Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 32:19

Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

19. Whom pass in beauty ] i.e. surpass; Ew., pass in fortune. Probably the meaning is very much, To whom art (wast) thou superior? The multitude of Egypt or the Pharaoh as the genius of the nation is addressed, hardly his dead body (Sm.).

go down ] i.e. to the grave, or pit. “Uncircumcised” has in all the passage the sense of dishonoured, profaned in death, and differs little from slain with the sword, Eze 32:21 ; Eze 32:24. The pass. imper. “be thou laid” is very rare, Jer 49:8.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

whom dost thou pass in beauty? – Thou art not more beautiful than other nations: thou shalt not escape their fate.

Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible

Verse 19. Whom dost thou pass in beauty?] How little does it signify, whether a mummy be well embalmed, wrapped round with rich stuff, and beautifully painted on the outside, or not. Go down into the tombs, examine the niches, and see whether one dead carcass be preferable to another.

Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible

The whole, from this verse, is a most elegant personating of the dead, as if sensible, and acquainted, and discoursing with, and rejoicing at the fall of proud tyrants, who took not warning by their fall. Such a prosopopoeia you have Isa 14. In this chapter the actors are the prophet, the king of Egypt and his people, and their auxiliaries.

Whom dost thou pass in beauty? the prophet begins with this question dialogue-wise, Art thou better than others, that thou shouldst not die and be laid in dust, as well as all others? speak, Hophra, if thou hast any privilege to plead, what hast thou to say why thou shouldst not go down to the pit as a despised mortal?

Go down: the prophet, hearing no plea of privilege, adjudgeth him to the grave, or lays him own with somewhat a sarcasm, Go down like others.

Be thou laid; take up thy lodging, thy long, dark, and dismal recess, where thy dust and bones shall never be known by any royal figure.

With the uncircumcised; among profane and loathed carcasses; such the uncircumcised were in the opinion of the circumcised, and Herodotus in Euterpe saith the Egyptians were circumcised. However, in Scripture, a burial with the uncircumcised is a note of dishonour and contempt; thus for the king and princes.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

19. Whom dost thou pass inbeauty?Beautiful as thou art, thou art not more so than othernations, which nevertheless have perished.

go down, &c.to thenether world, where all “beauty” is speedily marred.

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

Whom dost thou pass in beauty?…. This question the prophet is bid to put to Egypt; what nation is there, or has been, that thou excellest in wisdom, in riches, or in strength, in the multitude of subjects, or extent of dominions, that thou thinkest thyself secure from destruction? look over other kingdoms and states mightier than thou, or at least equal to thee, and see how they are brought to ruin, and expect that this will quickly be thy case:

go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised; go down to the grave, and take thy place, and lie there among the wicked and most profligate of mankind, and such as might be most despised by the Egyptians, since they used circumcision. The Targum is,

“go down and sleep with sinners.”

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(19) With the uncircumcised.See Note on Eze. 28:10. All question as to the use of circumcision among the Egyptians is out of place; the word is simply used as the ordinary phrase for the heathen.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

19. Pass in Surpass in (Kautzsch). Egypt, who has been brightest among the nations, must now fall to the level of the shadowy inhabitants of Sheol.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Eze 32:19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

Ver. 19. Whom dost thou pass in beauty? ] What art thou better than other thy compeers and complices in sin? Thou must also dance down to hell down to hell, with the rest.

Be thou laid with the uncircumcised. ] Strangers to the covenant, whereof circumcision was a seal Sinners the Chaldee here calleth them, such as the devil sweeps. They are his birds, saith Mr Bradford, martyr, a whom, when he hath well fed, he will broach them and eat them, chew them and champ them, world without end, in eternal woe and misery.

a Serm. of Repent., p. 70.

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

the uncircumcised. This word is repeated ten times in this chapter, and always in connection with an ignominious death (verses: Eze 32:19, Eze 32:21, Eze 32:24-30, Eze 19:32). Compare Jer 9:25, Jer 9:26.

Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics

dost: Eze 27:3, Eze 27:4, Eze 28:12-17, Eze 31:2, Eze 31:18

go: Isa 14:9-15

with: Eze 32:21, Eze 32:24, Eze 32:29, Eze 32:30, Eze 28:10, 1Sa 17:26, 1Sa 17:36, Jer 9:25, Jer 9:26

Reciprocal: Isa 14:11 – pomp Eze 32:25 – all of them Eze 32:26 – all of

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Eze 32:19, This verse means the same as if the Lord said reproachfully, “Whom do you think you are; the most beautiful of nations? Then the inspired answer is given, that the nation should be laid or classed with the uncircumcised or unfit.

Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary

Eze 32:19-20. Whom dost thou pass in beauty? What reason hast thou to prefer thyself before others? Art thou better than they, that thou shouldest not die and be laid in the dust as well as they? Go down Namely, to the regions of the dead; and be laid with the uncircumcised Among profane and loathed carcasses, such as the bodies of the uncircumcised were in the opinion of the circumcised: see notes on Eze 28:8-10; Eze 31:18. The circumcised, in Scripture, being put for those for whom God had a peculiar regard, and this being one of the distinguishing characteristics of his peculiar people, therefore the term uncircumcised seems to be used for those whom God had rejected, that is, for the wicked and profane. They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword Thy people shall not die the common death of all men, but shall be cut off by an extraordinary judgment from the hand of God himself: they shall be slain by the sword. Draw her and all her multitude Carry her and her people away to the grave, like so many carcasses, which are buried without any solemnity. The words seem to be spoken to the Babylonians, the executioners of Gods judgments upon Egypt.

Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

32:19 Whom dost thou pass {l} in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

(l) Have not other kingdoms more beautiful than you perished?

Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes