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The Fall of Egypt; Lamentation for Pharaoh. . 1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. 3 Thus saith the Lord G OD ; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net. 4 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. 5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height. 6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee. 7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. 8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord G OD . 9 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. 10 Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall. 11 For thus saith the Lord G OD ; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee. 12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. 13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. 14 Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord G OD . 15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD . 16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord G OD . Here, I. The prophet is ordered to take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, Ezekiel 32:2 ; Ezekiel 32:2 . It concerns ministers to be much of a serious spirit, and, in order thereunto, to be frequent in taking up lamentations for the fall and ruin of sinners, as those that have not desired, but dreaded, the woeful day. Note, Ministers that would affect others with the things of God must make it appear that they are themselves affected with the miseries which sinners bring upon themselves by their sins. It becomes us to weep and tremble for those that will not weep and tremble for themselves, to try if thereby we may set them a weeping, set them a trembling. II. He is ordered to show cause for that lamentation. 1. Pharaoh has been a troubler of the nations, even of his own nation, which he should have procured the repose of: He is like a young lion of the nations ( Ezekiel 32:2 ; Ezekiel 32:2 ), loud and noisy, hectoring and threatening as a lion when he roars. Great potentates, if they by tyrannical and oppressive, are in God's account no better than beasts of prey. He is like a whale, or dragon, like a crocodile (so some) in the seas, very turbulent and vexatious, as the leviathan that makes the deep to boil like a pot, Job 41:31 . When Pharaoh engaged in an unnecessary war with the Cyrenians he came forth with his rivers, with his armies, troubled the waters, disturbed his own kingdom and the neighbouring nations, fouled the rivers, and made them muddy. Note, A great deal of disquiet is often given to the world by the restless ambition and implacable resentments of proud princes. Ahab is he that troubles Israel, and not Elijah. 2. He that has troubled others must expect to be himself troubled; for the Lord is righteous, Joshua 7:25 . (1.) This is set forth here by a comparison. Is Pharaoh like a great whale, which, when it comes up the river, gives great disturbance, a leviathan which Job cannot draw out with a hook? ( Job 41:1 ), yet God has a net for him which is large enough to enclose him and strong enough to secure him ( Ezekiel 32:3 ; Ezekiel 32:3 ): I will spread my net over thee, even the army of the Chaldeans, a company of many people; they shall force him out of his fastnesses, dislodge him out of his possessions, throw him like a great fish upon dry ground, upon the open field ( Ezekiel 32:4 ; Ezekiel 32:4 ), where being out of his element, he must die of course, and be a prey to the birds and beasts, as was foretold, Ezekiel 29:5 ; Ezekiel 29:5 . What can the strongest fish do to help itself when it is out of the water and lies gasping? The flesh of this great whale shall be laid upon the mountains ( Ezekiel 32:5 ; Ezekiel 32:5 ) and the valleys shall be filled with his height. Such numbers of Pharaoh's soldiers shall be slain that the dead bodies shall be scattered upon the hills and there shall be heaps of them piled up in the valleys. Blood shall be shed in such abundance as to swell the rivers in the valleys. Or, Such shall be the bulk, such the height, of this leviathan, that, when he is laid upon the ground, he shall fill a valley. Such vast quantities of blood shall issue from this leviathan as shall water the land of Egypt, the land wherein now he swims, now he sports himself, Ezekiel 32:6 ; Ezekiel 32:6 . It shall reach to the mountains, and the waters of Egypt shall again be turned into blood by this means: The rivers shall be full of thee. The judgments executed upon Pharaoh of old are expressed by the breaking of the heads of leviathan in the waters, Psalms 74:13 ; Psalms 74:14 . But now they go further; this old serpent not only has now his head bruised, but is all crushed to pieces. (2.) It is set forth by a prophecy of the deep impression which the destruction of Egypt should make upon the neighbouring nations; it would put them all into a consternation, as the fall of the Assyrian monarchy did, Ezekiel 31:15 ; Ezekiel 31:16 . When Pharaoh, who had been like a blazing burning torch, is put out and extinguished it shall make all about him look black, Ezekiel 32:7 ; Ezekiel 32:7 . The heavens shall be hung with black, the stars darkened, the sun eclipsed, and the moon be deprived of her borrowed light. It is from the upper world that this lower receives its light; and therefore ( Ezekiel 32:8 ; Ezekiel 32:8 ), when the bright lights of heaven are made dark above, darkness by consequence is set upon the land, upon the earth; so it shall be on the land of Egypt. Here the plague of darkness, which was upon Egypt of old for three days, seems to be alluded to, as, before, the turning of the waters into blood. For, when former judgments are forgotten, it is just that they should be repeated. When their privy-counsellors, and statesmen, and those that have the direction of the public affairs, are deprived of wisdom and made fools, and the things that belong to their peace are hidden from their eyes, then their lights are darkened and the land is in a mist. This is foretold, Isaiah 19:13 . The princes of Zoan have become fools. Now upon the spreading of the report of the fall of Egypt, and the bringing of the news to remote countries, countries which they had not known ( Ezekiel 32:9 ; Ezekiel 32:9 ), people shall be much affected, and shall feel themselves sensibly touched by it. [1.] It shall fill them with vexation to see such an ancient, wealthy, potent kingdom thus humbled and brought down, and the pride of worldly glory, which they have such a value for, stained. The hearts of many people will be vexed to see the word of the God of Israel fulfilled in the destruction of Egypt, and that all the gods of Egypt were not able to relieve it. Note, The destruction of some wicked people is a vexation to others. [2.] It shall fill them with admiration ( Ezekiel 32:10 ; Ezekiel 32:10 ): They shall be amazed at thee, shall wonder to see such great riches and power come to nothing, Revelation 18:17 . Note, Those that admire with complacency the pomp of this world will admire with consternation the ruin of that pomp, which to those that know the vanity of all things here below is no surprise at all. [3.] It shall fill them with fear: even their kings (that think it their prerogative to be secure) shall be horribly afraid for thee, concluding their own house to be in danger when their neighbour's is on fire. When I shall brandish my sword before them they shall tremble every man for his own life. Note, When the sword of God's justice is drawn against some, to cut them off, it is thereby brandished before others, to give them warning. And those that will not be admonished by it, and made to reform, shall yet be frightened by it, and made to tremble. They shall tremble at every moment, because of thy fall. When others are ruined by sin we have reason to quake for fear, as knowing ourselves guilty and obnoxious. Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? (3.) It is set forth by a plain and express prediction of the desolation itself that should come upon Egypt. [1.] The instruments of the desolation appear here very formidable. It is the sword of the king of Babylon, that warlike, that victorious prince, that shall come upon thee ( Ezekiel 32:11 ; Ezekiel 32:11 ), the swords of the mighty, even the terrible of the nations, all of them ( Ezekiel 32:12 ; Ezekiel 32:12 ), an army that there is no standing before. Note, Those that delight in war, and are upon all occasions entering into contention, may expect, some time or other, to be engaged with those that will prove too hard for them. Pharaoh had been forward to quarrel with his neighbour and to come forth with his rivers, with his armies, Ezekiel 32:2 ; Ezekiel 32:2 . But God will now give him enough of it. [2.] The instances of the desolation appear here very frightful, much the same with what we had before, Ezekiel 29:10-12 ; Ezekiel 30:7 . First, The multitude of Egypt shall be destroyed, not decimated, some picked out to be made examples, but all cut off. Note, The numbers of sinners, though they be a multitude, will neither secure them against God's power nor entitle them to his pity. Secondly, The pomp of Egypt shall be spoiled, the pomp of their court, what they have been proud of. Note, in renouncing the pomps of this world we did ourselves a great kindness, for they are things that are soon spoiled and that cheat their admirers. Thirdly, The cattle of Egypt, that used to feed by the rivers, shall be destroyed ( Ezekiel 32:13 ; Ezekiel 32:13 ), either cut off by the sword or carried off for a prey. Egypt was famous for horses, which would be an acceptable booty to the Chaldeans. The rivers shall be no more frequented as they have been by man and beast, that came thither to drink. Fourthly, The waters of Egypt, that used to flow briskly, shall now grow deep, and slow, and heavy, and shall run like oil ( Ezekiel 32:14 ; Ezekiel 32:14 ), a figurative expression signifying that there should be such universal sadness and heaviness upon the whole nation that even the rivers should go softly and silently like mourners, and quite forget their rapid motion. Fifthly, The whole country of Egypt shall be stripped of its wealth; it shall be destitute of what whereof it was full ( Ezekiel 32:15 ; Ezekiel 32:15 ), corn, and cattle, and all the pleasant fruits of the earth; when those are smitten that dwell therein the ground is untilled, and that which is gathered becomes an easy prey to the invader. Note, God can soon empty those of this world's goods that have the greatest fulness of those things and are full of them, that enjoy most and have their hearts set upon those enjoyments. The Egyptians were full of their pleasant and plentiful country, and its rich productions. Every one that talked with them might perceive how much it filled them. But God can soon make their country destitute of that whereof it is full; it is therefore our wisdom to be full of treasures in heaven. When the country is made destitute, 1. It shall be an instruction to them: Then shall they know that I am the Lord. A sensible conviction of the vanity of the world, and the fading perishing nature of all things in it, will contribute much to our right knowledge of God as our portion and happiness. 2. It shall be a lamentation to all about them: The daughters of the nations shall lament her ( Ezekiel 32:16 ; Ezekiel 32:16 ), either because, being in alliance with her, they share in her grievances and suffer with her, or, being admirers of her, they at least share in her grief and sympathize with her. They shall lament for Egypt and all her multitude; it shall excite their pity to see so great a devastation made. By enlarging the matters of our joy we increase the occasions of our sorrow. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-17-32" class="com-number"

