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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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel addresses the exiles in Babylon, describing the postmortem fate of foreign nations in his vision of the grave.
The words — The Hebrew שָׁם (sham) marks the location as "there," while מֶשֶׁךְ (Meshekh) and תּוּבַל (Tubal) identify the specific nations whose graves encircle them.
The thread — These groups appear as Japheth’s descendants in Genesis 10:2, former merchants of Tyre in Ezekiel 27:13, and the chief prince’s domain in Ezekiel 38:2.
Why it lands — The text states they lie uncircumcised and slain because they spread terror among the living, demanding recognition that earthly dominance ends in shared disgrace.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 27:13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.
- Genesis 10:2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
- Ezekiel 38:2 “Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him
- Ezekiel 39:1 “As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
- Genesis 10:12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:5 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
- Ezekiel 32:19 Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised!
- 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.
- Ezekiel 32:27 They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.
- Ezekiel 32:32 For I will spread My terror in the land of the living, so that Pharaoh and all his multitude will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.”