall be destitute H8074 (שָׁמֵם) — to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
  • of that whereof it was full H4393 (מְלֹא) — fulness (literally or figuratively)
  • when I shall smite H5221 (נָכָה) — to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
  • all them that dwell H3427 (יָשַׁב) — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
  • therein, then shall they know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament; the daughters of the nations shall lament therewith; over Egypt, and over all her multitude, shall they lament therewith, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • the lamentation H7015 (קִינָה) — a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments)
  • wherewith they shall lament H6969 (קוּן) — to strike a musical note, i.e. chant or wail (at a funeral)
  • her: the daughters H1323 (בַּת) — a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
  • of the nations H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
  • shall lament H6969 (קוּן) — to strike a musical note, i.e. chant or wail (at a funeral)
  • her: they shall lament H6969 (קוּן) — to strike a musical note, i.e. chant or wail (at a funeral)
  • for Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
  • and for all her multitude H1995 (הָמוֹן) — a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth
  • saith H5002 (נְאֻם) — an oracle
  • the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
  • Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)

17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • It came to pass also in the twelfth H6240 (עָשָׂר) — ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
  • It came to pass also in the twelfth H8147 (שְׁנַיִם) — two; also (as ordinal) twofold
  • year H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • in the fifteenth H6240 (עָשָׂר) — ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
  • in the fifteenth H2568 (חָמֵשׁ) — five
  • of the month H2320 (חֹדֶשׁ) — the new moon; by implication, a month
  • the word H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • came unto me, saying H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)

18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Son H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • of man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
  • wail H5091 (נָהָה) — to groan, i.e. bewail; hence (through the idea of crying aloud), to assemble (as if on proclamation)
  • for the multitude H1995 (הָמוֹן) — a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth
  • of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
  • and cast them down H3381 (יָרַד) — to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively,…
  • her, and the daughters H1323 (בַּת) — a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
  • of the famous H117 (אַדִּיר) — wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful
  • nations H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
  • unto the nether parts H8482 (תַּחְתִּי) — lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
  • of the earth H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • with them that go down H3381 (יָרַד) — to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively,…
  • into the pit H953 (בּוֹר) — a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)

19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Whom dost thou pass in beauty H5276 (נָעֵם) — to be agreeable (literally or figuratively)
  • go down H3381 (יָרַד) — to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively,…
  • and be thou laid H7901 (שָׁכַב) — to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
  • with the uncircumcised H6189 (עָרֵל) — properly, exposed, i.e. projecting loose (as to the prepuce); used only technically, uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)

20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword; draw her away and all her multitudes.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • They shall fall H5307 (נָפַל) — to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
  • in the midst H8432 (תָּוֶךְ) — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
  • slain H2491 (חָלָל) — pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
  • by the sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
  • she is delivered H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • to the sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
  • draw H4900 (מָשַׁךְ) — to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
  • her and all her multitudes H1995 (הָמוֹן) — a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth

21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of Sheol with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie still, even the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • The strong H410 (אֵל) — strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
  • among the mighty H1368 (גִּבּוֹר) — powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
  • shall speak H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
  • to him out of the midst H8432 (תָּוֶךְ) — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
  • of hell H7585 (שְׁאוֹל) — hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
  • with them that help H5826 (עָזַר) — to surround, i.e. protect or aid
  • him: they are gone down H3381 (יָרַד) — to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively,…
  • they lie H7901 (שָׁכַב) — to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
  • uncircumcised H6189 (עָרֵל) — properly, exposed, i.e. projecting loose (as to the prepuce); used only technically, uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)
  • slain H2491 (חָלָל) — pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
  • by the sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

22 Asshur is there and all her company; her graves are round about her; all of them slain, fallen by the sword;

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Asshur H804 (אַשּׁוּר) — Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
  • there and all her company H6951 (קָהָל) — assemblage (usually concretely)
  • his graves H6913 (קֶבֶר) — a sepulchre
  • about H5439 (סָבִיב) — (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
  • him: all of them slain H2491 (חָלָל) — pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
  • fallen H5307 (נָפַל) — to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
  • by the sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