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**이집트 멸망의 애가 — 사자이자 고래를 잡다**

선지자는 이집트 왕 바로를 위해 애가를 부르라는 명령을 받는다(2절). 이는 목회자들이 진지한 영을 가져야 하며, 그러기 위해 죄인들이 자신의 죄로 인해 스스로 불러오는 불행에 대해 자주 애가를 부르는 사람이 되어야 함을 보여 준다. 목회자들이 하나님의 것들로 다른 사람들을 감동시키려면, 자신이 먼저 죄인들이 죄로 인해 자초하는 비참함에 감동받고 있음을 드러내야 한다. 스스로 울거나 떨지 않으려는 자들을 위해 우리가 울고 떨어야 하며, 이로써 그들도 울고 떨도록 만들어야 한다.

**바로가 열방을 어지럽혔다.** 그는 자기 나라를 평온하게 해야 했지만 오히려 그것을 어지럽혔다. 2절에서 그는 "열방의 젊은 사자 같고" 바다의 악어 같다고 했다. 위대한 군주들이 포악하고 억압적이면 하나님의 눈에는 맹수와 다를 바가 없다. 그는 하수들을 타고 다니며, 곧 그의 군대와 함께 전쟁에 나아가 물을 흐려 놓고 강들을 진흙투성이로 만들었다. 교만한 군주들의 정복욕과 억울함이 세상에 얼마나 큰 불안을 가져다주는지 주목하라. 이스라엘을 괴롭히는 자는 아합이지 엘리야가 아니다.

