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You will fall on the open field and not be gathered or picked up. I will give you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/29.htm">New Living Translation</a> I will leave you and all your fish stranded in the wilderness to die. You will lie unburied on the open ground, for I have given you as food to the wild animals and birds. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/29.htm">English Standard Version</a> And I will cast you out into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your streams; you shall fall on the open field, and not be brought together or gathered. To the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens I give you as food. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/29.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/29.htm">New King James Version</a> I will leave you in the wilderness, You and all the fish of your rivers; You shall fall on the open field; You shall not be picked up or gathered. I have given you as food To the beasts of the field And to the birds of the heavens. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “I will abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your canals; You will fall on the open field; you will not be brought together or gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/29.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220I will abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers; You will fall on the open field; you will not be brought together or gathered. I have given you for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And I shall abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers; You will fall on the open field; you will not be brought together or gathered. I have given you for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> I will abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your canals of the Nile; You will fall on the open field; you will not be brought together or gathered. I have given you for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “I will abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers; You will fall on the open field; and you will not be gathered up or buried. I have given you as food to the [wild] animals of the earth and the birds of the sky. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open ground and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you to the wild creatures of the earth and the birds of the sky as food. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open ground and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky as food. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/29.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I'll throw you and the fish into the desert, and your body will fall on the hard ground. You will be left unburied, and wild animals and birds will eat your flesh. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/29.htm">English Revised Version</a> And I will leave thee thrown 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 meat to the beasts of the earth and to the fowls of the heaven, <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish from the Nile. You will fall in an open field. No one will pick you up or bury you. I will feed you to wild animals and birds. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/29.htm">Good News Translation</a> I will throw you and all those fish into the desert. Your body will fall on the ground and be left unburied. I will give it to the birds and animals for food. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/29.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then I'll fling you out into the desert, you and all those fish in your waterways. You'll fall out in the open fields; you'll never be reunited. I'm giving you to the wild beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky, and they will dine on you! <a href="/msb/ezekiel/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air. <a href="/net/ezekiel/29.htm">NET Bible</a> I will leave you in the wilderness, you and all the fish of your waterways; you will fall in the open field and will not be gathered up or collected. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the skies. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> I'll cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You'll fall on the open field. You won't be brought together, nor gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 food to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of heaven. <a href="/web/ezekiel/29.htm">World English Bible</a> I’ll cast you out into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You’ll fall on the open field. You won’t be brought together or gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And I have left you in the wilderness, "" You and every fish of your floods, "" You fall on the face of the field, "" You are not gathered nor assembled, "" I have given you for food to the beast of the earth and to the bird of the heavens. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I cast thee to the desert, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the face of the field; thou shalt not be gathered, and thou shalt not be collected: I gave thee for food to the beast of the earth and to the birds of the heavens.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And I will cast thee forth into the desert, and all the fish of thy river: thou shalt fall upon the face of the earth, thou shalt not be taken up, nor gathered together: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the earth, and to the fowls of the air. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And I will cast you into the desert, with all the fish of your river. You will fall upon the surface of the earth; you will not be taken up, nor gathered together. I have given you to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the air, to be devoured. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/29.htm">New American Bible</a> I will hurl you into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your Nile. You will fall into an open field, you will not be picked up or gathered together. To the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky I give you as food. