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Ezekiel 32:22
Assyria is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel delivers this oracle to the exiled community regarding Egypt’s allies descending into Sheol, recorded during the prophetic judgment against Egypt.
The words — אַשּׁוּר ('a.Shur) = Assyria identifies the specific empire in view, while חֲלָלִים (cha.la.Lim) = slain denotes their violent, non-natural death.
The thread — The same judgment pattern appears in Ezekiel 32:24 (Elam) and Ezekiel 32:26 (Meshech and Tubal), where nations are described with their multitudes and graves surrounding them and all slain by the sword, whereas Ezekiel 32:29 specifies Edom’s kings and princes laid among the slain rather than its multitudes.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that political power and national alliances offer no protection from divine judgment, as even historically dominant empires meet the same fate of violent death and disgrace.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 32:26 Meshech and Tubal are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.
- Ezekiel 32:24 Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
- 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.
- Numbers 24:24 Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
- Psalms 83:8 Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
- Isaiah 30:33 For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
- Isaiah 37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
- Ezekiel 31:3 Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.
- Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
- Nahum 3:1 Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.