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Satan's sword of deception and lies which will spiritually slay the majority of the people of all nations along with their kings and their princes.
   1.) The sword of the Lord, which is the two-edged sword which proceeds out of the mouth of Christ, i.e. His truth, His Word (Rev. 1:10). This sword is part of the Gospel Armor of Ephesians 6 and is carried by His elect.
        2.) The sword of the king of Babylon (Satan), which is the deception and lies which proceed out of his mouth. However, God uses the king of Babylon and his lying sword to test and bring His judgment upon mankind and so He calls this sword His also, for He controls it and Satan too!
Slain by the sword
   To be "slain by the sword" in these last days is to suffer "spiritual death" from being sliced to pieces by the sword (lies and deception) of the king of Babylon.
The uncircumcised
   This word is used 10 times in the last 14 verses of chapter 32 and is always used in connection with shameful, ignominious death, which is to be "slain by the sword" of deception and be exposed naked on the Day of the Lord. The "uncircumcised" of the end time are Biblically illiterate, for they do not know Him because their "hearts" are uncircumcised.
Hell
   The Hebrew word is "sheol" which means "THE grave" as opposed to "keber" which means a grave, i.e. a burying place.
Pit
   A "bowr" in Hebrew, which is a grave dug in the earth. It shows the meaning of "sheol".
Land of the living
   The opposite of the Land of the dead (sheol). In the last days it would be those who have eternal life and who are "sealed" with His Word, i.e. they are Biblically literate, unlike the uncircumcised.
Terror
   From the Hebrew prime root "chathath" which means "confusion and fear". "Babel" means "confusion" in Hebrew, which is the "terror" that the sword of the king of Babylon will bring.

Let's begin.

Ezekiel 32:17
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,

This is fourteen days (2 x 7) after the lamentation in verse one and two weeks before the new year.

[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.

Ezekiel, sing a sad song for the multitude of Egypt and all the latter day "famous nations", meaning powerful, as in super-powerful nations, and proclaim them as cast down to lowermost parts of the earth with the everyone else who has descended into the pit.

[19] Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

What makes you think you are more special than anyone else? "Go to hell" with all the other disgraced idolaters who never had hearts that were circumcised. (Rom. 2:29 ... circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.)

Ezekiel 32:20
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.

Egypt and her multitudes shall fall by the sword along with all the rest of the deceived among the nations who are "slain by the sword". Drag (draw) her and all her multitudes to their grave.

[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.

The mighty warriors will speak to Pharaoh when he arrives in hell with all his allies, where they lie in shame because they too were "slain by the sword". This is speaking figuratively showing that they are not alone in their spiritual death. The pit is packed full of "the slain".

[22] Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:

The mighty Assyrian, "Asshur", and all her company have all been deceived to death.

Ezekiel 32:23
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.

Such a massive number of spiritually dead, deceived people is great cause for alarm among the living, and well it should be. You see, the sword of the king of Babylon will bring much terror in the land, which is confusion, which as we noted previously, is what the word "Babel" means in Hebrew.

[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.

The name Elam means "hidden". Elam was the sixth son of Shem, the son of Noah, and therefore an Adamite, though his children would not be in the lineage of Israel. The majority of Elamites will also be deceived by the king of Babylon and "go to hell" in shame with the rest of the uncircumcised.

[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.

The multitude, the many, will be slain (deceived) by the sword of the king of Babylon and will take their shameful place in sheol with every other spiritually dead, deceived person.

Ezekiel 32:26
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.

Among the "famous nations" of verse 18 is Meshech, the chief prince of Rosh, i.e. of Russia, and her neighbors. The majority of them will fall by the sword too!

The king of Babylon (Satan) comes when he is cast out of heaven to this earth with his angels in Rev. 12:7-9. It is written that he deceives "the whole world" with the exception of those who have the seal of God in their foreheads (Rev. 9). We are receiving some specifics here in this great Book of Ezekiel concerning those nations and people who are "slain by the sword".

Rev. 12:9
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Yep, the majority of all peoples and nations will be deceived in this final generation, i.e. slain by the sword of the king of Babylon.

Ezekiel 32:27
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.

Whether they were great leaders (who receive honorable burials) or not, they will all be equal in hell.

"They are buried in a common grave, and not as the fallen lords who are buried in great honor with their weapons beside them, with their shields covering them and their swords beneath their heads. They were a terror to all while they lived." (LB)
[28] Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.

"Thou" is referring to Pharaoh of Egypt, who, if you recall, really thought he was something great and allowed the children of Israel to place their trust in him (instead of God) for protection, which he failed miserably to provide. He will lie broken in the common grave midst the rest of the shameful.

Ezekiel 32:29
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.

Oh yes, and even the land of the "red" nation (Edom means red), i.e. the Russian peoples and their kings and leaders, will fall by the sword and descend into shame with the rest of the crowd in the lowly 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.

All the princes of the north, including the Syrians, the Tyrians and the Zidonians will also be deceived and "go down to the pit". Because they have been slain by the king of Babylon, they will not be left standing in the land of the living. This is a sad story.

Ezekiel 32:31
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 GOD.

This word "comforted" does not mean to be at ease. It means to "sigh", even to "be sorry". Just imagine Pharaoh going to hell and seeing his whole nation in such a shameful state of degradation which he brought upon them in his haughtiness. Think about it.

One thing is for sure though, "he shall know that the Lord is GOD". And the Lord has these final words:

Ezekiel 32:32
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 GOD.

We have now concluded the chapters in Ezekiel concerning the king of Babylon. There should be no doubt whatsoever to the "watchmen" of this final generation that he shall come and he shall wield his sword of deception and lies which will spiritually slay the majority of the people of all nations along with their kings and their princes. It is a sad, sad story.

But those who put their trust in Almighty God, and not man, even though that man may have the power and strength and resources of the great Pharaoh of Egypt, they shall not be slain by the sword.

They shall forever stand tall in the land of the living.

Have you ever walked away from a great big meal with that "stuffed" feeling after having eaten so much good food? Of course you have. Those are the meals we remember the most. Well, that's about how I feel about the king of Babylon right now. We've certainly been fed from the scroll the foreknowledge that he is coming, haven't we?

1 Corinthians 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them {the ancient Israelites} for ensamples, and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

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