[[Ezek-32]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Ezek-31]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Ezek-33]] --- ### The sword of the king of Babylon will come on you. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: God predicts through Ezekiel that Nebuchadnezzar II, the King of Babylon, would invade and bring military destruction upon Egypt. *Historical context*: Historical records such as the Babylonian Chronicle (fragment BM 33041) confirm that Nebuchadnezzar II launched a campaign against Egypt in his 37th regnal year (c. 568/567 BCE). While the degree of total desolation is debated among secular historians, the invasion broke Egypt's power and established Babylonian dominance in the region. *Related to*: ### I will cause your multitude to fall by the swords of the mighty. They are all the ruthless of the nations. They will bring the pride of Egypt to nothing, and all its multitude will be destroyed. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prediction that Egypt's population and military pride would be decimated by foreign invaders. *Historical context*: Following the Battle of Carchemish (605 BCE) and subsequent Babylonian incursions, Egypt's international standing and military hegemony in the Levant were permanently crippled. The later conquest of Egypt by the Persian Empire in 525 BCE further fulfilled this trajectory of the 'pride of Egypt' being brought to nothing. *Related to*: ### Asshur is there with all her company. Her graves are all around her. All of them slain, fallen by the sword. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: The text references the historical fall of the Assyrian Empire as a completed judgment from God. *Historical context*: The Assyrian Empire (Asshur) was the dominant world power before Babylon but fell decisively when its capital, Nineveh, was destroyed in 612 BCE by a coalition of Babylonians and Medes. This occurred roughly 25-30 years before Ezekiel's prophecy in chapter 32. *Related to*: [[Nah-03#v1|Nahum 3:1]]-7 (Prophecy of Assyria's total destruction) ### There is Elam and all her multitude around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword... who have gone down uncircumcised into the lower parts of the earth. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: The text cites the destruction of Elam as a fulfilled act of divine judgment. *Historical context*: The kingdom of Elam was devastated by the Assyrians under Ashurbanipal (c. 640 BCE) and later fully absorbed by the growing Medo-Persian and Babylonian powers. Its decline as an independent military threat was a well-known historical reality by Ezekiel's time. *Related to*: [[Jer-49#v34|Jeremiah 49:34]]-39 (Prophecy against Elam) ### Pharaoh will see them, and will be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword... He will be laid among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Predicts the death and ignominious burial of the Pharaoh and his military host. *Historical context*: Pharaoh Hophra (Apries), who reigned during Ezekiel's early ministry, was eventually deposed and strangled/killed (c. 567 BCE) during a period of civil unrest and Babylonian pressure. His successor, Amasis II, became a Babylonian vassal, marking the end of the independent power of the 26th Dynasty's greatest pharaohs. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy