“Assyria is there and all her company; her graves are all around her. All of them killed, 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:
- BSB Assyria is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are 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.
- 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 32:26There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude; their graves are around them; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they caused their terror in the land of the living.
- Ezek 32:29–30There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who in their might are laid with those who are slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with those who go down to the pit.
- Ezek 32:24There is Elam and all her multitude around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the lower parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit.
- Ezek 31:3–18Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.
- Num 24:24But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim. They shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber. He also shall come to destruction.”
- Nah 1:7–12Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.
- Nah 3:1–19Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey doesn’t depart.
- Ps 83:8–10Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.
- Isa 30:33For his burning place has long been ready. Yes, for the king it is prepared. He has made its pyre deep and large with fire and much wood. Yahweh’s breath, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.
- Isa 37:36–38Yahweh’s angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
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