They will fall among those who are slain by the sword. She is delivered to the sword. Draw her away with all her multitudes.
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They will fall among those who are slain by the sword. She is delivered to the sword. Draw her away with all her multitudes.
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They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.
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They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword; she is delivered to the sword; draw her down and all her multitudes.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 32:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 28:3 Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
- Ezekiel 32:23-26 whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living. “There is Elam and all her multitude around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who have gone down uncircumcised into the lower parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit. They have set her a bed among the slain with all her multitude. Her graves are around 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 those who go down to the pit. He is put among those who are slain. “There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude. Their graves are around them, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they caused their terror in the land of the living.
- Proverbs 24:11 Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!
- Jeremiah 22:19 He will be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”
- Ezekiel 29:8-12 “ ‘Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off man and animal from you. The land of Egypt will be a desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am Yahweh. “ ‘ “Because he has said, ‘The river is mine, and I have made it;’ therefore, behold, I am against you, and against your rivers. I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even to the border of Ethiopia. No foot of man will pass through it, nor will any animal foot pass through it. It won’t be inhabited for forty years. I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the middle of the countries that are desolate. Her cities among the cities that are laid waste will be a desolation forty years. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.”
- Ezekiel 32:29-30 “There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, who in their might are laid with those who are slain by the sword. They will lie with the uncircumcised, and with those who go down to the pit. “There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who have gone down with the slain. They are put to shame in the terror which they caused by their might. They lie uncircumcised with those who are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, Egypt.
That is, Egypt.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 32:20 They shall fall in the midst of…
Eze 32:20 They shall fall in the midst of [them that are] slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.
Ver. 20. They shall fall.] Carcases have their names both in Greek and Latin from falling. {a}
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“ Fit subito funus, qui modo virus erat. ”
We wonder now and then at the sudden death of a man. In war many thousands exhale their breath without so much as, Lord have mercy on us! Death heweth its way through a wood of men in a minute of time, &c.
{a} πτωμα. Cadaver.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Now the prophet determines concerning the people, which die…
Now the prophet determines concerning the people, which die as others, fall undistinguished, and. as undistinguished, must be laid in the pit.
They; the Egyptians. In the midst; in battle shall die.
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By the sword; either of one another in civil war, or of their neighbours they invaded, or of Babylonians that invaded them.
She is delivered; the whole Egyptian kingdom is given up of God.
To the sword of wasting enemies, especially of the Chaldean. Draw her; make no ceremony more than usually is made, when common soldiers, slain in the field where the battle is fought, are dragged by scores into mighty pits, and thrown into them promiscuously; or, as the interlude will bear it, suppose any of them unwilling to stoop, draw them to it against their will.
All her multitudes, of soldiers and people, subjects, allies, and helpers of Egypt.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain They shall fall in the midst of them that…
They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword,.... The Egyptians shall fall in battle by the sword of the Chaldeans:
she is delivered to the sword; Egypt is given to the sword, to perish by it, for her sins, according to the just appointment of God:
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draw her and all her multitudes; to the place of burial; not in pomp and splendour, as great persons are drawn in hearses; but in great disgrace, as carcasses are dragged unto a common pit or grave, and cast into it: this is said to the Chaldeans, who had a commission from the Lord to slay Egypt, and to bury her, and all her people.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain They - The Egyptians. She - The whole Egyptian…
They - The Egyptians. She - The whole Egyptian kingdom. Draw - And throw them together into the pit.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain She is delivered to the sword - Rather, the…
She is delivered to the sword - Rather, the sword is put forth. Draw her down as one dragged to execution.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain she is delivered to the sword--namely, by God.
she is delivered to the sword--namely, by God.
draw her--as if addressing her executioners: drag her forth to death.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 20. She is delivered to the sword — Rather,…
20. She is delivered to the sword — Rather, the sword is appointed.
Draw her — R.V., “draw her away;” that is, into the pit.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 20. she is delivered to the sword] Rather: the…
20. she is delivered to the sword] Rather: the sword is put forth, lit. given, a peculiar phrase and wanting in LXX.
draw her] i. e. Egypt down into the pit. The simple “draw” leaves rather much to be understood, and LXX. reads the clause differently: and all his multitude shall lie.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (20) Draw her.—Viz., down to her judgment.
(20) Draw her.—Viz., down to her judgment.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain She is delivered to the sword; better, with the…
She is delivered to the sword; better, with the margin of the Revised Version, the sword is appointed possibly, as Ewald suggests, with reference to the practice of burying a warrior with his sword beneath his head (comp. Ver. 27). Draw her, etc. The command would seem to be given, so to speak, to the warders of Sheol. They am to receive the new comers and take them to their appointed place.
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