Ezekiel 32 · Verse 18

Ezekiel 32:18

Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
Ezekiel 32:18, King James Version

Ezekiel 32:18 in other translations

BSB“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
WEB“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.
ASVSon of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
YLT‘Son of man, Wail for the multitude of Egypt, And cause it to go down, It--and the daughters of honourable nations, Unto the earth--the lower parts, With those going down to the pit.
DARBYSon of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, her and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the lower parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
BBESon of man, let your voice be loud in sorrow for the people of Egypt and send them down, even you and the daughters of the nations; I will send them down into the lowest parts of the earth, with those who go down into the underworld.
WebsterSon of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, to the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

What does Ezekiel 32:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. cast them down--that is, predict that they shall be cast down (so Jr 1:10). The prophet's word was God's, and carried with it its own fulfilment. daughters of ... nations--that is, the nations with their peoples. Egypt is to share the fate of other ancient nations once famous, now consigned to oblivion: Elam (Eze 32:24), Meshech, &c. (Eze 32:26), Edom (Eze 32:29), Zidon (Eze 32:30).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Cast them down - Show them that they shall be cast down. Proclaim to them a casting down prophecy.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 32:17-32

Divers nations are mentioned as gone down to the grave before Egypt, who are ready to give her a scornful reception; these nations had been lately ruined and wasted. But though Judah and Jerusalem were about this time ruined and laid waste, yet they are not mentioned here. Though they suffered the same affliction, and by the same hand, yet the kind design for which they were afflicted, and the mercy God reserved for…

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Ezekiel 32:18 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.

בֶּן\־ben-O son ofH1121
אָדָ֕ם'a.DamhumankindH120
נְהֵ֛הne.HehwailH5091
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הֲמ֥וֹןha.Mon[the] multitude ofH1995
מִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
וְהוֹרִדֵ֑הוּve.ho.ri.De.huand bring down itH3381
א֠וֹתָהּ'o.tah<obj.> itH853
וּבְנ֨וֹתu.ve.Notand [the] daughters ofH1323
גּוֹיִ֧םgo.YimnationsH1471
אַדִּרִ֛ם'a.di.RimmightyH117
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אֶ֥רֶץ'E.retz[the] earth ofH776
תַּחְתִּיּ֖וֹתtach.ti.Yot[the] lowest partsH8482
אֶת\־'et-withH854
י֥וֹרְדֵיYor.dei[those who] go down ofH3381
בֽוֹר\׃Vor[the] pitH953

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 32:18

  • Ezekiel 32:2

    Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

  • Ezekiel 31:14

    To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

  • Micah 1:8

    Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

  • Ezekiel 32:16

    This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord God.

  • Jeremiah 1:10

    See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

  • Isaiah 16:9

    Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

  • Hosea 6:5

    Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.

  • Ezekiel 43:3

    And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.

  • Ezekiel 26:20

    When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;

  • Ezekiel 31:16

    I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

  • Psalms 30:9

    What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

  • Ezekiel 32:21

    The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
wail.
2,16; 21:6,7; Isa 16:9; Mic 1:8; Lu 19:41; Ro 12:15
cast.That is, predict that they shall be cast down.
43:3; Jer 1:10; Ho 6:5
the daughters.The cities and colonies of the celebrated nations afterwards enumerated.
unto the.
21,24-32; 26:20; 31:14; Ps 30:9; 63:9; Isa 14:15

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Context

  • Ezekiel 32:17

    It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

  • Ezekiel 32:18

    Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

  • Ezekiel 32:19

    Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

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Ezekiel 32:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Hijo del hombre, endecha sobre la multitud de Egipto, y despéñalo á él, y á las villas de las gentes fuertes, en la tierra de los profundos, con los que descienden á la sepultura.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Fils d’homme, gémis sur la multitude de l’Égypte, et fais-la descendre, elle et les filles des nations magnifiques, dans les lieux bas de la terre, avec ceux qui descendent dans la fosse.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Menschensohn, wehklage über die Menge Ägyptens, und stürze sie hinab, sie und die Töchter herrlicher Nationen, in die untersten Örter der Erde, zu denen, welche in die Grube hinabgefahren sind.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Fili hominis, cane lugubre super multitudinem Ægypti: et detrahe eam ipsam, et filias gentium robustarum, ad terram ultimam, cum his qui descendunt in lacum.