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Ezekiel 26:3-5

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3 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up 1many nations against you, as the 2sea brings up its waves.
4 'They will 3destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; and I will scrape her debris from her and make her a bare rock.
5 'She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,' declares the Lord GOD, 'and she will become 4spoil for the nations.
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Ezekiel 26:3-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 26

This chapter contains a prophecy of the destruction of Tyre. The time of the prophecy, Eze 26:1, the cause of the destruction of it, rejoicing at the ruin of Jerusalem, Eze 26:2, the instruments of it, many nations, particularly the king of Babylon, Eze 26:3-7, the manner in which it shall be done, Eze 26:8-14, the lamentation of other isles, and the princes of them, on account of it, Eze 26:15-18, the utter destruction of it, so as never to be found any more, Eze 26:19-21.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 4

  • 1. Micah 4:11
  • 2. Isaiah 5:30; Jeremiah 50:42; Jeremiah 51:42
  • 3. Isaiah 23:11; Ezekiel 26:9; Amos 1:10
  • 4. Ezekiel 25:7; Ezekiel 29:19

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch
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