Ezekiel 32 · Verse 9

Ezekiel 32:9

I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
Ezekiel 32:9, King James Version

Ezekiel 32:9 in other translations

BSB‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries you do not know.
WEB“I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.
ASVI will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
YLTAnd I have vexed the heart of many peoples, In My bringing in thy destruction among nations, Unto lands that thou hast not known.
DARBYAnd I will vex the heart of many peoples, when I bring the news of thy destruction among the nations, into the countries that thou hast not known.
BBEAnd the hearts of numbers of peoples will be troubled, when I send your prisoners among the nations, into a country which is strange to you.
WebsterI will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.

What does Ezekiel 32:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. thy destruction--that is, tidings of thy destruction (literally, "thy breakage") carried by captive and dispersed Egyptians "among the nations" [Grotius]; or, thy broken people, resembling one great fracture, the ruins of what they had been [Fairbairn].

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 I will also vex the hearts - Even the remote nations, who had no connection with thee, shall be amazed at the judgments which have fallen upon thee.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 32:9 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.

וְהִ֨כְעַסְתִּ֔יve.Hikh.'as.Tiand I will disturbH3707
לֵ֖בlev[the] heart ofH3820
עַמִּ֣ים'a.MimpeoplesH5971
רַבִּ֑יםra.BimmanyH7227
בַּהֲבִיאִ֤יba.ha.vi.'Iwhen bring IH935
שִׁבְרְךָ֙shiv.re.Khabreaking yourH7667
בַּגּוֹיִ֔םba.go.Yimamong the nationsH1471
עַל\־'al-toH5921
אֲרָצ֖וֹת'a.ra.TzotlandsH776
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יְדַעְתָּֽם\׃ye.da'.Tamyou have known themH3045

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 32:9

  • Revelation 18:10-15

    Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. …

  • Ezekiel 30:26

    And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 29:12

    And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

  • Jeremiah 25:15-25

    For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. Then took I the cup at the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me: To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; …

  • Ezekiel 30:23

    And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

  • Revelation 11:18

    And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
vex. Heb. provoke to anger, or grief.
Re 11:18; 18:10-15
when.
29:12; 30:23,26; Jer 25:15-25

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Context

  • Ezekiel 32:8

    All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.

  • Ezekiel 32:9

    I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.

  • 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.

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Ezekiel 32:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y entristeceré el corazón de muchos pueblos, cuando llevaré tu quebrantamiento sobre las gentes, por las tierras que no conociste.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je troublerai le cœur de beaucoup de peuples, quand je ferai parvenir la nouvelle de ta ruine parmi les nations, dans des pays que tu n’as pas connus.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde das Herz vieler Völker traurig machen, wenn ich deinen Sturz unter die Nationen ausbringe, in die Länder, die du nicht gekannt hast.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et irritabo cor populorum multorum, cum induxero contritionem tuam in gentibus super terras quas nescis.