Bible Strands
Ezekiel 32:20
They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet receives a command to chant a lament over Egypt, personified as a woman, pronouncing judgment on her and her allies.
The words — The Hebrew יִפֹּ֑לוּ (yi.Po.lu) means "they will fall," and מָשְׁכ֥וּ (ma.she.Khu) means "they have drawn down." These verbs frame the verse's declaration of forced descent and violent death.
The thread — The motif of being dragged down appears in Ezekiel 32:20, while the imagery of graves set in the Pit recurs in Ezekiel 32:23.
Why it lands — The text declares that Egypt's military power will end in slaughter and forced descent to the grave. It demands recognition that divine judgment executes what human alliances cannot prevent.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Psalms 28:3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
- Ezekiel 32:23 Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terror in the land of the living.
- Proverbs 24:11 Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
- Jeremiah 22:19 He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 29:8 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.
- Ezekiel 32:29 Edom is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.