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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Ezekiel pronounces this oracle against Pharaoh and his allied nations, declaring their imminent death and descent into Sheol. The words — יִשְׁכְּבוּ (yish.ke.Vu) translates literally as "they lie down," paired with נֹפְלִ֖ים (no.fe.Lim), meaning "fallen." The thread — The phrase "lie down" appears in Isaiah 14:18 to describe kings resting in their tombs, and in Job 3:13 and Job 20:11 to depict death as a state of rest or dust. Why it lands — The text declares that the mighty who once spread terror will not share the honored rest of past warriors but will lie among the dishonored dead, mirroring Pharaoh's own fate.

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The Hebrew words

וְלֹ֤אve./Lo'and/ not יִשְׁכְּבוּ֙yish.ke.Vuthey lie אֶת־'et-with גִּבּוֹרִ֔יםgi.bo.Rimwarriors נֹפְלִ֖יםno.fe.Limfallen מֵעֲרֵלִ֑יםme./'a.re.Limfrom/ uncircumcised [men]אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwho יָרְדֽוּ־ya.re.du-they went down שְׁא֣וֹלshe.'olSheol בִּכְלֵֽי־bi/kh.lei-with/ [the] weapons of מִלְחַמְתָּם֩mil.cham.Ta/mwar/ their וַיִּתְּנ֨וּva/i.yi.te.Nuand/ people put אֶת־'et-<obj.>חַרְבוֹתָ֜םchar.vo.Ta/mswords/ their תַּ֣חַתTa.chatunder רָאשֵׁיהֶ֗םra.shei./Hemheads/ their וַתְּהִ֤יva./te.Hiand/ it was עֲוֹֽנֹתָם֙'a.vo.no.Ta/miniquities/ their עַל־'al-on עַצְמוֹתָ֔םatz.mo.Ta/mbones/ their כִּֽי־ki-for חִתִּ֥יתchi.Titterror of גִּבּוֹרִ֖יםgi.bo.Rimwarriors בְּאֶ֥רֶץbe./'E.retz[was] in/ [the] land of חַיִּֽים׃chai.Yim[the] living

King James Version

And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.

Cross-references

Isaiah 14:18 All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
Job 3:13 For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
Job 20:11 The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
Psalms 109:18 The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
Ezekiel 32:21 Mighty chiefs will speak from the midst of Sheol about Egypt and her allies: ‘They have come down and lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.’
Psalms 49:14 Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
Psalms 92:7 that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
Psalms 92:9 For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
Proverbs 14:32 The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.