The Meaning of Ezekiel 29:5 Explained

Ezekiel 29:5

KJV: And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.

YLT: And I have left thee in the wilderness, Thou and every fish of thy floods, On the face of the field thou dost fall, Thou art not gathered nor assembled, To the beast of the earth and to the fowl of the heavens I have given thee for food.

Darby: and I will cast thee into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open field; thou shalt not be brought together nor gathered: I will give thee for meat to the beasts of the earth and to the fowl of the heavens.

ASV: And I will cast thee forth into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open field; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered; I have given thee for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And I will leave  thee [thrown] into the wilderness,  thee and all the fish  of thy rivers:  thou shalt fall  upon the open  fields;  thou shalt not be brought together,  nor gathered:  I have given  thee for meat  to the beasts  of the field  and to the fowls  of the heaven. 

What does Ezekiel 29:5 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The Lord would carry the dragon into a wilderness along with its dependent fish where they could not return to water. There the beasts and birds would devour Egypt. Hophra (588-569 B.C.) would not receive a royal burial, which was extremely important to the Pharaohs and all the Egyptians. History records that Ahmose II (Gr. Amasis), another Egyptian leader, strangled Hophra and took his place. [1]

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 29

1  The judgment of Pharaoh for his treachery to Israel
8  The desolation of Egypt
13  The restoration thereof after forty years
17  Egypt the reward of Nebuchadnezzar
21  Israel shall be restored

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 29:5 mean?

And I will leave you in the wilderness You and all the fish of your rivers on open the field You shall fall not You shall be picked up or gathered To the beasts of the field and to the birds of the heavens I have given you as food
וּנְטַשְׁתִּ֣יךָ הַמִּדְבָּ֗רָה אוֹתְךָ֙ וְאֵת֙ כָּל־ דְּגַ֣ת יְאֹרֶ֔יךָ עַל־ פְּנֵ֤י הַשָּׂדֶה֙ תִּפּ֔וֹל לֹ֥א תֵאָסֵ֖ף וְלֹ֣א תִקָּבֵ֑ץ לְחַיַּ֥ת הָאָ֛רֶץ וּלְע֥וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם נְתַתִּ֥יךָ לְאָכְלָֽה

וּנְטַשְׁתִּ֣יךָ  And  I  will  leave  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular, second person masculine singular
Root: נָטַשׁ  
Sense: to leave, permit, forsake, cast off or away, reject, suffer, join, spread out or abroad, be loosed, cease, abandon, quit, hang loose, cast down, make a raid, lie fallow, let fall, forgo, draw.
הַמִּדְבָּ֗רָה  in  the  wilderness 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: מִדְבָּר 
Sense: wilderness.
דְּגַ֣ת  the  fish 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: דָּגָה  
Sense: fish.
יְאֹרֶ֔יךָ  of  your  rivers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: יְאֹר  
Sense: river, stream, canal, Nile, Nile-canal.
פְּנֵ֤י  open 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הַשָּׂדֶה֙  the  field 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׂדֶה 
Sense: field, land.
תִּפּ֔וֹל  You  shall  fall 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
תֵאָסֵ֖ף  You  shall  be  picked  up 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: אָסַף 
Sense: to gather, receive, remove, gather in.
תִקָּבֵ֑ץ  gathered 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: קָבַץ  
Sense: to gather, assemble.
לְחַיַּ֥ת  To  the  beasts 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
הָאָ֛רֶץ  of  the  field 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
וּלְע֥וֹף  and  to  the  birds 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עֹוף  
Sense: flying creatures, fowl, insects, birds.
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם  of  the  heavens 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
נְתַתִּ֥יךָ  I  have  given  you 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular, second person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לְאָכְלָֽה  as  food 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אָכְלָה  
Sense: food.