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Ezekiel 32:12 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 12. 12By 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 Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Ezekiel states or reports “By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations…” at Ezekiel 32:12 as a specific part of “Babylon's Sword Makes Egypt Desolate.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 32:11–16
Read Ezekiel 32:12 with 32:11–16. By itself, “By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The king of Babylon's sword and ruthless nations end Egypt's pride, destroy people and animals by waters, and leave a lament for the daughters of nations.
Why It Needs Context
Ezekiel 32:12 performs a local role inside “Babylon's Sword Makes Egypt Desolate.” The prophetic word through Ezekiel states or reports “By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations…” at Ezekiel 32:12 as a specific part of “Babylon's Sword Makes Egypt Desolate.” The selected verse alone does not carry the full claim.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Ezekiel 32:11–16 — Babylon's Sword Makes Egypt DesolateSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 32:11–16, 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 32:11–16
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