Ezekiel 32 · Verse 11

Ezekiel 32:11

For thus saith the Lord God; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
Ezekiel 32:11, King James Version

Ezekiel 32:11 in other translations

BSBFor this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!
WEBFor the Lord GOD says: “The sword of the king of Babylon will come on you.
ASVFor thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
YLTFor thus said the Lord Jehovah: A sword of the king of Babylon entereth thee,
DARBYFor thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
BBEFor this is what the Lord has said: The sword of the king of Babylon will come on you.
WebsterFor thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.

What does Ezekiel 32:11 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 32:1-16

The fall of Egypt. (Ezek 32:1-16) It is like that of other nations. (Ezek 32:17-32) Verses 1-16 It becomes us to weep and tremble for those who will not weep and tremble for themselves. Great oppressors are, in God's account, no better than beasts of prey. Those who admire the pomp of this world, will wonder at the ruin of that pomp; which to those who know the vanity of all things here below, is no surprise. When…

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Ezekiel 32:11 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.

כִּ֛יkiforH3588
כֹּ֥הkohthusH3541
אָמַ֖ר'a.Marhe saysH559
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3069
חֶ֥רֶבChe.rev[the] sword ofH2719
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
בָּבֶ֖לba.VelBabylonH894
תְּבוֹאֶֽךָ\׃te.vo.'E.khait will come to youH935

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Cross references for Ezekiel 32:11

  • Ezekiel 30:22-25

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

  • Jeremiah 46:24-26

    The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north. The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him: And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 43:10

    And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

  • Ezekiel 30:4

    And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

  • Jeremiah 46:13

    The word that the Lord spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.

  • Ezekiel 26:7

    For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.

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26:7; 30:4,22-25; Jer 43:10; 46:13,24-26

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Context

  • Ezekiel 32:10

    Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

  • Ezekiel 32:11

    For thus saith the Lord God; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.

  • Ezekiel 32:12

    By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.

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Ezekiel 32:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: La espada del rey de Babilonia vendrá sobre ti.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel: L’épée du roi de Babylone viendra sur toi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn so spricht der Herr, Jehova: Das Schwert des Königs von Babel wird über dich kommen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Gladius regis Babylonis veniet tibi.