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Ezekiel 32:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" “Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her and the daughters of the famous nations, to the lower parts of the earth, with those who go down into the pit. "
Ezekiel 32:18
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
16 “‘“This is the lamentation with which they will lament. The daughters of the nations will lament with this. They will lament with it over Egypt, and over all her multitude,” says the Lord GOD.’”
17 Also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
18 “Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her and the daughters of the famous nations, to the lower parts of the earth, with those who go down into the pit.
19 Whom do you pass in beauty? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.
20 They will fall among those who are slain by the sword. She is delivered to the sword. Draw her away with all her multitudes.
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Ezekiel 32:1
"In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,"
Ezekiel 32:2
"“Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and tell him, ‘You were likened to a young lion of the nations; yet you are as a monster in the seas. You broke out with your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers.’”"
Ezekiel 32:3
"The Lord GOD says: “I will spread out my net on you with a company of many peoples. They will bring you up in my net."
Ezekiel 32:4
"I will leave you on the land. I will cast you out on the open field, and will cause all the birds of the sky to settle on you. I will satisfy the animals of the whole earth with you."
Ezekiel 32:5
"I will lay your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys with your height."
Ezekiel 32:6
"I will also water the land in which you swim with your blood, even to the mountains. The watercourses will be full of you."
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