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I will fling you into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your channels; you shall fall in the open field, and not be gathered and buried. To the animals of the earth and to the birds of the air I have given you as food.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And I will throw you into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your river; you shall fall upon the open fields; you shall not be gathered nor buried; I have given you for food to the wild beasts and to the fowls of the air. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I shall throw you into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your river, and you shall fall upon the face of the field, and you shall not be gathered neither shall you be buried. I have given you for food to the beasts of the wilderness, and to the birds of Heaven<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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; To the beasts of the earth and to the fowls of the heaven Have I given thee for food. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> and I will quickly cast down thee and all the fish of thy river: thou shalt fall on the face of the plain, and shalt by no means be gathered, and shalt not be brought together: I have given thee for food to the wild beasts of the earth and to the fowls of the sky. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/29-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=8359" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/29.htm">The Judgment Against Pharaoh</a> …4But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales. 5<a href="/hebrew/5203.htm" title="5203: ū·nə·ṭaš·tî·ḵā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs:: 2ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to pound, i.e. Smite; by implication to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon.">I will leave</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: ham·miḏ·bā·rāh (Art:: N-ms:: 3fs) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">you in the desert,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·wṯ·ḵā (DirObjM:: 2ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1710.htm" title="1710: də·ḡaṯ (N-fsc) -- A fish. Feminine of dag, and meaning the same.">the fish</a> <a href="/hebrew/2975.htm" title="2975: yə·’ō·re·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Stream (of the Nile), stream, canal. ">of your streams.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: tip·pō·wl (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">You will fall</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê (N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">the open</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: haś·śā·ḏeh (Art:: N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">field</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/622.htm" title="622: ṯê·’ā·sêp̄ (V-Nifal-Imperf-2ms) -- To gather, remove. A primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. Remove.">be taken away</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6908.htm" title="6908: ṯiq·qā·ḇêṣ (V-Nifal-Imperf-2ms) -- To gather, collect. A primitive root; to grasp, i.e. Collect.">or gathered for burial.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nə·ṯat·tî·ḵā (V-Qal-Perf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I have given you</a> <a href="/hebrew/402.htm" title="402: lə·’āḵ·lāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Food, eating. Feminine of 'Ukal; food.">as food</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: lə·ḥay·yaṯ (Prep-l:: N-fsc) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">to the beasts</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/5775.htm" title="5775: ū·lə·‘ō·wp̄ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Flying creatures. From uwph; a bird, often collectively.">and the birds</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">of the air.</a> 6Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/19-4.htm">Isaiah 19:4-6</a> I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of a harsh master, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts. / The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty. / The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither. <a href="/jeremiah/46-7.htm">Jeremiah 46:7-8</a> Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn? / Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’ <a href="/exodus/14-30.htm">Exodus 14:30-31</a> That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore. / When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses. <a href="/isaiah/37-29.htm">Isaiah 37:29</a> Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’ <a href="/jeremiah/51-34.htm">Jeremiah 51:34</a> “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out. <a href="/psalms/74-13.htm">Psalm 74:13-14</a> You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea; / You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert. <a href="/isaiah/27-1.htm">Isaiah 27:1</a> In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea. <a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Isaiah 51:9-10</a> Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon? / Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over? <a href="/revelation/12-15.htm">Revelation 12:15-16</a> Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent. / But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. <a href="/revelation/16-12.htm">Revelation 16:12</a> And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East. <a href="/isaiah/14-23.htm">Isaiah 14:23</a> “I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/jeremiah/50-38.htm">Jeremiah 50:38</a> A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols. <a href="/isaiah/11-15.htm">Isaiah 11:15</a> The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals. <a href="/isaiah/19-5.htm">Isaiah 19:5</a> The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty. <a href="/isaiah/23-11.htm">Isaiah 23:11</a> The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And I will leave you thrown into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers: you shall fall on the open fields; you shall not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given you for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.I will leave<a href="/ezekiel/31-18.htm">Ezekiel 31:18</a> To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.