Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 32:10

Yea, 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.

10. Read peoples, as always. Cf. Eze 26:16, Eze 27:35.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Many people, and mighty people too.

Amazed; astonished and puzzled, not knowing what resolutions to take, what advices to follow, or what to do. Their kings, who usually are, and in reason should be, undaunted, and discover no signs of fear, shall discover mighty disorders of fear and doubt, both for Egypt and themselves. Horribly afraid: see Eze 27:35.

Brandish my sword; or, make my sword pass with such speed, as if it did fly along their borders, or hover near them, and so threaten them. They shall tremble; be greatly afraid, lest Nebuchadnezzar, who here is Gods sword, should smite them.

Every man; every one of the kings, whose kingdoms are near to Egypt, and by whose borders the Babylonish army must pass in their marches.

For his own life; they should be solicitous, not for the outmost parts of their kingdoms, or for their subjects, but for their own life.

In the day of thy fall; when they shall hear of Hophra beaten, taken, imprisoned, his kingdom taken from him, and he dead by a shameful death, and all his people slain, captivated, spoiled, or fled.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

10. brandish my sword beforethemliterally, “in their faces,” or sight.

Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee,…. That so potent a state, and such a flourishing kingdom, should at once be so easily subdued and conquered: and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee; because of her destruction, lest their turn should be next; so the kings of the earth will be afraid when God’s judgments are executed on mystical Egypt; see Re 18:9:

when I shall brandish my sword before them; the sword of the king of Babylon after mentioned, called the Lord’s, because it was by his appointment and permission, and came by the direction of his providence, and was succeeded by his power: this glittering sword being brandished over Egypt, in the sight of the nations round about, was terrible to them; dreading that it would not be put up until it was sheathed in them, or they felt the effects of it:, or, “when I shall cause it to fly before them” c; in their sight, and upon the borders of their countries; expressive of the swiftness of its motion, the sudden destruction it brought on Egypt, and its nearness to them. The Targum is,

“when I shall bring upon thee those that kill with the sword.”

And they shall tremble at every moment; from moment to moment, or continually; they shall never be free from fear:

every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall; not kings for their subjects, or subjects for their kings, but every man for himself; expecting every moment that the sword which flew and ravaged through Egypt, and now hovered over them, would be instantly plunged in them.

c “cum volare fecero”, Munster, Tigurine version. Abendaus mentions such a sense of the word.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

Eze 32:10 Yea, 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.

Ver. 10. When I shall brandish my sword. ] As fetching my blow at them too, and aiming where to hit them.

Every man for his own life. ] Which he knows he hath forfeited, and hath now great cause to fear, since his neighbour’s house is on fire. a

a Iam proximus ardet. – Ucalegon.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)