Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 32:25
They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves [are] round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of [them that be] slain.
25. though their terror ] for their terror and they have borne, &c. The verse is greatly a repetition of Eze 32:24, and is wanting in LXX., except the words “in the midst of the slain,” which are attached to Eze 32:24. The words “that are gone down to the pit” usually close the verse, Eze 32:18 ; Eze 32:24 ; Eze 32:29-30; and if the verse be retained the last clause should probably be omitted as an accidental repetition of the first clause, due to the copyist’s eye straying from “pit” in 25 to “pit” in 24. The three words retained in LXX. cannot stand by themselves.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Some conceive the prophet may allude to the manner of burying with the Persians who had their coffins, or sepulchral chests, in which with balms and spices the dead were kept, and these chests placed in midst of places provided for them; in such is the king of Elam here placed with his slaughtered captains about him: see Eze 32:23.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
25. a beda sepulchral niche.
all . . . slain by . . .sword, c. (Eze 32:21Eze 32:23; Eze 32:24).The very monotony of the phraseology gives to the dirge anawe-inspiring effect.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
They have set her bed in the midst of the slain, with all her multitude,…. The grave is called a bed, Isa 57:2, whereon is put the sepulchral chest or coffin, in which the body is laid, and rests as on a bed. It may here design a stately sepulchre or coffin in it, with a magnificent monument over it for the king of Elam, with his army, and the generals of it slain in battle, placed all around him, in less stately beds, coffins, and graves, as explained in the next clause:
her graves are round about him; the king of Persia and his grave, surrounded with the graves of his soldiers and officers:
all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit; which is repeated for the confirmation of it:
he is put in the midst of them that be slain; the king of Elam or Persia; he is laid among the slain, having fallen with them, and his grave is placed in the midst of them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Eze 32:25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves [are] round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of [them that be] slain.
Ver. 25. They have set her a bed, ] i.e., The devils have set the Persian multitude a bed, but an uneasy one, such as they set for that rich wretch, Luk 12:19-20 who thought to take his ease, but was not suffered.
With all her multitude.
He is put in the midst.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
multitude. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads multitudes” (plural)
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Eze 32:25
Eze 32:25
“They have set her in a bed of the midst of the slain with all her multitude; her graves are round about her; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for their terror was caused in the land of the living, and they have borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that are slain.”
How appropriate that those who have caused so many to die and descend into Sheol are, in fact, themselves to inherit a grave among those very peoples whom they have destroyed! Elam will get a bed in the midst of the slain! His shame shall go with him even into the grave.
“There is Mesheeh, Tubal” (Eze 32:26). “These participated in the Scythian invasion of 626 B.C., causing great panic in Syria and Mesopotamia. They were now very peaceful citizens in Sheol! The prophet described them in Eze 32:26-28.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
set her: Psa 139:8, Rev 2:22
a bed: A cell, or bier, in the sepulchral vault, in which the corpse was deposited.
all of them: Eze 32:19, Eze 32:21, Eze 44:7, Eze 44:9, 2Sa 1:20, 1Ch 10:4, Act 7:51
though: Luk 12:4, Luk 12:5
Reciprocal: Isa 57:2 – rest Jer 49:34 – Elam Eze 32:24 – borne Eze 32:30 – and bear Eze 39:26 – they have borne
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 32:25. Bed is from MISHKAB which Strong defines. A bed (figuratively a bier); abstractly sleep. It here is used with reference to the same state of forgetfulness that had been predicted for other evil countries, Graves round about him denotes that the king of Elam and his people had gone down together into the ‘pit. Though their terror . . . land of the living signifies that the national death was preceded by a period of terror at the presence of the attacking forces.