Ezekiel 29 · Verse 5

Ezekiel 29:5

And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.
Ezekiel 29:5, King James Version

Ezekiel 29:5 in other translations

BSBI will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.
WEBI’ll cast you out into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You’ll fall on the open field. You won’t be brought together or gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
ASVAnd I will cast thee forth into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open field; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered; I have given thee for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens.
YLTAnd I have left thee in the wilderness, Thou and every fish of thy floods, On the face of the field thou dost fall, Thou art not gathered nor assembled, To the beast of the earth and to the fowl of the heavens I have given thee for food.
DARBYand I will cast thee into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open field; thou shalt not be brought together nor gathered: I will give thee for meat to the beasts of the earth and to the fowl of the heavens.
BBEAnd I will let you be in the waste land, you and all the fish of your streams: you will go down on the face of the land; you will not be taken up or put to rest in the earth; I have given you for food to the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven.
WebsterAnd I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for food to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of heaven.

What does Ezekiel 29:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. wilderness--captivity beyond thy kingdom. The expression is used perhaps to imply retribution in kind. As Egypt pursued after Israel, saying, "The wilderness hath shut them in" (Ex 14:3), so she herself shall be brought into a wilderness state. open fields--literally, "face of the field." not be brought together--As the crocodile is not, when caught, restored to the river, so no remnant of thy routed army shall be brought together, and rallied, after its defeat in the wilderness. Pharaoh led an army against Cyrene in Africa, in support of Aricranes, who had been stripped of his kingdom by the Cyrenians. The army perished and Egypt rebelled against him [Junius]. But the reference is mainly to the defeat by Nebuchadnezzar. beasts ... fowls--hostile and savage men.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness - Referring to his being obliged to take refuge in Upper Egypt. But he was afterwards taken prisoner, and strangled by Amasis. Herod. lib. 2 s. 169.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 29:1-16

The desolation of Egypt. (Ezek 29:1-16) Also a promise of mercy to Israel. (Ezek 29:17-21) Verses 1-16 Worldly, carnal minds pride themselves in their property, forgetting that whatever we have, we received it from God, and should use it for God. Why, then, do we boast? Self is the great idol which all the world worships, in contempt of God and his sovereignty. God can force men out of that in which they are most…

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Ezekiel 29:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּנְטַשְׁתִּ֣יךָu.ne.tash.Ti.khaand I will abandon youH5203
הַמִּדְבָּ֗רָהha.mid.Ba.rahthe wilderness towardsH4057
אוֹתְךָ֙'ot.Kha<obj.> youH853
וְאֵת֙ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
דְּגַ֣תde.Gat[the] fish ofH1710
יְאֹרֶ֔יךָye.'o.Rei.khacanals yourH2975
עַל\־'al-onH5921
פְּנֵ֤יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440
הַשָּׂדֶה֙ha.sa.Dehthe fieldH7704
תִּפּ֔וֹלti.Polyou will fallH5307
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
תֵאָסֵ֖ףte.'a.Sefyou will be gatheredH622
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
תִקָּבֵ֑ץti.ka.Vetzyou will be gatheredH6908
לְחַיַּ֥תle.chai.Yatto [the] animal[s] ofH2416
הָאָ֛רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776
וּלְע֥וֹףu.le.'ofand to [the] bird[s] ofH5775
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064
נְתַתִּ֥יךָne.ta.Ti.khaI will give youH5414
לְאָכְלָֽה\׃le.'okh.Lahfor foodH402

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 29:5

  • Jeremiah 7:33

    And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.

  • Jeremiah 8:2

    And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.

  • Ezekiel 32:4-6

    Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee. And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height. I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.

  • Jeremiah 34:20

    I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.

  • Jeremiah 25:33

    And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.

  • Psalms 110:5-6

    The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

  • Ezekiel 39:4-6

    Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God. And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 31:18

    To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.

  • Jeremiah 16:4

    They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

  • Psalms 74:14

    Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

  • 1 Samuel 17:44

    And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.

  • Revelation 19:17-18

    And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will leave.
31:18; 32:4-6; 39:4-6,11-20; Ps 110:5,6; Jer 8:2; 16:4; 25:33
open fields. Heb. face of the field. I have.
1Sa 17:44; Ps 74:14; Jer 7:33; 34:20; Re 19:17,18

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Context

  • Ezekiel 29:4

    But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

  • Ezekiel 29:5

    And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.

  • Ezekiel 29:6

    And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

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Ezekiel 29:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y dejaréte en el desierto, á ti y á todos los peces de tus ríos: sobre la haz del campo caerás; no serás recogido, ni serás juntado: á las bestias de la tierra y á las aves del cielo te he dado por comida.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je te jetterai dans le désert, toi et tous les poissons de tes fleuves; tu tomberas sur la face des champs, tu ne seras pas recueilli ni rassemblé; je te donnerai en pâture aux bêtes de la terre et aux oiseaux des cieux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde dich in die Wüste werfen, dich und alle Fische deiner Ströme; auf des Feldes Fläche wirst du fallen; du wirst nicht aufgelesen und nicht gesammelt werden: den Tieren der Erde und den Vögeln des Himmels habe ich dich zur Speise gegeben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et projiciam te in desertum, et omnes pisces fluminis tui: super faciem terræ cades; non colligeris, neque congregaberis: bestiis terræ et volatilibus cæli dedi te ad devorandum.