23 whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Whose graves H6913 (קֶבֶר) — a sepulchre
  • are set H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • in the sides H3411 (יְרֵכָה) — properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess
  • of the pit H953 (בּוֹר) — a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
  • and her company H6951 (קָהָל) — assemblage (usually concretely)
  • is round about H5439 (סָבִיב) — (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
  • her grave H6900 (קְבוּרָה) — sepulture; (concretely) a sepulchre
  • all of them slain H2491 (חָלָל) — pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
  • fallen H5307 (נָפַל) — to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
  • by the sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
  • which caused H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • terror H2851 (חִתִּית) — fear
  • in the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • of the living H2416 (חַי) — alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing),…

24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Elam H5867 (עֵילָם) — Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites
  • and all her multitude H1995 (הָמוֹן) — a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth
  • round about H5439 (סָבִיב) — (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
  • her grave H6900 (קְבוּרָה) — sepulture; (concretely) a sepulchre
  • all of them slain H2491 (חָלָל) — pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
  • fallen H5307 (נָפַל) — to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
  • by the sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
  • which are gone down H3381 (יָרַד) — to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively,…
  • uncircumcised H6189 (עָרֵל) — properly, exposed, i.e. projecting loose (as to the prepuce); used only technically, uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)
  • into the nether parts H8482 (תַּחְתִּי) — lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
  • of the earth H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • which caused H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • their terror H2851 (חִתִּית) — fear
  • in the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • of the living H2416 (חַי) — alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing),…
  • yet have they borne H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
  • their shame H3639 (כְּלִמָּה) — disgrace
  • with them that go down H3381 (יָרַד) — to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively,…
  • to the pit H953 (בּוֹר) — a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)

25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude; her graves are round about her; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for their terror was caused in the land of the living, and they have borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that are slain.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • They have set H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • her a bed H4904 (מִשְׁכָּב) — a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
  • in the midst H8432 (תָּוֶךְ) — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
  • of the slain H2491 (חָלָל) — pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
  • with all her multitude H1995 (הָמוֹן) — a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth
  • her graves H6913 (קֶבֶר) — a sepulchre
  • round about H5439 (סָבִיב) — (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
  • him: all of them uncircumcised H6189 (עָרֵל) — properly, exposed, i.e. projecting loose (as to the prepuce); used only technically, uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)
  • slain H2491 (חָלָל) — pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
  • by the sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
  • though their terror H2851 (חִתִּית) — fear
  • was caused H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • in the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • of the living H2416 (חַי) — alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing),…
  • yet have they borne H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
  • their shame H3639 (כְּלִמָּה) — disgrace
  • with them that go down H3381 (יָרַד) — to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively,…
  • to the pit H953 (בּוֹר) — a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
  • he is put H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude; their graves are round about them; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they caused their terror in the land of the living.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Meshech H4902 (מֶשֶׁךְ) — Meshek, a son of Japheth, and the people descended from him
  • Tubal H8422 (תּוּבַל) — Tubal, a postdiluvian patriarch and his posterity
  • and all her multitude H1995 (הָמוֹן) — a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth
  • her graves H6913 (קֶבֶר) — a sepulchre
  • round about H5439 (סָבִיב) — (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
  • him: all of them uncircumcised H6189 (עָרֵל) — properly, exposed, i.e. projecting loose (as to the prepuce); used only technically, uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)
  • slain H2490 (חָלַל) — properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by a…
  • by the sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
  • though they caused H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • their terror H2851 (חִתִּית) — fear
  • in the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • of the living H2416 (חַי) — alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing),…

