Ezekiel 26:6

6 and her settlements on the mainland will be ravaged by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 26:6 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
6 And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
English Standard Version (ESV)
6 and her daughters on the mainland shall be killed by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
New Living Translation (NLT)
6 and its mainland villages will be destroyed by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD .
The Message Bible (MSG)
6 Her surrounding villages will be butchered. Then they'll realize that I am God.'
American Standard Version (ASV)
6 And her daughters that are in the field shall be slain with the sword: and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
6 The people in the villages and on the mainland will die in battle. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
6 and her villages on the mainland will be slaughtered by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord."
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
6 Your settlements on the coast will be destroyed by war. Then you will know that I am the Lord."

Ezekiel 26:6 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 26:6

And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by
the sword
That is, the inhabitants of the cities, towns, and villages, on the shore near it, and which were subject to it; as such cities are frequently in Scripture called the daughters of the place to which they belong: or their daughters literally, that should get out of the city, and endeavour to make their escape; yet should fall into the enemies' hands, who would not spare them on account of their sex or age. The Targum favours the former sense, as most of the Jewish writers do, which is,

``and the inhabitants of the villages which are in the field shall be killed by the sword:''
and they shall know that I am the Lord:
the true God, and not Hercules or Apollo, or any other idols they worshipped; when they shall see all these things exactly accomplished, now prophesied of; which none but the omniscient God could foretell.

Ezekiel 26:6 In-Context

4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre and pull down her towers; I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock.
5 Out in the sea she will become a place to spread fishnets, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD. She will become plunder for the nations,
6 and her settlements on the mainland will be ravaged by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
7 “For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: From the north I am going to bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with horsemen and a great army.
8 He will ravage your settlements on the mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp up to your walls and raise his shields against you.
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