<a href="/ezekiel/32-4.htm">Ezekiel 32:4-6</a> Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee… <a href="/ezekiel/39-4.htm">Ezekiel 39:4-6,11-20</a> Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured… open fields [heb] face of the field <a href="/1_samuel/17-44.htm">1 Samuel 17:44</a> And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.<a href="/psalms/74-14.htm">Psalm 74:14</a> Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.<a href="/jeremiah/7-33.htm">Jeremiah 7:33</a> And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/27-29.htm">Abandon</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-21.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-23.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-17.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-18.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-23.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-8.htm">Field</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-16.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-4.htm">Fish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-4.htm">Food</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-18.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-25.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-29.htm">I'll</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-29.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-10.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-28.htm">Open</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-4.htm">Rivers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-3.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-12.htm">Thrown</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-10.htm">Together</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-42.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-19.htm">Won't</a> <a href="/genesis/43-5.htm">You'll</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/micah/5-3.htm">Abandon</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-8.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-6.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-11.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-12.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-4.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-4.htm">Field</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-10.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-20.htm">Fish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-3.htm">Food</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-21.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-13.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/luke/12-18.htm">I'll</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-4.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-25.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-21.htm">Open</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-10.htm">Rivers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-6.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Thrown</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-13.htm">Together</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-25.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-18.htm">Won't</a> <a href="/genesis/43-4.htm">You'll</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 29</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/29-1.htm">The judgment of Pharaoh for his treachery to Israel</a> 8. <a href="/ezekiel/29-8.htm">The desolation of Egypt</a> 13. <a href="/ezekiel/29-13.htm">The restoration thereof after forty years</a> 17. <a href="/ezekiel/29-17.htm">Egypt the reward of Nebuchadnezzar</a> 21. <a href="/ezekiel/29-21.htm">Israel shall be restored</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The desert represents a place of barrenness and lifelessness, contrasting with Egypt's usual image of fertility due to the Nile. Biblically, the desert often symbolizes a place of testing or divine judgment, as seen in Israel's wilderness wanderings (<a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33-34</a>).you and all the fish of your streams The fish symbolize the people and resources of Egypt, dependent on the Nile for sustenance. The Nile was central to Egyptian life, economy, and religion, often deified as a god. This imagery underscores the totality of the judgment, affecting both the ruler and his subjects. The mention of fish connects to the plagues of Egypt (<a href="/exodus/7-18.htm">Exodus 7:18</a>), where the Nile's waters turned to blood, killing the fish.You will fall on the open field This phrase indicates a lack of protection and vulnerability. In ancient warfare, bodies left unburied on the battlefield were considered dishonored. The open field suggests exposure to the elements and scavengers, emphasizing the completeness of the defeat. This imagery is echoed in other prophetic judgments, such as in <a href="/jeremiah/8-2.htm">Jeremiah 8:2</a>, where the dead are left unburied.and will not be taken away or gathered for burial Burial was a significant cultural practice in ancient Egypt, with elaborate rituals to ensure a safe passage to the afterlife. The denial of burial rites signifies utter disgrace and divine judgment. This reflects the severity of God's punishment, as seen in other biblical contexts where burial is denied as a sign of curse (<a href="/1_kings/14-11.htm">1 Kings 14:11</a>).I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air This phrase highlights the totality of the destruction, with the dead becoming carrion for animals. It echoes the covenant curses in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Deuteronomy 28:26</a>, where disobedience leads to such a fate. The imagery of birds and beasts consuming the dead is also found in <a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17-18</a>, symbolizing divine retribution. This can be seen as a type of Christ's ultimate victory over evil, where the enemies of God are defeated and left for the birds, contrasting with the resurrection and eternal life promised to believers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He conveyed God's messages of judgment and restoration. 