**남을 괴롭힌 자는 자신도 괴롭힘을 당할 것이다.** 여호수아 7장 25절처럼 주님은 의로우시다.

이것은 비유로 먼저 묘사된다. 바로가 하수에 올라올 때 큰 혼란을 일으키는 거대한 고래 같고, 욥기 41장 1절에서도 갈고리로 끌어낼 수 없는 레위아단 같지만, 하나님께는 그를 감쌀 만큼 크고 붙잡을 만큼 강한 그물이 있다(3절). "내가 내 그물을 네 위에 펼치리라" — 그것은 갈대아 군대, 곧 수많은 백성의 무리이다. 그들이 바로를 그 요새에서 몰아내고 소유지에서 쫓아낼 것이다. 그를 큰 물고기처럼 광야, 곧 트인 들에 내던질 것인데(4절), 물을 떠나면 그는 반드시 죽고 새와 짐승들의 먹이가 될 것이다(겔 29:5). 이 거대한 고래의 살이 산위에 쌓이고 골짜기는 그의 몸으로 가득 찰 것이다(5절). 바로의 병사들이 너무 많이 죽어서 시체가 언덕에 흩어지고 골짜기마다 쌓일 것이다. 이 레위아단에게서 쏟아지는 엄청난 피가 이집트 땅을 적실 것이다(6절). 피가 산까지 이를 것이며 이집트의 강들이 다시 피로 가득 찰 것이다. 옛날 바로에 내려진 심판이 물속의 레위아단의 머리를 부수는 것으로 표현되었고(시 74:13-14), 이제 이 옛 뱀은 단순히 머리가 짓밟힐 뿐 아니라 완전히 산산조각 날 것이다.

또한 이집트의 멸망이 주변 민족들에게 미치는 충격으로도 묘사된다. 그것은 앗시리아 군주국의 멸망이 미쳤던 영향처럼(31:15-16) 모든 이들을 공포에 빠뜨릴 것이다. 타오르는 횃불 같았던 바로가 꺼지고 소멸되면 그 주변이 모두 어두워질 것이다(7절). 하늘에는 검은 장막이 드리우고, 별들이 어두워지고, 해가 구름에 가리고, 달이 빛을 잃을 것이다. 하늘이 어두워지면 땅에도 어두움이 드리운다(8절). 마치 이집트에 사흘 동안 내렸던 흑암의 재앙처럼. 전에 내린 심판들을 잊어버리면 그것이 반복되는 것은 당연하다. 고관들과 정치가들이 지혜를 잃어 우매해지고 평화로 가는 길이 그들의 눈에서 숨겨지면, 그것이 곧 그들의 빛이 꺼지고 땅이 안개에 덮이는 것이다. 이것은 이사야 19장 13절에서도 예언되었다("소안의 방백들은 어리석어졌고").

이집트 멸망의 소식이 퍼지고 그 소문이 먼 나라들에 전해지면(9절), 사람들이 크게 감동받을 것이다. 첫째, 그들은 분노에 가득 찰 것이다. 그토록 유구하고 부유하며 강력한 왕국이 이렇게 굴욕을 당하고 무너지는 것을, 또 그들이 그토록 소중히 여기던 세속적 영화의 교만이 수치를 당하는 것을 보고 많은 사람의 마음이 뒤틀릴 것이다. 이집트의 모든 신들도 이집트를 구하지 못했다는 이스라엘 하나님의 말씀이 성취되는 것을 보고 분노할 것이다. 악한 사람들의 멸망이 다른 이들에게는 분노의 원인이 된다는 것을 기억하라. 둘째, 그들을 감탄하게 할 것이다(10절). 그들은 그토록 큰 부와 권력이 아무것도 아닌 것이 되는 것을 보고 놀랄 것이다(계 18:17). 세상의 영화를 기쁘게 흠모하던 자들은 그 영화가 무너질 때 경악 속에서 감탄할 것이다. 셋째, 두려움이 가득 찰 것이다. 심지어 왕들조차(자신들은 안전하다고 생각하는 자들) 네 일로 인해 심히 두려워할 것이다. 내가 내 칼을 그들 앞에 번쩍일 때 그들은 저마다 자기 목숨을 위해 떨 것이다. 하나님의 공의의 칼이 일부를 베어 버리기 위해 뽑힐 때, 그것은 다른 이들 앞에서 번쩍여 경고를 준다. 권고를 받아들여 개혁하지 않는 자들은 그것으로 인해 두려워서라도 떨게 될 것이다.

이집트에 임할 황폐에 대한 명확하고 직접적인 예언도 있다. 도구들이 매우 무서운 것으로 나타난다. 전쟁에 능하고 승리하는 군주인 바벨론 왕의 칼이 네게 임할 것이다(11절). 강하고 무서운 민족들 중에서 가장 강한 자들의 칼이 네 무리를 쓰러뜨릴 것이며(12절), 당해낼 수 없는 군대가 올 것이다. 바로는 늘 이웃과 다투기를 좋아하고 자기 군대를 이끌고 나서기를 즐겨 했지만, 하나님은 이제 그것으로 충분하게 해 주실 것이다.

멸망의 내용 역시 매우 두렵다. 이집트의 무리가 진멸될 것이다. 수가 아무리 많아도 그것이 하나님의 능력으로부터 보호해 주지 않고, 그분의 긍휼을 얻게 해 주지도 않는다. 이집트의 영화가 탈취될 것이다. 이 세상의 영화를 버리는 것이 우리 자신에게 큰 이로움이 되는데, 그것은 금방 망가지고 그것을 사모하는 자들을 속이는 것들이기 때문이다. 이집트의 강변에서 먹던 가축이 멸망할 것이다(13절). 이집트는 말로 유명했는데, 그것이 갈대아 사람들에게 귀한 전리품이 될 것이다. 이집트의 강들이 더 이상 사람과 짐승들로 붐비지 않을 것이다. 이집트의 물은 활기차게 흐르다가 이제는 깊어지고 느려지며 기름처럼 흐를 것이다(14절). 이는 온 나라에 슬픔과 무거움이 가득하여 강들조차 조용히 애도하듯 천천히 흐른다는 비유적 표현이다. 이집트 전국이 그 부를 빼앗길 것이다. 충만하던 것이 없어질 것이다(15절). 그때야 그들이 주가 하나님임을 알게 될 것이다. 세상의 재물의 공허함, 모든 것이 사라지는 성질을 깊이 깨달으면 하나님을 우리의 분복이요 행복으로 아는 올바른 지식을 얻는 데 큰 도움이 된다. 열방의 딸들이 이집트를 위해 애곡할 것이다(16절). 이집트와 동맹 관계였기에 그 고통을 함께 나누거나, 이집트를 사모했기에 적어도 그 슬픔을 나누고 동정할 것이다. 우리의 기쁨의 대상을 넓히면 슬픔의 이유도 그만큼 많아진다.

