Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 32:9
I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
9. vex the hearts ] Or, trouble. The precise feeling is not grief, and certainly not anger (A. V. marg.); in Eze 32:10 it is dismay, and then terror for themselves. For people peoples.
bring thy destruction among ] Hardly means “bring the news” of thy destruction; the destruction itself occurs among the nations, they observe it; cf. “brandish my sword before them,” Eze 32:10.
into the countries ] unto countries. The effect of Pharaoh’s fall shall be felt by nations lying beyond the horizon of his knowledge; cf. Isa 55:5.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
When I shall bring thy destruction – i. e., the news of thy destruction. The phenomena here mentioned are the accompaniments of the day of the Lord Joe 2:10; Luk 21:25 or the day of judgment. The fall of Pharaoh represents the fall of the world-power before the sovereignty of God.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 9. I will also vex the hearts] Even the remote nations, who had no connexion with thee, shall be amazed at the judgments which have fallen upon thee.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Vex; it speaks a passion mixed and made up with grief for what is done, fear of the consequence of it, anger against him that did it, and an astonishment at the report, and it seizeth the heart and spirits of the hearers.
Many people, and great nations.
Thy destruction; either the fame of it, or the remainders that fled timely from thy destruction, or thy captives who after thou art destroyed are carried away, and the news of thy fall with them, or when the like ruin and destruction shall fall upon them. Which thou hast not known; such as were strangers to Egypt, and which Egypt had no commerce with, shall be troubled with apprehension what mischief may come upon the world from so mighty a conqueror, and by the accession of so great a kingdom and power as that of Egypt.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
9. thy destructionthat is,tidings of thy destruction (literally, “thy breakage”)carried by captive and dispersed Egyptians “among the nations”[GROTIUS]; or, thybroken people, resembling one great fracture, the ruins ofwhat they had been [FAIRBAIRN].
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
I will also vex the hearts of many people,…. With anger and grief, with fear and dread, with consternation and amazement:
when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations; or, “thy breach” b; the news of it, the tidings of their destruction; which by one means or another should come to their ears, and fill them with concern and great anxiety of mind, so rich and powerful a kingdom being subdued, and the king of Babylon made so great thereby, and fearing they fall a prey unto him also. The Targum renders it,
“when I shall bring the broken of thy war;”
that is, the soldiers that should be wounded in battle, their limbs broke, and they taken captive, and brought among the nations, dismal spectacles to look at; and which should be brought
into countries, which thou hast not known; at a distance from Egypt, and which had no commerce nor communication with them, nor were their friends and allies; yet as their destruction would reach their ears, so it would affect their hearts, and fill them with vexation and grief; not so much on account of Egypt, as the growing power of Nebuchadnezzar, and the danger they were in of falling into his hands.
b “fractionem tuam”, Piscator, Cocceius, Starckius.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(9) Vex the hearts.The margin, provoke to grief, is better, as being less ambiguous. Thy destruction means, the news of thy destruction. As is more fully expressed in the following verse, the fall of Egypt should be such a striking instance of Divine judgment as to awaken fear in every nation that should hear of the catastrophe.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
9, 10. Compare Eze 26:16; Eze 27:35.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
“I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction (LXX ‘carry you captive’) among the nations, to the countries which you have not known. Yes, I will make many peoples astonished at you, their kings will be dreadfully afraid for you, when I brandish my sword before them. And they will tremble every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall.”
Not only the heavens but far nations (countries which you have not known) will be deeply affected by his fall. All will see and wonder, and be afraid because of the awfulness of what is coming on Egypt, and lest the same come on them. For they will see the sword of Yahweh brandished against Egypt, and fear His wrath (compare Eze 21:3; Eze 21:9-11; Eze 21:28; Eze 30:25).
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Eze 32:9. I will also vex, &c. I will also cause the hearts of many people to quake concerning thee, when I shall bring thy captives among the nations, &c. Houbigant.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Eze 32:9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
Ver. 9. I will also vex. ] Or, Grieve. See Ecc 7:3 , where the same word signifieth anger and sorrow. Nebuchadnezzar’s growing greatness shall be a cut and a corrosive to them.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
vex: Heb. provoke to anger, or grief, Rev 11:18, Rev 18:10-15
when: Eze 29:12, Eze 30:23, Eze 30:26, Jer 25:15-25
Reciprocal: Jer 46:12 – heard Jer 46:25 – and their Eze 30:9 – great Rev 18:9 – shall bewail
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 32:9. The attack that Nebuchadnezzar will make upon Egypt will cause her people to be scattered among the various nations. The original word for vex has a stronger sense than this, and the lexicon says it means to trouble; by implication to grieve, rage, be indignant.” When people are driven from their native homes and virtually wished on strange communities, the circumstance will not be taken favorably.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Many on-looking peoples would be upset when they observed the destruction and dispersion of the Egyptians (cf. Eze 26:16; Eze 27:35). The kings of other nations would tremble for their own safety when they saw what God would do to Egypt.