2. <a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a> The ruler of Egypt, representing the nation and its prideful reliance on its own strength rather than God. 3. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> A powerful nation often seen as a symbol of worldly power and opposition to God's people. 4. <a href="/topical/w/wilderness.htm">Wilderness</a> A place of desolation and judgment, symbolizing the removal of Egypt's power and influence. 5. <a href="/topical/b/beasts_of_the_earth_and_birds_of_the_air.htm">Beasts of the earth and birds of the air</a> Representing the forces of nature and God's judgment, consuming what is left of Egypt's pride and power.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a> God is in control of all nations and their leaders. No earthly power can stand against His will. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_pride.htm">The Danger of Pride</a> Pride leads to downfall. Pharaoh's arrogance is a warning against self-reliance and ignoring God's authority. <a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_accountability.htm">Judgment and Accountability</a> God holds nations accountable for their actions. His judgments are just and serve as a call to repentance. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a> Trusting in anything other than God, such as military might or alliances, leads to desolation and ruin. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_restoration.htm">Hope in God's Restoration</a> While judgment is severe, God's ultimate plan includes restoration for those who turn back to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 29</a> <a href="/q/how_to_explain_rebuilding_ezekiel_48.htm">If Ezekiel 48 is meant to be literal, how can the scientific and logistical challenges of reconstructing such a layout be explained?</a> <a href="/q/do_findings_contradict_ezekiel_29_10-11.htm">Ezekiel 29:10-11 claims the land will become uninhabited; do archaeological findings contradict this prediction of total desolation?</a> <a href="/q/job_1_16-19__natural_or_symbolic.htm">Job 1:16-19 - Are there natural or scientific explanations for the rapid succession of disasters that befell Job, or is this account purely symbolic?</a> <a href="/q/why_no_record_of_egypt's_40-year_desolation.htm">In Ezekiel 29:9-12, the prophecy states that Egypt will be desolate for 40 years; why is there no clear historical record of such a period?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) Open fields is synonymous with "wilderness" in the previous clause. The crocodile and the fish together, drawn from the river, are to be thrown upon the sands of the neighbouring desert, to be devoured by the birds and beasts of prey: thus representing that Pharaoh and his people, uprooted from their power, are to be given over for a spoil to various nations. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/29-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>I will leave וּנְטַשְׁתִּ֣יךָ (ū·nə·ṭaš·tî·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5203.htm">Strong's 5203: </a> To pound, smite, to disperse, to thrust off, down, out, upon you in the desert, הַמִּדְבָּ֗רָה (ham·miḏ·bā·rāh) Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> A pasture, a desert, speech you אוֹתְךָ֙ (’ō·wṯ·ḵā) Direct object marker | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case and וְאֵת֙ (wə·’êṯ) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the fish דְּגַ֣ת (də·ḡaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1710.htm">Strong's 1710: </a> A fish of your streams. יְאֹרֶ֔יךָ (yə·’ō·re·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2975.htm">Strong's 2975: </a> Nile -- a channel, a fosse, canal, shaft, the Nile, the Tigris You will fall תִּפּ֔וֹל (tip·pō·wl) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> To fall, lie on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the open פְּנֵ֤י (pə·nê) Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face field הַשָּׂדֶה֙ (haś·śā·ḏeh) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> Field, land and will not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no be taken away תֵאָסֵ֖ף (ṯê·’ā·sêp̄) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove or gathered for burial. תִקָּבֵ֑ץ (ṯiq·qā·ḇêṣ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6908.htm">Strong's 6908: </a> To gather, collect I have given you נְתַתִּ֥יךָ (nə·ṯat·tî·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set as food לְאָכְלָֽה׃ (lə·’āḵ·lāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_402.htm">Strong's 402: </a> Food, eating to the beasts לְחַיַּ֥ת (lə·ḥay·yaṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life of the earth הָאָ֛רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land and the birds וּלְע֥וֹף (ū·lə·‘ō·wp̄) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5775.htm">Strong's 5775: </a> Flying creatures of the air. הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> Heaven, sky <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/29-5.htm">Ezekiel 29:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/29-5.htm">Ezekiel 29:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/29-5.htm">Ezekiel 29:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/29-5.htm">Ezekiel 29:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/29-5.htm">Ezekiel 29:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/29-5.htm">Ezekiel 29:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/29-5.htm">Ezekiel 29:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/29-5.htm">Ezekiel 29:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/29-5.htm">Ezekiel 29:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/29-5.htm">Ezekiel 29:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-5.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 29:5 I'll cast you forth into the wilderness (Ezek. 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