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Ezekiel 32:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10Yea, 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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Quick Meaning
The prophetic lament states or reports “Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee…” at Ezekiel 32:10 as a specific part of “A Lament Casts Pharaoh as a Captured Sea Creature.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 32:1–10
Read Ezekiel 32:10 with 32:1–10. By itself, “Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Pharaoh's self-image as young lion is recast as a river creature netted, exposed, and used in cosmic-darkness imagery that astonishes nations and terrifies kings.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This received unit develops “A Lament Casts Pharaoh as a Captured Sea Creature” through its own speaker, addressee, date, vision, oracle, sign, lament, or measured space. Its non-interchangeable contribution is: Pharaoh's self-image as young lion is recast as a river creature netted, exposed, and used in cosmic-darkness imagery that astonishes nations and terrifies kings. This verse's placement is specific: The prophetic lament states or reports “Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee…” at Ezekiel 32:10 as a specific part of “A Lament Casts Pharaoh as a Captured Sea Creature.”
What Remains True
Loss should be named truthfully without converting grief into propaganda, revenge, or a claim that victims deserved what happened. In Ezekiel 32:10, that bounded truth is carried through this verse's role: The prophetic lament states or reports “Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee…” at Ezekiel 32:10 as a specific part of “A Lament Casts Pharaoh as a Captured Sea Creature.”
How It Can Shape Life
- Make room for grief, record the human cost, resist spectacle, and distinguish warning about power from celebration of death. This response follows Ezekiel 32:1–10's specific concern, “A Lament Casts Pharaoh as a Captured Sea Creature.” This verse directs that response through its exact role: The prophetic lament states or reports “Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee…” at Ezekiel 32:10 as a specific part of “A Lament Casts Pharaoh as a Captured Sea Creature.”
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 32:1–10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 32:1–10
Open the fixed Hebrew Ezekiel file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Notes: Ezekiel
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2016; current official PDF
Supports: Verse-level controls for difficult Hebrew, syntax, older KJV language, dates, place names, textual issues, vision language, and material alternatives.
Exact location: Official NET Ezekiel PDF, exact translator, study, and textual notes attached to Ezekiel 32:1–10
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