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E Z E K I E L. CHAP. XXXII. Still we are upon the destruction of Pharaoh and Egypt, which is wonderfully enlarged upon, and with a great deal of emphasis. When we read so very much of Egypt's ruin, no less than six several prophecies at divers times delivered concerning it, we are ready to think, Surely there is some special reason for it. And, I. Perhaps it may look as far back as the book of Genesis, where we find ( Ezekiel 15:14 ; Ezekiel 15:14 ) that God determined to judge Egypt for oppressing his people; and, though that was in part fulfilled in the plagues of Egypt and the drowning of Pharaoh, yet, in this destruction, here foretold, those old scores were reckoned for, and that was to have its full accomplishment. II. Perhaps it may look as far forward as the book of the Revelation, where we find that the great enemy of the gospel-church, that makes war with the Lamb, is spiritually called Egypt, Revelation 11:8 . And, if so, the destruction of Egypt and its Pharaoh was a type of the destruction of that proud enemy; and between this prophecy of the ruin of Egypt and the prophecy of the destruction of the antichristian generation there is some analogy. We have two distinct prophecies in this chapter relating to Egypt, both in the same month, one on the 1st day, the other that day fortnight, probably both on the sabbath day. They are both lamentations, not only to signify how lamentable the fall of Egypt should be, but to intimate how much the prophet himself should lament it, from a generous principle of love to mankind. The destruction of Egypt is here represented under two similitudes:-- 1. The killing of a lion, or a whale, or some such devouring creature, Ezekiel 32:1-16 . 2. The funeral of a great commander or captain-general, Ezekiel 32:17-32 . The two prophecies of this chapter are much of the same length. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-1-16" class="com-number"

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에스겔 32장은 바로와 이집트의 멸망을 다루며, 이 주제는 매우 풍부하고 강렬하게 전개된다. 이집트의 멸망에 관해 여러 시기에 걸쳐 서로 다른 여섯 가지 예언이 주어졌다는 것은 특별한 이유가 있음을 시사한다.

첫째, 이 예언들은 창세기까지 거슬러 올라갈 수 있다. 창세기에서 하나님은 자기 백성을 억압한 이집트를 심판하기로 결정하셨다(창 15:14). 그 심판은 이집트에 내린 재앙과 바로를 수장시킨 사건으로 부분적으로 이루어졌지만, 여기서 예언된 이 멸망에서 그 오래된 죄값이 완전히 청산되고 그 말씀이 완전히 성취될 것이다.

둘째, 이 예언들은 요한계시록 11장 8절까지 내다보는 시각을 가지고 있다. 계시록에서는 복음 교회와 전쟁을 벌이는 어린 양의 큰 원수가 영적으로 이집트라 불린다. 그렇다면 이집트와 그 바로의 멸망은 그 교만한 원수의 멸망의 예표이며, 이 이집트 멸망 예언과 반기독교적 세력 멸망 예언 사이에는 일정한 유사성이 있다.

본장에는 이집트와 관련된 두 가지 예언이 있는데, 둘 다 같은 달에 선포되었다. 하나는 첫째 날에, 다른 하나는 그로부터 보름 후에 선포된 것으로, 아마 둘 다 안식일이었을 것이다. 이 두 예언은 모두 애가(哀歌)의 형식을 취하는데, 이는 이집트의 멸망이 얼마나 슬픈 일인지를 나타낼 뿐 아니라, 선지자 자신도 인류에 대한 진실한 사랑의 원칙에서 그 멸망을 슬퍼했음을 보여 준다.

이집트의 멸망은 두 가지 비유로 묘사된다. 첫째는 사자 혹은 고래, 또는 그와 같은 포식 동물을 죽이는 장면(1-16절)이고, 둘째는 위대한 지휘관이나 총사령관의 장례식(17-32절)이다. 이 장의 두 예언은 거의 같은 길이를 가진다.

