Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 26

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Ezekiel 26 . 1 , Tyrus , for insulting against Jerusalem , is threatened with destruction; Ezekiel 26 . 7 , The power of Nebuchadnezzar against her; Ezekiel 26 . 15 , The mourning and astonishment of the sea at her fall.

Ezekiel 26:1

In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 26:1 · BSB

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Ezekiel 26:2

“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’

Ezekiel 26:2 · BSB

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Ezekiel 26:3

therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

Ezekiel 26:3 · BSB

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  • Ezekiel 26:3-6 contain a summary prediction of what befell both the continental and insular Tyre , during a long succession of ages. The former was totally destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar , after a siege of thirteen years , bc 573; and the latter , which arose out of its ruins , after seventy years recovered its ancient wealth and splendour , as foretold by Isaiah
  • Isaiah 23:15-17 After it was taken and burnt by Alexander , bc 332 , it speedily recovered its strength and dignity , and nineteen years afterwards withstood both the fleets and armies of Antigonus. Agreeably to the prophetic declarations
  • Psalm 45:12 Psalm 72 . 10. Isaiah 23 . 18
  • Zechariah 9:1-7 it was early converted to Christianity; and after being successively taken by the Saracens , Christians , Mamalukes , and Turks , in whose hands it still remains , it became "a place for the spreading of nets."

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Ezekiel 26:4

They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.

Ezekiel 26:4 · BSB

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Ezekiel 26:5

She will become a place to spread nets in the sea, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD. She will become plunder for the nations,

Ezekiel 26:5 · BSB

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Ezekiel 26:6

and the villages on her mainland will be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’

Ezekiel 26:6 · BSB

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Ezekiel 26:7

For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.

Ezekiel 26:7 · BSB

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Ezekiel 26:8

He will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you.

Ezekiel 26:8 · BSB

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or , pour out the engine of shot

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Ezekiel 26:9

He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes.

Ezekiel 26:9 · BSB

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Ezekiel 26:10

His multitude of horses will cover you in their dust. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots.

Ezekiel 26:10 · BSB

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as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach Heb. according to the enterings of a city broken up.

Ezekiel 26:11

The hooves of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.

Ezekiel 26:11 · BSB

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Ezekiel 26:12

They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.

Ezekiel 26:12 · BSB

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Heb. houses of thy desire

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they shall lay The ruins of old Tyre contributed much to the taking of the new city; for with the stones , timber , and rubbish , Alexander built a bank , or causeway , from the continent to the island , thereby literally fulfilling the words of the prophet.

Ezekiel 26:13

So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.

Ezekiel 26:13 · BSB

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Ezekiel 26:14

I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.'

Ezekiel 26:14 · BSB

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I will Old Tyre was never rebuilt after its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar; and there are now no traces left to mark its site. The new city , when visited by Maundrell , Bruce , and other travellers , was literally "a place for fishers to dry their nets on."

Ezekiel 26:15

This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst?

Ezekiel 26:15 · BSB

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Ezekiel 26:16

All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you.

Ezekiel 26:16 · BSB

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trembling Heb. tremblings

Ezekiel 26:17

Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!

Ezekiel 26:17 · BSB

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seafaring men Heb. the seas

Ezekiel 26:18

Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.”’

Ezekiel 26:18 · BSB

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Ezekiel 26:19

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,

Ezekiel 26:19 · BSB

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Ezekiel 26:20

then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 26:20 · BSB

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Ezekiel 26:21

I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 26:21 · BSB

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Heb. terrors

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In the wider web4 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Ezekiel 29:17 → Ezekiel 26:7, Ezekiel 29:17-20 → Ezekiel 26:7-14
Chiasms
Shaped Ezekiel 26:1–14, Ezekiel 26:15–21
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