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Ezekiel 32:24 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 24. 24There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic lament states or reports “There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the…” at Ezekiel 32:24 as a specific part of “Egypt Joins Assyria, Elam, Meshech, Tubal, Edom, and Others in the Pit.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 32:17–32
Read Ezekiel 32:24 after the prior line and before the unit's outcome. The prophetic lament states or reports “There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the…” at Ezekiel 32:24 as a specific part of “Egypt Joins Assyria, Elam, Meshech, Tubal, Edom, and Others in the Pit.” Preserve this limit: The underworld catalogue does not map ancient peoples to current ethnic enemies or provide a complete doctrine of individual afterlife.
Why It Needs Context
Ezekiel 32:17–32 gives Ezekiel 32:24 its literary owner and outcome. The prophetic lament states or reports “There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the…” at Ezekiel 32:24 as a specific part of “Egypt Joins Assyria, Elam, Meshech, Tubal, Edom, and Others in the Pit.” Application waits until that movement is understood.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Ezekiel 32:17–32 — Egypt Joins Assyria, Elam, Meshech, Tubal, Edom, and Others in the PitSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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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 32:17–32, 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 32:17–32
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