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The Fall of Egypt; Egypt's Destruction Completed. . 17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. 19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. 20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. 21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. 22 Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: 23 Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living. 24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. 25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain. 26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living. 27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword. 29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit. 30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit. 31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord G OD . 32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord G OD . This prophecy concludes and completes the burden of Egypt, and leaves it and all its multitude in the pit of destruction. I. We are here invited to attend the funeral of that once flourishing kingdom, to lament its fall, and to take a view of those who attend it to the grave and accompany it in the grave. 1. This dead corpse of a kingdom is here brought to the grave. The prophet is ordered to cast them down to the pit ( Ezekiel 32:18 ; Ezekiel 32:18 ), to foretel their destruction as one that had authority, as Jeremiah was set over the kingdoms, Jeremiah 1:10 . He must speak in God's name, and as from him who will cast them down. Yet he must foretel it as one that had an affectionate concern for them; he must wail for the multitude of Egypt, even when he casts them down. When Egypt is slain, let her have an honourable funeral, befitting her quality; let her be buried with the daughters of the famous nations, in their burying-places and with the same ceremony. It is but a poor allay to the reproach and terror of death to be buried with those that were famous; yet this is all that is allowed to Egypt. Shall Egypt think to exempt herself from the common fate of proud and imperious nations? No; she must take her lot with them ( Ezekiel 32:19 ; Ezekiel 32:19 ): " Whom dost thou surpass in beauty? Art thou so much fairer than any other nation that thou shouldst expect therefore to be excused? No; others as fair as thou have sunk into the pit; go down therefore, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. Thou art like them and art likely to lie among them. The multitude of Egypt shall all fall in the midst of those that are slain with the sword, now that there is a general slaughter made among the nations." Egypt with the rest must drink of the bloody cup, and therefore she is delivered to the sword, to the sword of war (but, in God's hand, the sword of justice), is delivered to be publicly executed. Draw her and all her multitude; draw them either as the dead bodies of great men are drawn in honour to the grave, in a hearse, or as malefactors are drawn in disgrace to the place of execution, on a sledge; draw them to the pit, and let them be made a spectacle to the world. 2. This corpse of a kingdom is bid welcome to the grave, and Pharaoh is made free of the congregation of the dead, and admitted into their regions, not without some pomp and ceremony. As the surprising fall of the king of Babylon is thus illustrated, Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming, and to introduce thee into those mansions of darkness ( Isaiah 14:9 , c.), so here ( Ezekiel 32:21 ; Ezekiel 32:21 ), They shall speak to him out of the midst of hell, as it were congratulating his arrival and calling him to join with them in acknowledging that which neither he nor they would be brought to own when they were in their pomp and pride, that it is in vain to think of contesting with God, and none ever hardened their hearts against him and prospered. They shall say to him, and to those that pretended to help him, Where are you now? What have you brought your attempts to at last? Divers nations are here mentioned as gone down to the grave before Egypt that are ready to give her a scornful reception and upbraid her with coming to them at last. These nations here spoken of were probably such as had been of late years ruined and wasted by the king of Babylon, and their princes cut off; let Egypt know that she has neighbour's fare. When she goes to the grave she does but migrare ad plures--migrate to the majority; there are innumerable before her. But it is observable that though Judah and Jerusalem were just about this time, or a little before, utterly ruined and laid waste, yet they are not mentioned here among the nations that welcome Egypt to the pit; for though they suffered the same things that these nations suffered, and by the same hand, yet the kind intentions of their affliction, and its happy issue at last, and the mercy God had yet in reserve for them, altered the property of it; it was not to them a going down to the pit, as it was to the heathen; they were not smitten as others were, nor slain according to the slaughter of other nations, Isaiah 27:7 . But let us see who those are that have gone to the grave before Egypt, that lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword, with whom she must now take up her lodging. (1.) There lie the Assyrian empire, and all the princes and mighty men of that monarchy ( Ezekiel 32:22 ; Ezekiel 32:22 ): Asshur is there and all her company, all the countries that were tributaries to and had dependence upon that crown. That mighty potentate who used to lie in state, with his guards and grandees about him, now lies in obscurity, with his graves about him and his soldiers in them, unable any longer to do him service or honour; they are all of them slain, fallen by the sword. The number of their months was cut off in the midst, and, being bloody and deceitful men, they were not suffered to live out half their days. Their braves were set in the sides of the pit, all in a row, like beds in a common chamber, Ezekiel 32:23 ; Ezekiel 32:23 . All their company is such as were slain, fallen by the sword; a vast congregation there is of such, who had caused terror in the land of the living. But as the death of those to whom they were a terror put an end to their fears (in the grave the prisoners rest together and hear not the voice of the oppressor, Job 3:18 ), so the death of these mighty men puts an end to their terrors. Who is afraid of a dead lion? Note, Death will be a king of terrors to those who, instead of making themselves blessings, make themselves terrors, in their generation. (2.) There lies the kingdom of Persia, which perhaps within the memory of man at that time had been wasted and brought down: There is Elam and all her multitude, the king of Elam and his numerous armies, Ezekiel 32:24 ; Ezekiel 32:25 . They also had caused their terror in the land of the living, had made a fearful noise and bluster among the nations in their day. But Elam has now a grave by herself, and the graves of the common people round about her, fallen by the sword; she has her bed in the midst of the slain that went down uncircumcised, unsanctified, unholy, and not in covenant with God. They have borne their shame with those that go down to the pit; they have fallen under the common disgrace and mortification of mankind, that they die and are buried; nay, they die under particular marks of ignominy, which God and man put upon them. Note, Those who cause their terror shall, sooner or later, bear their shame, and be made a terror to themselves. The king of Elam is put in the midst of those that are slain. All the honour he can now pretend to is to be buried in the chief sepulchre. (3.) There lies the Scythian power, which, about this time, was busy in the world. Meshech and Tubal, those barbarous northern nations, had lately made a descent upon the Medes, and caused their terror among them, lived among them upon free quarter for some years, making every thing their own that they could lay their hands on; but at length Cyaxares, king of the Medes, drew them by a wile into his power, but off abundance of them, and obliged them to quit his country, Ezekiel 32:26 ; Ezekiel 32:26 . There lie Meshech and Tubal, and all their multitude; there is a burying place for them, with their chief commander in the midst of them, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword. These Scythians, dying ingloriously as they lived, are not laid, as the other nations spoken of before, in the bed of honour ( Ezekiel 32:27 ; Ezekiel 32:27 ): They shall not lie with the mighty, shall not be buried in state, as those are, even by consent of the enemy, that are slain in the field of battle, that go down to their graves with their weapons of war carried before the hearse, or trailed after it, that have particularly their swords laid under their heads, as if they could sleep the sweeter in the grave when they laid their heads on such a pillow. These Scythians are not buried with these marks of honour, but their iniquities shall be upon their sons; they shall, for their iniquity, be left unburied, though they were the terror even of the mighty in the land of the living. (4.) There lies the kingdom of Edom, which had flourished long, but about this time, at least before the destruction of Egypt, was made quite desolate, as was foretold, Ezekiel 25:13 ; Ezekiel 25:13 . Among the sepulchres of the nations there is Edom, Ezekiel 32:29 ; Ezekiel 32:29 . There lie, not dignified with monuments or inscriptions, but mingled with common dust, her kings and all her princes, her wise statesmen (which Edom was famous for), and her brave soldiers. These with their might are laid by those that were slain by the sword; their might could not prevent it, nay, their might helped to procure it, for that both encouraged them to engage in war and incensed their neighbours against them, who thought it necessary to curb their growing greatness. A great deal of pains they took to ruin themselves, as many do, who with their might, with all their might, are laid by those that were slain with the sword. The Edomites retained circumcision, being of the seed of Abraham. But that shall stand them in no stead; they shall lie with the uncircumcised. (5.) There lie the princes of the north, and all the Zidonians. These were as well acquainted with maritime affairs as the Egyptians were, who relied much upon that part of their strength, but they have gone down with the slain ( Ezekiel 32:30 ; Ezekiel 32:30 ), down to the pit. Now they are ashamed of their might, ashamed to think how much they boasted of it and trusted to it; and, as the Edomites with their might, so these with their terror, are laid with those that are slain by the sword and are forced to take their lot with them. They bear their shame with those that go down to the pit, die in as much disgrace as those that are cut off by the hand of public justice. (6.) All this is applied to Pharaoh and the Egyptians, who have no reason to flatter themselves with hopes of tranquillity when they see how the wisest, and wealthiest, and strongest, of their neighbours have been laid waste ( Ezekiel 32:28 ; Ezekiel 32:28 ): " Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised; when God is pulling down the unhumbled and unreformed nations thou must expect to come down with them." [1.] It will be some extenuation of the miseries of Egypt to observe that it has been the case of so many great and mighty nations before ( Ezekiel 32:31 ; Ezekiel 32:31 ): Pharaoh shall see them and be comforted; it will be some ease to his mind that he is not the first king that has been slain in battle--his not the first army that has been routed, his not the first kingdom that has been made desolate. Mr. Greenhill observes here, "The comfort which wicked ones have after death is poor comfort, not real, but imaginary." They will find little satisfaction in having so many fellow-sufferers; the rich man in hell dreaded it. It is only in point of honour that Pharaoh can see and be comforted. [2.] But nothing will be an exemption from these miseries; for ( Ezekiel 32:32 ; Ezekiel 32:32 ) I have caused my terror in the land of the living. Great men have caused their terror, have studied how to make every body fear them. Oderint dum metuant--Let them hate, so that they do but fear. But now the great God has caused his terror in the land of the living; and therefore he laughs at theirs, because he sees that his day is coming, Psalms 37:13 . In this day of terror Pharaoh and all his multitude shall be laid with those that are slain by the sword. II. The view which this prophecy gives us of ruined states may show us something, 1. Of this present world, and the empire of death in it. Come, and see the calamitous state of human life; see what a dying world this is. The strong die, the mighty die, Pharaoh and all his multitude. See what a killing world this is. They are all slain with the sword. As if men did not die fast enough of themselves, men are ingenious at finding out ways to destroy one another. It is not only a great pit, but a great cock-pit. 2. Of the other world. Though it is the destruction of nations as such that perhaps is principally intended here, yet here is a plain allusion to the final and everlasting ruin of impenitent sinners, of those that are uncircumcised in heart; they are slain by the sword of divine justice; their iniquity is upon them, and with it they bear their shame. Those, Christ's enemies, that would not have him to reign over them, shall be brought forth and slain before him, though they be as pompous, though they be as numerous, as Pharaoh and all his multitude. return to ' Top of Page ' Ezekiel Ezk 31 Ezekiel Ezk Ezekiel Ezk 33 Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. Bibliographical Information Henry, Matthew. "Complete Commentary on Ezekiel 32". 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**이집트의 멸망 완성 — 지하로 내려가다**

