Ezekiel - 32:3



3 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will spread out my net on you with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring you up in my net.

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Explanation and meaning of Ezekiel 32:3.

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Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: I will spread out my net over thee with the multitude of many people, and I will draw thee up in my net.
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also spread out my net over thee with an assemblage of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And, I have spread out for thee My net, With an assembly of many peoples, And they have brought thee up in My net.
This is what the Lord has said: My net will be stretched out over you, and I will take you up in my fishing-net.
Because of this, thus says the Lord God: I will spread my net over you, with the multitude of many peoples, and I will draw you into my dragnet.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Thus saith the Lord God,.... The Lord God Almighty, who is able to manage this fierce and turbulent creature, this mighty monarch and disturber of the nations:
I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; meaning the Chaldean army, which the Lord would instigate, and by his providence bring against the king of Egypt, and surround him as fishes in a net, and take him and his people; see Ezekiel 12:13,
and they shall bring thee up in my net; out of his rivers, out of his fortresses, out of his own land, and carry him captive, or destroy him.

with a company of many people--namely, the Chaldeans (Ezekiel 29:3-4; Hosea 7:12).
my net--for they are My instrument.

With a company - In the countries, where these creatures were hunted, they went in mighty companies.

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