Ezekiel 32 (Hell, Gog-Magog War)
I shall begin from:
Ezekiel 32:17-18 "¶ 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."
Here, the LORD tells Ezekiel to wail (cry out loudly) for the great multitude that are going down into the pit, which the same passage also calls "nether parts of the earth". The pit is hell according to Isaiah 14:15 and Ezekiel 31:16. Therefore hell is a real place and it is in the nether parts of the earth. Among the ones that are going down to hell are the "multitude of Egypt... even her, and the daughters of the famous nations".
Ezekiel 32:19 "Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised."
The "thou" in this verse is referring to "Pharaoh king of Egypt" (Ezekiel 32:2), who is a reference to Gog of Ezekiel 38, 39. I've already done a study on this topic previously and so I will not be adding too much details here. Notice however that the "uncircumcised" are there in hell.
Romans 2:28-29 "For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God."
The difference between a born again believer and a lost person is in the word "circumcision". Paul tells us that he is a Jew, which is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not of the flesh. I've come across dispensational teachings which says that Jews have a different path to the same God. But this passage tells us very clearly that there are only two groups of people in this world: the circumcised and the uncircumcised.
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."
Again, this verse is a reference to the Gog and Magog war in Ezekiel 38, 39. The great multitude shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword. Egypt is delivered to the sword, she and all the multitudes with her i.e. "daughters of the famous nations" (verse 18).
Ezekiel 32:21 "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."
Notice the word "hell" is in this verse. The strong among the mighty are in hell according to this verse, and they shall speak to "Pharaoh king of Egypt" who shall go down and join them (the uncircumcised) in the pit, them that are slain by the sword:
Ezekiel 38:21 "And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother."
The strong among the mighty were among those that have been slain by the sword, and now they are in hell. They are like the rich man in Luke 16 who was cast into hell and is still burning there. He was a natural descendant of Abraham (Luke 16:24), yet God did not favour him just because he was physically circumcised.
Ezekiel 32:22 "Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:"
Among those in hell is Asshur (a nation; Genesis 10:11) and all her company.
Psalms 9:17 "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God."
All nations that forget God shall be turned into hell according to this verse. Asshur and all her company were among those nations that forget God. They were among the wicked of this world.
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."
How is hell like? Well, hell is a pit and there are graves set in the sides of the pit. Asshur has a grave, and around her grave are the graves of her company: all of them slain and fallen by the sword. This is the sword which shall cause terror in the land of the living.
Ezekiel 32:24 "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."
Elam was also a nation (Genesis 10:22) that has forgotten God. Just like Asshur and her company, Elam and all her multitudes, all of them slain by the sword are among the uncircumcised in hell.
Ezekiel 32:25 "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."
Referring to Elam (a nation that forget God), they have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude. Her graves are round about him (Pharaoh king of Egypt), meaning, she was among the "daughters of the famous nations" (Ezekiel 32:18) with Egypt. This verse also gives us an additional detail, that is, those that are in hell borne their shame with them when they were slain.
Psalms 32:1 "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered."
Those that are in hell are the ones whose sins are not covered i.e. they borne their shame with them when they were slain. In the case of born again believers, their transgressions were forgiven and their sins were covered.
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."
The graves of Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude were also round about Pharoah king of Egypt, who is Gog of Ezekiel 38, 39. In fact, the Bible specifically tells us that Gog is the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal in Ezekiel 38:2.
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."
Meshech and Tubal are also among the nations (Genesis 10:2) that forget God. This verse tells us that Meshech and Tubal will not be among the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war. It says "they have laid their swords under their heads" i.e. while they don't kill by weapons of war, they are the brains for Gog, the strategists and the planners.
Ezekiel 32:28 "Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword."
The Pharaoh king of Egypt (Gog) shall be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised that are going to hell, and he shall lie with them that are slain by the sword.
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."
Edom, her kings and all her princes are also among those that will be going down with Pharaoh king of Egypt (Gog). Talk about conspiracy! The Bible tells us in:
Psalms 2:1-3 "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us."
These are the kings of the earth and the rulers of this world that took counsel against the LORD and against his anointed (the church), saying, "let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us." They shall lie with the uncircumcised and with them that go down to the pit (hell).
Ezekiel 32:30 "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."
The princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians (Genesis 10:15) are also among the nations that will be going down into hell together with Pharaoh king of Egypt (Gog).
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."
The Pharaoh king of Egypt (Gog) shall see them, even all the multitude, who will be going down into hell. The Pharaoh and all his army shall be slain by the sword (Ezekiel 38:21).
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."
God shall bring terror in the land of the living by the sword that he shall send to destroy Pharaoh king of Egypt (Gog) and all her company. Gog will be destroyed, and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised in hell together with the great multitude that are slain by the sword.