이 예언은 이집트의 부담을 마무리하며, 이집트와 그 모든 무리를 멸망의 구덩이에 남겨 둔다.

**I. 우리는 한때 번성했던 그 왕국의 장례에 참석하도록 초청받아, 그 멸망을 슬퍼하고 무덤까지 배웅하는 자들을 살펴볼 것이다.**

1. 이 죽은 왕국은 무덤으로 옮겨진다. 선지자는 그들을 구덩이로 던지라는 명령을 받는다(18절). 이는 예레미야가 열국 위에 세움을 받은 것처럼(렘 1:10) 권위를 가지고 그들의 멸망을 예언하는 것이다. 그는 하나님의 이름으로, 하나님을 대신하여 말해야 하며, 하나님이 그들을 던지실 것이다. 그러나 그는 그들에 대한 진심 어린 관심을 가진 자로서 예언해야 하며, 이집트의 무리를 위해 통곡해야 한다. 이집트가 죽으면 그 품격에 맞는 장례를 치르게 하라. 명성 높은 열방의 딸들과 함께, 그들의 묘지에서 같은 예식으로 장사되게 하라. 명성 높은 자들과 함께 묻히는 것이 죽음의 치욕과 공포에 대한 빈약한 위안이기는 하지만, 그것이 이집트에게 허락되는 전부이다. 이집트가 교만하고 오만한 민족들의 공통된 운명에서 자신을 면할 것이라 생각하는가? 아니다. 그녀는 그들과 운명을 함께해야 한다(19절). "네가 무엇이 더 아름다워서 면제받는가? 너처럼 아름다운 자들도 구덩이에 빠졌다. 그러니 내려가 할례받지 못한 자들과 함께 누우라. 너는 그들과 같고 그들과 함께 누울 것이다." 이집트의 무리는 칼에 맞아 죽은 자들 가운데 쓰러질 것이다. 이집트는 칼에, 곧 전쟁의 칼에 넘겨진다. 그것은 하나님의 손에서는 공의의 칼이다. 그녀와 그녀의 모든 무리를 끌어당겨라. 죽은 귀인의 시체를 영광스럽게 무덤으로 끌거나, 또는 죄인들을 형장으로 수레에 싣고 끌거나 하여, 구덩이로 끌어가라. 세상에 보란 듯이 구경거리로 삼아라.

