Ezekiel 32:19

19 Say to them, ‘Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.’

Ezekiel 32:19 in Other Translations

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

19 'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised.'

19 Say to them, ‘O Egypt, are you lovelier than the other nations? No! So go down to the pit and lie there among the outcasts. ’

19 Say, 'You think you're so high and mighty? Down! Take your place with the heathen in that unhallowed grave!'

19 Whom do you surpass in loveliness? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!

Ezekiel 32:19 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 32:19

Whom dost thou pass in beauty?
&c.] 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.''

Ezekiel 32:19 In-Context

17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

18 “Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, along with those who go down to the pit.

19 Say to them, ‘Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.’

20 They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; let her be dragged off with all her hordes.

21 From within the realm of the dead the mighty leaders will say of Egypt and her allies, ‘They have come down and they lie with the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.’

Cross References

• 1. ver 29-30; S Ezekiel 28:10; Ezekiel 31:18