27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, that are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads, and their iniquities are upon their bones; for they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And they shall not lie H7901 (שָׁכַב) — to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
  • with the mighty H1368 (גִּבּוֹר) — powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
  • fallen H5307 (נָפַל) — to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
  • of the uncircumcised H6189 (עָרֵל) — properly, exposed, i.e. projecting loose (as to the prepuce); used only technically, uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)
  • which are gone down H3381 (יָרַד) — to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively,…
  • to hell H7585 (שְׁאוֹל) — hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
  • with their weapons H3627 (כְּלִי) — something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
  • of war H4421 (מִלְחָמָה) — a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. war-fare)
  • and they have laid H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • their swords H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
  • under their heads H7218 (רֹאשׁ) — the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
  • but their iniquities H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
  • shall be upon their bones H6106 (עֶצֶם) — a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
  • the terror H2851 (חִתִּית) — fear
  • of the mighty H1368 (גִּבּוֹר) — powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
  • in the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • of the living H2416 (חַי) — alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing),…

28 But thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain by the sword.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Yea, thou shalt be broken H7665 (שָׁבַר) — to burst (literally or figuratively)
  • in the midst H8432 (תָּוֶךְ) — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
  • of the uncircumcised H6189 (עָרֵל) — properly, exposed, i.e. projecting loose (as to the prepuce); used only technically, uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)
  • and shalt lie H7901 (שָׁכַב) — to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
  • slain H2491 (חָלָל) — pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
  • with the sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

29 There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who in their might are laid with them that are slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Edom H123 (אֱדֹם) — Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
  • her kings H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
  • and all her princes H5387 (נָשִׂיא) — properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist
  • which with their might H1369 (גְּבוּרָה) — force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory
  • are laid H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • slain H2491 (חָלָל) — pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
  • by the sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
  • they shall lie H7901 (שָׁכַב) — to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
  • with the uncircumcised H6189 (עָרֵל) — properly, exposed, i.e. projecting loose (as to the prepuce); used only technically, uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)
  • and with them that go down H3381 (יָרַד) — to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively,…
  • to the pit H953 (בּוֹר) — a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)

30 There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who are gone down with the slain; in the terror which they caused by their might they are put to shame; and they lie uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • the princes H5257 (נְסִיךְ) — properly, something poured out, i.e. a libation; also a molten image; by implication, a prince (as anointed)
  • of the north H6828 (צָפוֹן) — properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
  • all of them, and all the Sidonians H6722 (צִידֹנִי) — a Tsidonian or inhabitant of Tsidon
  • which are gone down H3381 (יָרַד) — to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively,…
  • with the slain H2491 (חָלָל) — pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
  • with their terror H2851 (חִתִּית) — fear
  • they are ashamed H954 (בּוּשׁ) — properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
  • of their might H1369 (גְּבוּרָה) — force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory
  • and they lie H7901 (שָׁכַב) — to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
  • uncircumcised H6189 (עָרֵל) — properly, exposed, i.e. projecting loose (as to the prepuce); used only technically, uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)
  • slain H2491 (חָלָל) — pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
  • by the sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
  • and bear H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
  • their shame H3639 (כְּלִמָּה) — disgrace
  • with them that go down H3381 (יָרַד) — to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively,…
  • to the pit H953 (בּוֹר) — a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)

31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Pharaoh H6547 (פַּרְעֹה) — Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
  • shall see H7200 (רָאָה) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
  • them, and shall be comforted H5162 (נָחַם) — properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to av…
  • over all his multitude H1995 (הָמוֹן) — a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth
  • and all his army H2428 (חַיִל) — probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
  • slain H2491 (חָלָל) — pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
  • by the sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
  • saith H5002 (נְאֻם) — an oracle
  • the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
  • Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)

32 For I have put his terror in the land of the living; and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • For I have caused H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • my terror H2851 (חִתִּית) — fear
  • in the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • of the living H2416 (חַי) — alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing),…
  • and he shall be laid H7901 (שָׁכַב) — to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
  • in the midst H8432 (תָּוֶךְ) — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
  • of the uncircumcised H6189 (עָרֵל) — properly, exposed, i.e. projecting loose (as to the prepuce); used only technically, uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)
  • slain H2491 (חָלָל) — pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
  • with the sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
  • Pharaoh H6547 (פַּרְעֹה) — Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
  • and all his multitude H1995 (הָמוֹן) — a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth
  • saith H5002 (נְאֻם) — an oracle
  • the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
  • Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)