Ezekiel 32:28

Eze 32:28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with [them that are] slain with the sword.

Ver. 28. Yea, thou shalt be broken.] Thou, O Pharaoh, shalt have a deeper degree of torment in hell. Potentes potenter torquebuntur.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Yea, thou--Thou, too, Egypt, like them, shalt lie as one vanquished.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

28. Yea, thou shalt] thou also shalt. The Pharaoh is addressed. The phrase “shalt be broken” is wanting in LXX.—“thou also shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that have been slain with the sword.”

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised,.... Kimchi, and so others, think this is said to Pharaoh king of Egypt; but rather it respects the prince of the Scythians, who should fall into the hands of Heathens, and be destroyed by them:

and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword; be buried with them, or in like manner as they are; and not as mighty warriors, who die a natural death in their own country, and are buried in a stately and magnificent manner; but like those that fall by the sword of the enemy, and are thrown into one common pit.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Midst. This threat would make great impression on the Egyptians, who were particularly solicitous to be buried with their fathers.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Thou; chief of Meshech and Tubal, though not named.

Shalt be broken; shalt be killed with the rest of wicked followers.

Shalt lie with them; without regard hurled into the pit with the common soldiers, as thou fallest with them.

That are slain; whose throats were cut after they were taken.

With the sword of Halyattes and his Lydians, in revenge it is like of the spoil done to Sardis; and by Cyaxares, in revenge of the-affront they gave him, forcing him to quit the siege of Nineveh, and by giving him child’s flesh to eat, pretending it was venison taken by them in hunting.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Yea, thou shalt be broken. The words are obviously addressed to Pharaoh. He must prepare himself for a like doom. His place, proud as he was of his magnificence, shall be with the wild nomad hordes of Scythia.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Thou - Chief of Mesech, and Tubal. Shalt be broken - Shalt be killed with the rest of thy wicked followers. Shalt lie - Without regard, hurled into the pit with common soldiers.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

General Information:

Yahweh continues speaking.

you ... will be broken

"Broken" here represents "destroyed." This can be put in active form. AT: "I will destroy you" (See: Active or Passive and Metonymy)

in the midst of

"in the middle of"

those who were pierced

The word "pierced" here is a metonym for "killed." This can be translated in active form. See how you translated this in Ezekiel 32:25. AT: "those whose enemies have killed them" (See: Metonymy)

by the sword

This represents being in warfare. AT: "in battle" (See: Metonymy)

Edom is there with her kings and all her leaders

Here "Edom" represents all the people of Edom. AT: "the people of Edom are in Sheol with their kings and all their leaders" (See: Metonymy)

the pit

"The pit" refers to the grave; because the grave was thought to be the entrance to the world of the dead, the pit also represents that world. See how you translated this in Ezekiel 32:25. (See: Metonymy)

translationWords

circumcise

Edom

king

pit

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And you - in the midst of the uncircumcised He is addressing Pharaoh.

with those slain by the sword and not with those who die a natural death.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.