Ezekiel 32: Group Study Handout

How to use: read Ezekiel 32 aloud together, then take the questions in order. One page is enough for an evening.

Overview

Yahweh commands Ezekiel to take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, likening him to a young lion but also to a monster in the seas (vv. 1-2). Yahweh declares judgment upon him, stating He will spread a net and leave him on the land for beasts and birds to consume (vv.

Key verse

“Yes, I will make many peoples amazed at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid for you, when I brandish my sword before them. They will tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall.”
Ezekiel 32:10 (WEB)

Outline

Ezekiel 32:1–2 Lamentation for Pharaoh
Ezekiel 32:3–10 Judgment Declared
Ezekiel 32:11–15 Fall by the Sword
Ezekiel 32:16–21 Wailing Over Egypt
Ezekiel 32:22–30 Descent to Sheol
Ezekiel 32:31–32 Pharaoh's Finality

Discussion questions

In v2, what is Pharaoh compared to in the lamentation?
What does God say He will do in v4 with Pharaoh's body?
In v10, how does the phrase 'tremble at every moment' contribute to the description of fear?
Why is Pharaoh's fate described in v31 as something that brings him comfort?
When has a moment of pride led to unforeseen consequences in your life?

Go deeper

Passages that echo Ezekiel 32: Ezekiel 31, Ezekiel 29, Ezekiel 26.

Before next time: read Ezekiel 33.