Assyria is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.
Parallel translations
- WEB Asshur is there and all her company; her graves are all around her; all of them slain, fallen by the sword;
- KJV Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
- NKJV “Assyriais there, and all her company, With their graves all around her, All of them slain, fallen by the sword.
- NASB “Assyria is there and all her company; her graves are all around her. All of them killed, fallen by the sword,
- NLT “Assyria lies there surrounded by the graves of its army, those who were slaughtered by the sword.
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Quick answer
Assyria (Asshur) is there in Sheol with all her armies, the once-fearsome empire now among the slain. The fall of Egypt joins a roll call of toppled powers.
Overview
Ezekiel begins listing the great empires already in the realm of the dead, starting with Assyria, the terror of the prior age. Surrounded by the graves of her armies, the mightiest of former powers lies fallen by the sword. The catalog warns Egypt—and every nation—that earthly dominance inevitably ends in the grave under God's judgment.
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- Ezek 32:26Meshech and Tubal are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.
- Ezek 32:29–30Edom is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.
- Ezek 32:24Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
- Ezek 31:3–18Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.
- Num 24:24Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
- Nah 1:7–12The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
- Nah 3:1–19Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.
- Ps 83:8–10Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
- Isa 30:33For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
- Isa 37:36–38Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
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