“I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.
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“I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.
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I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
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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.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 32:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Revelation 18:10-15 standing far away for the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For your judgment has come in one hour.’ The merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise any more: merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet, all expensive wood, every vessel of ivory, every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble; and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, and people’s bodies and souls. The fruits which your soul lusted after have been lost to you. All things that were dainty and sumptuous have perished from you, and you will find them no more at all. The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, will stand far away for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,
- Jeremiah 25:15-25 For Yahweh, the God of Israel, says to me: “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it. They will drink, and reel back and forth, and be insane, because of the sword that I will send among them.” Then I took the cup at Yahweh’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Yahweh had sent me: Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, with its kings and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is today; Pharaoh king of Egypt, with his servants, his princes, and all his people; and all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon; and all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea; Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who have the corners of their beard cut off; and all the kings of Arabia, all the kings of the mixed people who dwell in the wilderness; and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
- Ezekiel 29:12 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 30:23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
- Ezekiel 30:26 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.’ ”
- Revelation 11:18 The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 32:9 I will also vex the hearts of…
Eze 32:9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
Ver. 9. I will also vex.] Or, Grieve. See Ecc 7:3, where the same word signifieth anger and sorrow. Nebuchadnezzar’s growing greatness shall be a cut and a corrosive to them.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Vex; it speaks a passion mixed and made up…
Vex; it speaks a passion mixed and made up with grief for what is done, fear of the consequence of it, anger against him that did it, and an astonishment at the report, and it seizeth the heart and spirits of the hearers.
Many people, and great nations.
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Thy destruction; either the fame of it, or the remainders that fled timely from thy destruction, or thy captives who after thou art destroyed are carried away, and the news of thy fall with them, or when the like ruin and destruction shall fall upon them. Which thou hast not known; such as were strangers to Egypt, and which Egypt had no commerce with, shall be troubled with apprehension what mischief may come upon the world from so mighty a conqueror, and by the accession of so great a kingdom and power as that of Egypt.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain I will also vex the hearts of many people,....…
I will also vex the hearts of many people,.... With anger and grief, with fear and dread, with consternation and amazement:
when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations; or, "thy breach" (b); the news of it, the tidings of their destruction; which by one means or another should come to their ears, and fill them with concern and great anxiety of mind, so rich and powerful a kingdom being subdued, and the king of Babylon made so great thereby, and fearing they fall a prey unto him also. The Targum renders it,
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"when I shall bring the broken of thy war;''
that is, the soldiers that should be wounded in battle, their limbs broke, and they taken captive, and brought among the nations, dismal spectacles to look at; and which should be brought
into countries, which thou hast not known; at a distance from Egypt, and which had no commerce nor communication with them, nor were their friends and allies; yet as their destruction would reach their ears, so it would affect their hearts, and fill them with vexation and grief; not so much on account of Egypt, as the growing power of Nebuchadnezzar, and the danger they were in of falling into his hands.
(b) "fractionem tuam", Piscator, Cocceius, Starckius.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Thy destruction - The fame of it. Not known…
Thy destruction - The fame of it. Not known - Such as were strangers to Egypt, shall be troubled with apprehension of what mischief may come upon the world from so mighty a conqueror.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 9. I will also vex the hearts] Even…
Verse 9. I will also vex the hearts] Even the remote nations, who had no connexion with thee, shall be amazed at the judgments which have fallen upon thee.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain When I shall bring thy destruction - i. e.,…
When I shall bring thy destruction - i. e., the news of thy destruction. The phenomena here mentioned are the accompaniments of “the day of the Lord” Joe 2:10; Luk 21:25 or the day of judgment. The fall of Pharaoh represents the fall of the world-power before the sovereignty of God.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Anger, as they will not know why I have…
Anger, as they will not know why I have treated thee so severely: or rather, they shall be afraid for themselves, ver. 10. (Calmet)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain thy destruction--that is tidings of thy destruction (literally, "thy…
thy destruction--that is tidings of thy destruction (literally, "thy breakage") carried by captive and dispersed Egyptians "among the nations" [GROTIUS]; or, thy broken people, resembling one great fracture, the ruins of what they had been [FAIRBAIRN].
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 9, 10. Compare Eze_26:16; Eze_27:35.
9, 10. Compare Eze_26:16; Eze_27:35.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. vex the hearts] Or, trouble. The precise feeling…
9. vex the hearts] Or, trouble. The precise feeling is not grief, and certainly not anger (A. V. marg.); in Eze_32:10 it is dismay, and then terror for themselves. For people peoples.
bring thy destruction among] Hardly means “bring the news” of thy destruction; the destruction itself occurs among the nations, they observe it; cf. “brandish my sword before them,” Eze_32:10.
