Ezekiel - 32:20



20 They shall fall in the midst of those who are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword; draw her away and all her multitudes.

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Explanation and meaning of Ezekiel 32:20.

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They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain with the sword : the sword is given, they have drawn her down, and all her people.
They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword. The sword hath been given: draw her out, and all her multitudes.
In the midst of the pierced of the sword they fall, To the sword she hath been given, They drew her out, and all her multitude.
They shall fall in the middle of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.
Among those who have been put to the sword: they will give a resting-place with them to all their people.
They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword; she is delivered to the sword; draw her down and all her multitudes.
They will fall by the sword in the midst of the slain. The sword has been given. They have dragged her down, with all her people.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

She is delivered to the sword - Rather, the sword is put forth. Draw her down as one dragged to execution.

They shall fall in the midst of [them that are] slain by the sword: (m) she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.
(m) That is, Egypt.

They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword,.... The Egyptians shall fall in battle by the sword of the Chaldeans:
she is delivered to the sword; Egypt is given to the sword, to perish by it, for her sins, according to the just appointment of God:
draw her and all her multitudes; to the place of burial; not in pomp and splendour, as great persons are drawn in hearses; but in great disgrace, as carcasses are dragged unto a common pit or grave, and cast into it: this is said to the Chaldeans, who had a commission from the Lord to slay Egypt, and to bury her, and all her people.

she is delivered to the sword--namely, by God.
draw her--as if addressing her executioners: drag her forth to death.

They - The Egyptians. She - The whole Egyptian kingdom. Draw - And throw them together into the pit.

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