Ezekiel 26:8

8 Your daughter-towns in the country he shall put to the sword. He shall set up a siege wall against you, cast up a ramp against you, and raise a roof of shields against you.

Ezekiel 26:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 26:8

He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field
The first thing he would do would be to destroy the cities, towns and villages on the continent, near to Tyre, and dependent on it, as in ( Ezekiel 26:6 ) , and so the Targum is here, as there: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee;
a fort built of wood, and a mount made of earth, from which stones might be cast out of their engines, and arrows shot from their bows into the city, to the damaging of the houses, and the hurt of the inhabitants: and lift up the buckler against thee;
or "shield"; that is, as the Targum paraphrases it,

``set against thee such who are armed with shields;''

to repel the arrows shot out from the city, and so defeat the design of them.

Ezekiel 26:8 In-Context

6 and its daughter-towns in the country shall be killed by the sword. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

7 For thus says the Lord God: I will bring against Tyre from the north King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, king of kings, together with horses, chariots, cavalry, and a great and powerful army.

8 Your daughter-towns in the country he shall put to the sword. He shall set up a siege wall against you, cast up a ramp against you, and raise a roof of shields against you.

9 He shall direct the shock of his battering rams against your walls and break down your towers with his axes.

10 His horses shall be so many that their dust shall cover you. At the noise of cavalry, wheels, and chariots your very walls shall shake, when he enters your gates like those entering a breached city.