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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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Ezekiel pronounces this judgment against Pharaoh and Egypt to the exiled community by the Chebar Canal, extending the oracle of death to Egypt's former allies.
The words — עֵילָם ('ei.Lam) identifies the eastern kingdom, and שָ֤ם (sham) fixes the location, showing that Elam and her multitudes occupy the same place of death as Egypt.
The thread — Elam appears in Genesis 10:22 as a son of Shem and receives a distinct judgment in Jeremiah 49:34, but here the text places her among the defeated nations in the realm of the dead.
Why it lands — The passage states that uncircumcised warriors who once spread terror now lie slain and bear disgrace in the Pit, demanding the reader abandon trust in military might and accept divine judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
Cross-references
- Genesis 10:22 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
- Jeremiah 49:34 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
- Ezekiel 16:52 So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.
- Ezekiel 16:54 So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.
- Ezekiel 26:20 then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.
- Ezekiel 32:18 “Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
- Ezekiel 32:25 Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.
- Ezekiel 32:30 All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.
- Genesis 14:1 In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
- Jeremiah 25:25 all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;