2. 이 죽은 왕국은 무덤에서 환영을 받는다. 바로는 죽은 자들의 회중 안으로 받아들여지고 그 어두운 영역으로 안내된다. 바벨론 왕의 놀라운 멸망이 묘사되는 것처럼 — "음부가 너를 맞이하려고 아래에서 동요했다"(사 14:9) — 여기서도 그와 같이(21절), 그들이 지옥 한가운데서 그에게 말할 것이다. 마치 그가 도착한 것을 축하하며 그와 그를 돕겠다고 했던 자들에게 이렇게 부르짖는 것 같다. "당신들은 지금 어디 있소? 당신들의 모든 시도가 결국 어떻게 되었소?" 여기서는 이집트보다 앞서 무덤에 내려간 여러 민족이 이집트를 비웃으며 맞이할 준비가 된 자로 언급된다. 이 민족들은 아마도 바벨론 왕에 의해 최근에 망하고 군주들이 제거된 나라들이었을 것이다. 이집트로 하여금 자기도 이웃의 운명을 맞이하고 있음을 알게 하라. 이집트가 무덤에 내려가면 거기에는 이미 수없이 많은 자들이 먼저 와 있다.

그런데 유다와 예루살렘은 이때, 혹은 조금 전에 완전히 무너지고 황폐해졌음에도 여기서 이집트를 구덩이로 맞이하는 민족들 중에 언급되지 않는 것은 주목할 만하다. 유다가 같은 손에 의해 같은 일을 당했어도, 그 고난의 선한 의도와 마지막의 행복한 결말, 그리고 하나님이 그들을 위해 아직 간직해 두신 자비가 그 성격을 완전히 바꾸어 놓았다. 그것이 그들에게는 구덩이에 내려가는 것이 아니었다. 그들은 다른 민족들처럼 쳐맞고 다른 민족들의 살육에 따라 죽임을 당하지 않았다(사 27:7). 이제 이집트보다 먼저 무덤에 내려간 자들을 살펴보자.

**(1) 앗시리아 제국.** 그 군주국의 모든 군주들과 용사들이 거기 있다(22절). 앗수르가 그 온 무리와 함께 거기 있다. 그 왕좌에 의존하던 모든 나라들이 함께 있다. 근위대와 귀족들을 거느리고 호화롭게 지내던 그 강력한 군주는 이제 자기 주위에 무덤들을 거느리고 있으며, 그 병사들이 그 안에 묻혀 있어 더 이상 그에게 봉사하거나 영예를 돌릴 수 없다. 그들 모두 칼에 맞아 쓰러졌다. 그들의 무덤은 구덩이 옆에 일렬로 배치되었다(23절). 거기에는 칼에 맞아 쓰러진 자들의 거대한 무리가 있다. 그들은 살아 있는 자들의 땅에서 두려움을 일으켰다. 그러나 그들이 두려움의 대상으로 삼았던 자들의 죽음이 그들의 두려움을 종식시켰고(욥 3:18 — 무덤에서는 갇힌 자들이 함께 쉬며 압제자의 소리를 듣지 못하듯), 이 강한 자들의 죽음이 그들의 공포를 종식시켰다. 죽은 사자를 두려워하는 자가 누가 있겠는가? 자신을 축복이 아닌 공포의 존재로 만드는 자들에게 죽음은 공포의 왕이 될 것이다.

**(2) 페르시아 왕국.** 엘람이 그 온 무리와 함께 거기 있다(24-25절). 그들도 살아 있는 자들의 땅에서 두려움을 일으켰고 민족들 사이에서 무섭게 으스댔다. 그러나 이제 엘람은 그 곁에 백성들의 무덤들이 둘러 싼 자기 무덤을 가지고 있다. 칼에 맞아 쓰러진 자들 가운데 있다. 할례받지 못하고 거룩하지 않으며 하나님과의 언약 밖에 있는 자들과 함께 누워 있다. 그들은 구덩이에 내려가는 자들과 함께 자신들의 수치를 짊어지고 갔다. 그들은 인류의 공통된 불명예와 굴욕에 빠졌다. 두려움을 일으키는 자들은 결국 자신들의 수치를 짊어지게 되어 스스로 공포의 대상이 되고 만다.

**(3) 스키타이 세력.** 메섹과 두발이 거기 있다(26절). 이 야만스러운 북방 민족들은 최근 메대 사람들에게 쳐들어가 그들 가운데서 여러 해 동안 모든 것을 자기 것으로 삼으며 공포를 퍼뜨렸다. 그러나 결국 메대 왕 키악사레스가 꾀를 써서 그들을 제압하고 많은 수를 죽인 뒤 그의 나라에서 몰아냈다. 거기 메섹과 두발과 그 온 무리가 있다. 그들을 위한 묘지가 있으며, 한가운데 그들의 주장군이 있다. 모두 할례받지 못하고 칼에 죽은 자들이다. 이 스키타이 사람들은 살았을 때처럼 불명예스럽게 죽었다. 그들은 전사들처럼 명예롭게 묻히지 못했다(27절). 적들도 인정하여 명예롭게 매장되는, 전쟁터에서 쓰러진 용사들처럼 되지 못했다. 그들의 칼을 머리 밑에 깔고 눕듯, 그런 명예의 표시 없이 장사된다. 도리어 그들의 죄악이 그들의 뼈 위에 있을 것이다. 그들은 그 죄악으로 인해 매장되지 못하고 방치될 것이다. 살아 있는 자들의 땅에서 강자들에게도 두려움이었던 자들이 이런 결말을 맞이한다.

