Ezekiel 32:4
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. 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.
Ezekiel 32:4 belongs to a prophecy of judgment against Egypt concerning Pharaoh and his army, declaring their certain fate as one of the nations God would bring low and abase. It pictures Egypt as left upon the land and cast forth upon the open field, abandoned to the fowls of heaven to remain upon it and to the beasts of the whole earth to be filled with it. That abandonment as prey for birds and beasts signifies destruction, defeat, and humiliation.
The prophecy was literally fulfilled, for Egypt, once one of the greatest kingdoms and empires, became the basest of kingdoms. In this prophecy Egypt stands as a former oppressor of God's people and a symbol of black infidelity. The wider chapter presents hades as the realm of the dead in the lower parts of the earth, in contrast with the land of the living.