Ezequiel 26:12

12 Además, saquearán tus riquezas y robarán tus mercancías. Derribarán tus muros, demolerán tus suntuosos palacios, y arrojarán al mar tus piedras, vigas y escombros.

Ezequiel 26:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 26:12

And they shall make a spoil of thy riches
The Chaldean army, when they entered the city, and got possession of it, would plunder it, and divide the riches of it among them: and make a prey of thy merchandise;
of the merchants' goods, laid up in their warehouses for sale, which was greatly hindered by this long siege; compare with this ( Revelation 18:11 Revelation 18:12 ) : and they shall break down thy walls;
the walls of their houses; mention being made before of breaking down the walls of the city, towers, and garrisons: and destroy thy pleasant houses;
or, "houses of thy desire" ^F12; the most desirable ones in the city; the houses of their princes and chief magistrates; their summer houses; or which were most delightfully situated towards the sea, to have the prospect and advantage of that: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst
of the water;
of the sea, near unto or about it; into which they cast the rubbish of the demolished houses, stones, timber, and dust, and so left it bare and naked: or rather this was fulfilled when Alexander, with the ruins of old Tyre, its stones, timber, and rubbish, and trees from Lebanon, made a causeway from the continent to the island; and by that means took it, after seven months' toil and labour of this sort ^F13.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (Ktdmx ytb) "domos desiderii tui", Montanus, Vatablus.
F13 Curt. Hist, l. 4. c. 2. 4.

Ezequiel 26:12 In-Context

10 Cuando el rey de Babilonia entre por tus puertas, como se entra en una ciudad conquistada, sus caballos serán tan numerosos que te cubrirán de polvo, y tus muros temblarán por el estruendo de su caballería y sus carros.

11 Con los cascos de sus caballos pisoteará todas tus calles; matará a tu pueblo a filo de espada, y tus sólidas columnas caerán por tierra.

12 Además, saquearán tus riquezas y robarán tus mercancías. Derribarán tus muros, demolerán tus suntuosos palacios, y arrojarán al mar tus piedras, vigas y escombros.

13 Así pondré fin al ruido de tus canciones, y no se volverá a escuchar la melodía de tus arpas.

14 Te convertiré en una roca desnuda, en un tendedero de redes, y no volverás a ser edificada. Yo, el SEÑOR, lo he dicho. Yo, el SEÑOR omnipotente, lo afirmo.