Ezekiel 32:9

I will also vex the hearts of many people,.... With anger and grief, with fear and dread, with consternation and amazement:

when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations; or, "thy breach"…

When I shall bring thy destruction - i. e., the news of thy destruction. The phenomena here mentioned are the accompaniments of “the day of the Lord” Joe 2:10; Luk 21:25 or the day of judgment. The…

I will also vex the hearts - Even the remote nations, who had no connection with thee, shall be amazed at the judgments which have fallen upon thee.

Here, I. The prophet is ordered to take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, Eze 32:2. It concerns ministers to be much of a serious spirit, and, in order thereunto, to be frequent in taking up…

vex the hearts Or, trouble. The precise feeling is not grief, and certainly not anger (A. V. marg.); in Eze 32:32 it is dismay, and then terror for themselves. For people peoples.

bring thy…