Ezekiel 32:4

Judgment

² “Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’

³ This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net.

I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you.

⁵ I will put your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains.

⁶ I will drench the land with the flow of your blood, all the way to the mountains— the ravines will be filled.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you.
KJV: Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
WEB: I will leave you on the land. I will cast you out on the open field, and will cause all the birds of the sky to settle on you. I will satisfy the animals of the whole earth with you.
ASV: And I will leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle upon thee, and I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
DARBY: And I will leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowl of the heavens to settle upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
BLB: And I will leave you on the land; upon the face of the field I will throw you, and I will make dwell upon you all the birds of the heavens, and I will give the fill of you [to] the beasts of all the earth.

ÅB: Jeg vil kaste deg på land og slenge deg bort på marken, og jeg vil la alle himmelens fugler slå ned på deg og dyrene på hele jorden mette seg med deg.
OTB: Jeg vil kaste deg på land
og slenge deg på den åpne marken.
Jeg vil få alle himmelens fugler til å slå seg ned på deg,
og alle de ville dyrene til å meske seg på deg.
B1930: Jeg vil kaste dig på land og slenge dig bort på marken, og jeg vil la alle himmelens fugler slå ned på dig og dyrene på hele jorden mette sig med dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 18:6
They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.
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Ezekiel 29:5
I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.
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Ezekiel 31:12–13
Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.
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Isaiah 34:2–7
The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.
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1 Samuel 17:44–46
“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
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Psalms 74:14
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
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Psalms 110:5–6
The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
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Ezekiel 39:17–20
And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.
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