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Ezekiel 32:10
I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord addresses Ezekiel regarding the impending fall of Egypt during a prophetic oracle of divine judgment. This declaration occurs at the moment God prepares to execute destruction among the nations and brandish His sword.
The words — The Hebrew verb וַ/הֲשִׁמּוֹתִי (va./ha.shi.mo.Ti) literally means “I will make appalled,” paired with יִשְׂעֲרוּ (yis.'a.Ru), “they will shudder.” The text states God will actively cause foreign peoples and their kings to tremble in horror when He displays His sword. Interpreters note these terms emphasize divine agency over mere political collapse.
The thread — This reaction pattern recurs in Ezekiel 26:16 and 27:35, where coastal princes and kings strip their garments and shudder at divine judgment. Exodus 15:14 similarly records nations hearing of God’s acts and trembling with anguish.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition that political downfall follows direct divine action, not random historical forces. It requires the reader to acknowledge that terror before judgment is the intended response to God’s displayed authority.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Yea, I will make many people 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
- Ezekiel 26:16 All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you.
- Ezekiel 27:35 All the people of the coastlands are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted.
- Exodus 15:14 The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
- Deuteronomy 29:24 So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
- Deuteronomy 32:41 when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
- 1 Kings 9:8 And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
- Jeremiah 51:9 “We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”
- Ezekiel 30:9 On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For it is indeed coming.
- Zechariah 11:2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!
- Revelation 18:10 In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”