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Good News Translation

Ezekiel 32:9

"Many nations will be troubled when I spread the news of your destruction through countries you never heard of.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Torrey's Topical Textbook - Egypt;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heart;   Repentance;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Egypt;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples,when I bring about your destructionamong the nations,in countries you have not known.
Hebrew Names Version
I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.
King James Version
I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
English Standard Version
"I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries that you have not known.
New American Standard Bible
"I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known.
New Century Version
I will cause many people to be afraid when I bring you as a captive into other nations, to lands you have not known.
Amplified Bible
"I will also put fear into the hearts of many peoples when I bring your destruction [and captivity] among the nations, into countries which you have not known.
World English Bible
I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I will also trouble the heartes of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations and vpon the countries which thou hast not knowen.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known.
Legacy Standard Bible
"I will also vex the hearts of many peoples when I bring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known.
Berean Standard Bible
'I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries you do not know.
Contemporary English Version
Foreign nations you have never heard of will be shocked when I tell them how I destroyed you.
Complete Jewish Bible
"‘I will anger many peoples when I bring your destroyed ones in among the nations, into countries you have not known.
Darby Translation
And I will vex the heart of many peoples, when I bring [the news of] thy destruction among the nations, into the countries that thou hast not known.
Easy-to-Read Version
"I will make many people sad and upset when I bring an enemy to destroy you. Nations you don't even know will be upset.
George Lamsa Translation
I will also vex the hearts of many people when I bring the news of your destruction among the nations, into the cities which you have not known.
Lexham English Bible
"And I will disturb the hearts of many peoples at my bringing about your captivity among the nations, to countries that you do not know.
Literal Translation
I will also vex the heart of many peoples when I bring your breaking among the nations, to the lands which you have not known.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I wil trouble the hertes off many people, when I bringe thy destruccion amoge the Heithen and countrees, whom thou knowest not.
American Standard Version
I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
Bible in Basic English
And the hearts of numbers of peoples will be troubled, when I send your prisoners among the nations, into a country which is strange to you.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
King James Version (1611)
I wil also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not knowen.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I wyll stirre vp to anger the heartes of many people, when I bring thy destruction among the heathen, and vpon the countries which thou knowest not.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will provoke to anger the heart of many people, when I shall lead thee captive among the nations, to a land which thou hast not know.
English Revised Version
I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal terre to wraththe the herte of many puplis, whanne Y schal bringe in thi sorewe among folkis, on londis whiche thou knowist not.
Update Bible Version
I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.
Webster's Bible Translation
I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
New English Translation
I will disturb many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among countries you do not know.
New King James Version
"I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.
New Living Translation
"I will disturb many hearts when I bring news of your downfall to distant nations you have never seen.
New Life Bible
"I will trouble the hearts of many people when I destroy you among the nations, among lands you have not known.
New Revised Standard
I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, as I carry you captive among the nations, into countries you have not known.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And I will aggrieve the heart of many peoples,- when I bring them who are broken off from thee among the nations, unto lands which thou hast not known.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I shall provoke to anger the heart of many people, when I shall have brought in thy destruction among the nations upon the lands, which thou knowest not.
Revised Standard Version
"I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I carry you captive among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.
Young's Literal Translation
And I have vexed the heart of many peoples, In My bringing in thy destruction among nations, Unto lands that thou hast not known.

Contextual Overview

1 On the first day of the twelfth month of the twelfth year of our exile, the Lord spoke to me. 2 "Mortal man," he said, "give a solemn warning to the king of Egypt. Give him this message from me: You act like a lion among the nations, but you are more like a crocodile splashing through a river. You muddy the water with your feet and pollute the rivers. 3 When many nations gather, I will catch you in my net and let them drag the net ashore. 4 I will throw you out on the ground and bring all the birds and animals of the world to feed on you. 5 I will cover mountains and valleys with your rotting corpse. 6 I will pour out your blood until it spreads over the mountains and fills the streams. 7 When I destroy you, I will cover the sky and blot out the stars. The sun will hide behind the clouds, and the moon will give no light. 8 I will put out all the lights of heaven and plunge your world into darkness. I, the Sovereign Lord , have spoken. 9 "Many nations will be troubled when I spread the news of your destruction through countries you never heard of. 10 What I do to you will shock many nations. When I swing my sword, kings will shudder with fright. On the day you fall, all of them will tremble in fear for their own lives."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

vex: Heb. provoke to anger, or grief, Revelation 11:18, Revelation 18:10-15

when: Ezekiel 29:12, Ezekiel 30:23, Ezekiel 30:26, Jeremiah 25:15-25

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 46:12 - heard Jeremiah 46:25 - and their Ezekiel 30:9 - great Revelation 18:9 - shall bewail

Cross-References

Genesis 17:7
"I will keep my promise to you and to your descendants in future generations as an everlasting covenant. I will be your God and the God of your descendants.
Genesis 28:13
And there was the Lord standing beside him. "I am the Lord , the God of Abraham and Isaac," he said. "I will give to you and to your descendants this land on which you are lying.
Genesis 31:3
Then the Lord said to him, "Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you."
Genesis 31:13
I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you dedicated a stone as a memorial by pouring olive oil on it and where you made a vow to me. Now get ready and go back to the land where you were born.'"
Genesis 31:29
I have the power to do you harm, but last night the God of your father warned me not to threaten you in any way.
Genesis 31:42
If the God of my fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac, had not been with me, you would have already sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my trouble and the work I have done, and last night he gave his judgment."
Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor will judge between us." Then, in the name of the God whom his father Isaac worshiped, Jacob solemnly vowed to keep this promise.
Genesis 32:4
He instructed them to say: "I, Jacob, your obedient servant, report to my master Esau that I have been staying with Laban and that I have delayed my return until now.
Genesis 32:6
When the messengers came back to Jacob, they said, "We went to your brother Esau, and he is already on his way to meet you. He has four hundred men with him."
Genesis 32:7
Jacob was frightened and worried. He divided into two groups the people who were with him, and also his sheep, goats, cattle, and camels.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I will also vex the hearts of many people,.... With anger and grief, with fear and dread, with consternation and amazement:

when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations; or, "thy breach" b; the news of it, the tidings of their destruction; which by one means or another should come to their ears, and fill them with concern and great anxiety of mind, so rich and powerful a kingdom being subdued, and the king of Babylon made so great thereby, and fearing they fall a prey unto him also. The Targum renders it,

"when I shall bring the broken of thy war;''

that is, the soldiers that should be wounded in battle, their limbs broke, and they taken captive, and brought among the nations, dismal spectacles to look at; and which should be brought

into countries, which thou hast not known; at a distance from Egypt, and which had no commerce nor communication with them, nor were their friends and allies; yet as their destruction would reach their ears, so it would affect their hearts, and fill them with vexation and grief; not so much on account of Egypt, as the growing power of Nebuchadnezzar, and the danger they were in of falling into his hands.

b שברך "fractionem tuam", Piscator, Cocceius, Starckius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When I shall bring thy destruction - i. e., the news of thy destruction. The phenomena here mentioned are the accompaniments of “the day of the Lord” Joel 2:10; Luke 21:25 or the day of judgment. The fall of Pharaoh represents the fall of the world-power before the sovereignty of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 32:9. I will also vex the hearts — Even the remote nations, who had no connexion with thee, shall be amazed at the judgments which have fallen upon thee.


 
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