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into the countries] unto countries. The effect of Pharaoh’s fall shall be felt by nations lying beyond the horizon of his knowledge; cf. Isa_55:5.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) Vex the hearts.—The margin, provoke to grief, is…
(9) Vex the hearts.—The margin, provoke to grief, is better, as being less ambiguous. “Thy destruction” means, the news of thy destruction. As is more fully expressed in the following verse, the fall of Egypt should be such a striking instance of Divine judgment as to awaken fear in every nation that should hear of the catastrophe.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain I will also vex the hearts. The words intensify…
I will also vex the hearts. The words intensify the bitterness of the downfall. The prophet passes out of the region of metaphors into that of facts. The fall of Egypt will cause pity among the nations. They shall simply be "vexed" in heart, terrified at the thought (Ver. 10) that the sword which had laid her low was "brandished" also against them.
Ver. 9 ("I will also vex the hearts of many peoples"). Vexation of heart.
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I THE GREATEST DISTRESS IS THAT WHICH IS CAUSED BY VEXATION OF HEART. Terrible reverses of fortune may be endured, and the millionaire may become a beggar, and yet the deepest sorrows may not be reached; for there are men who have proved themselves superior to their circumstances, and who have been able to look with a serene countenance on the wreck of their fortunes, because they have been possessed of interior sources of happiness. Bodily sickness which produces acute physical pain does not induce the greatest real sufferings. Not only have martyrs learnt to triumph at the stake, but patient, obscure sufferers have acquired peace and even joy while their bodies have been racked with torment. But when the heart is sore vexed the most terrible Sorrow is felt. This may be endured amid external circumstances of affluence, and then those circumstances appear but as gilded vanities, mocking the bitter grief that lurks within. We live in our hearts, and if our hears be sore and sorrowful, our lives are darkened with a distress that no outer comforts can cheer.
II VEXATION OF HEART SPRINGS ESPECIALLY FROM LOSS AND DISAPPOINTMENT. We accustom ourselves to the usual, and do not grieve greatly over what we never had and never expected to possess. No man is much distressed at the thought that he is not a prince of the archangels. The simple peasant does not grieve because he is not the owner of a kingdom, as Alexander is said to have grieved because he could find no new worlds to conquer. The childless wife is not desolate as the mother whose baby has been snatched from her. The loss of the loved and the disappointment of cherished hopes are the greatest sources of vexation of heart. Now, we have all lost a great inheritance, we have missed our high Divine vocation. The sorrow of failure is at the root of the worst heartache. The old weary world groans without perceiving the cause of its anguish. Clearly something is wrong, for a good Creator would not have made a world for sorrow and disappointment. The great disillusion which at some time comes to every sanguine soul, and turns May into November, must have a cause. The world has suffered a great loss; it has met with a great disappointment. The first step is to have the courage to admit the fact, and not to be living in the optimism which the first touch of reality proves to be but a dream. The next is to discover the cause and to see that the loss is the loss of God, and the failure sin.
III CHRIST HAS COME TO CURE VEXATION OF HEART. He may not help us to retrieve broken fortunes. "To the poor the gospel is preached and yet they remain poor; he may not now restore health as he did during his earthly ministry. But he aims at the deepest trouble-he cures vexation of heart. To the laboring and heavy laden he gives rest. It is not his will that his people should go mourning all their days. The dim and faded life may be brightened and gladdened by the love of the great Savior. This is possible because Christ goes to the seat of the trouble, whereas most earthly comforters have only tried to smooth away the superficial symptoms. He finds the lost God. He restores man to his missed destiny. He slays the sin that is the worm at the root of the world"s life. He brings the heart-joy of life eternal in fellowship with God.
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Yahweh continues to speak to Pharaoh.
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I will terrify the heart of many peoples
Here "heart" represents the people's emotions. AT: "I will make the hearts of many peoples afraid" or "I will cause many people to be terrified" (See: Metonymy)
in lands that you do not know
The way that Yahweh destroys Egypt will make afraid even people in lands that Pharaoh never knew about.
when I bring about your collapse among the nations
The nation of Egypt, symbolized by its king, is spoken of as if it were a building that was collapsing. AT: "when nations hear about the way I destroyed you" (See: Metaphor)
when I swing my sword
Here swinging a sword represents using the sword. AT: "when I use my sword" (See: Metonymy)
Every moment each one will tremble because of you
Here "tremble" is an action that people often do when they are very afraid. AT: "Every one of them will keep shaking because of their fear"
on the day of your downfall
The idea of falling down ("downfall") represents dying. AT: "when I destroy you" (See: Metaphor)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 32:9-10 The surrounding nations and their kings would all…
32:9-10 The surrounding nations and their kings would all be terrified at Egypt’s downfall, fearing for their own future.
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