**(4) 에돔 왕국.** 에돔은 오랫동안 번성했으나 이 시기에, 적어도 이집트 멸망 전에는 완전히 황폐해졌다(겔 25:13). 민족들의 무덤 사이에 에돔이 있다(29절). 에돔의 왕들과 모든 방백들, 에돔이 자랑하는 지혜로운 정치가들과 용감한 군인들이 묘비도 비문도 없이 흔한 흙 속에 뒤섞여 있다. 그 힘을 다해 그들은 칼에 맞아 죽은 자들과 함께 눕게 되었다. 그들의 힘이 그것을 막지 못했다. 아니, 오히려 그 힘이 그것을 자초했다. 그 힘이 그들로 하여금 전쟁에 뛰어들도록 부추겼고, 이웃들로 하여금 그들의 성장하는 세력을 꺾는 것이 필요하다고 생각하게 만들었다. 에돔 사람들은 아브라함의 후손으로 할례를 보유했다. 그러나 그것이 그들에게 아무런 도움이 되지 않는다. 그들은 할례받지 못한 자들과 함께 누울 것이다.

**(5) 북방의 방백들과 모든 시돈 사람들.** 이들은 이집트인들만큼이나 해상 문제에 능통했고 그 힘을 크게 의지했다. 그러나 그들도 칼에 죽은 자들과 함께 내려갔다(30절). 그들은 자신들의 힘을 부끄러워하게 되었다. 에돔 사람들이 자신들의 힘으로, 이들은 자신들의 공포심으로 칼에 죽은 자들과 함께 눕게 되었다. 공의의 심판으로 처형당하는 자들과 함께 수치를 짊어지게 되었다.

**(6) 이 모든 것이 바로와 이집트 사람들에게 적용된다.** 그들이 가장 지혜롭고 부유하며 강한 이웃들이 황폐해지는 것을 보면서도 자신들은 평온할 것이라고 자위할 이유가 없다(28절). "그렇다, 너도 할례받지 못한 자들 가운데서 부서지리라." 하나님이 교만하고 개혁되지 않은 민족들을 무너뜨리실 때 너도 함께 무너질 것을 예상하라.

이집트의 고통을 완화해 주는 것이 있다면, 이미 그 이전에 그토록 많은 위대하고 강력한 민족들이 같은 운명을 맞이했다는 사실이다(31절). 바로가 그들을 보고 위로받을 것이다. 자신이 전쟁에서 죽임을 당한 첫 번째 왕이 아니라는 것, 자신의 군대가 최초로 격파된 것이 아니라는 것, 자신의 왕국이 최초로 황폐해진 것이 아니라는 것이 그의 마음을 조금 편하게 할 것이다. 그린힐 씨는 이렇게 논평한다. "악인들이 죽은 후에 얻는 위안은 빈약한 위로이며 실질적인 것이 아니라 상상에 불과하다." 그토록 많은 동병상련의 자들이 있다는 것에서 거의 만족을 얻지 못할 것이다. 지옥에 있는 부자는 그것을 두려워했다. 다만 명예라는 관점에서만 바로는 보고 위로받을 수 있을 것이다.

그러나 이런 비참함에서 면제되는 것은 없다. 32절에서 "내가 살아 있는 자들의 땅에서 나의 공포를 일으켰다"고 한다. 위인들은 모든 사람이 자신을 두려워하게 만들려고 애써 왔다. '미워하더라도 두려워하게 하라'는 것이 그들의 좌우명이었다. 그러나 이제 위대하신 하나님이 살아 있는 자들의 땅에서 그분의 공포를 일으키셨다. 그러므로 그분은 인간들의 공포를 비웃으신다. 그분은 그들의 때가 다가옴을 보시기 때문이다(시 37:13). 이 공포의 날에 바로와 그의 모든 무리는 칼에 죽은 자들과 함께 눕게 될 것이다.

**II. 이 예언이 보여 주는 멸망한 나라들의 모습은 우리에게 무언가를 알려 준다.**

1. **이 현세에 대해, 그리고 그 안에서 작용하는 죽음의 제국에 대해.** 와서 인생의 비참한 상태를 보라. 이 세상이 얼마나 죽어 가는 세상인지를 보라. 강자도 죽고, 용사도 죽는다. 바로와 그 모든 무리가 죽는다. 이 세상이 얼마나 죽이는 세상인지를 보라. 그들은 모두 칼에 죽임을 당했다. 사람들이 스스로 저절로 죽을 만큼 빠르지 않은 것처럼, 사람들은 서로를 파멸시키는 방법을 고안하는 데 천재적이다. 이것은 큰 구덩이일 뿐 아니라 큰 싸움터이기도 하다.

2. **저 세상에 대해.** 여기서 주로 의도하는 것이 민족들 자체의 멸망일 수 있지만, 회개하지 않는 죄인들, 마음에 할례를 받지 못한 자들의 최후적이고 영원한 멸망에 대한 명백한 암시가 있다. 그들은 하나님의 공의의 칼에 맞아 죽임을 당한다. 그들의 죄악이 그들 위에 있고, 그것과 함께 그들은 수치를 짊어진다. 그리스도의 원수들, 그분이 통치하기를 원하지 않았던 자들은, 비록 바로와 그 모든 무리처럼 화려하고 수가 많다 할지라도, 그분 앞에 끌려나와 죽임을 당할 것이다.

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