Ezekiel 32:13
“I will destroy also all its animals from beside many waters. The foot of man won’t trouble them any more, nor will the hoofs of animals trouble them.”
What does Ezekiel 32:13 mean?
When Ezekiel speaks about destroying animals and removing human disturbance, he's describing what happens when a great power falls. The destruction extends even to the natural world because the chaos of a collapsed civilization affects everything around it. Waters that once hosted thriving herds would become desolate, no longer trampled by either people or livestock. In the context of his prophecy against Egypt, this paints a picture of total devastation, where even nature itself goes quiet when a mighty nation crumbles. It's a way of showing that nothing escapes the consequences of judgment, yet there's also a strange mercy in it: the animals themselves find rest from the constant pressure and exploitation of human activity.