Ezekiel 30:11

He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
people	וְעַמּ֤וֹ ve.'a.Mo	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
terrible	עָרִיצֵ֣י 'a.ri.Tzei	H6184	fearful · adjective, masculine plural construct
nations	גוֹיִ֔ם go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · noun, common masculine plural absolute
brought	מֽוּבָאִ֖ים mu.va.'Im	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, hophal passive participle, masculine plural absolute
destroy	לְשַׁחֵ֣ת le.sha.Chet	H7843	to decay · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct
land	הָאָ֑רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
draw	וְהֵרִ֤יקוּ ve.he.Ri.ku	H7324	to pour out (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
swords	חַרְבוֹתָם֙ char.vo.Tam	H2719	drought · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
Egypt	מִצְרַ֔יִם mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name
fill	וּמָלְא֥וּ u.mal.'U	H4390	to fill or (intransitively) be full of · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
land	הָאָ֖רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
slain	חָלָֽל cha.Lal	H2491	pierced (especially to death) · adjective, masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Ezekiel 28:7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy…
Deuteronomy 28:50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
Isaiah 14:4-6 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
Isaiah 34:3-7 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
Jeremiah 51:20-23 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
Ezekiel 31:12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are…
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 E…
Ezekiel 35:8 And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain wi…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 30:1-19

The prophecy of the destruction of Egypt is here very full and particular, as well as, in the general, very frightful. What can protect a provoking people when the righteous God comes forth to contend with them? I. It shall be a very lamentable destruction, and such as shall occasion great sorrow (Eze 30:2, Eze 30:3): "Howl you; you may justly shriek now that it is coming, for you will be made to shriek and make hideous outcries when it comes. Cry out, Woe worth the day! or, Ah the day! alas because of the day! the terrible day! Woe and alas! For the day is near; the day we have so long dreaded, so long deserved. It is the day of the Lord, the day in which he will manifest himself as a God o…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 30:10

the multitude--the large population.

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 30:9

Messengers go forth from me in ships - Ships can ascend the Nile up to Syene or Essuan, by the cataracts; and when Nebuchadnezzar's vessels went up, they struck terror into the Ethiopians. They are represented here as the "messengers of God."

John Gill on Ezekiel 30:11

He and his people with him,.... He and his army, consisting chiefly of Chaldeans; though there were of other nations among them, as were in his army when he besieged Jerusalem, as seems to be suggested in the next clause: the terrible of the nations shall be brought to destroy the land; the Chaldeans, the most fierce, cruel, and terrible of all people, and others the most terrible that could be collected out of all nations under the yoke of the king of Babylon; and all of them terrible to the nations against whom they came, as now against Egypt to destroy it; see Habakkuk 1:6, and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain; go through the land with their d…

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Ezekiel 30:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 30:1-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 30:10

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 30:9

John Gill on Ezekiel 30:11

Ezekiel 30:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 30:1-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 30:10

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 30:9

John Gill on Ezekiel 30:11

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 30:10-12

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 30:6-7

Rashi on Ezekiel 30:9