Ezekiel 26:8

8 filias tuas quae sunt in agro gladio interficiet et circumdabit te munitionibus et conportabit aggerem in gyro et levabit contra te clypeum

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 filiae quoque eius quae sunt in agro gladio interficientur et scient quia ego Dominus

7 quia haec dicit Dominus Deus ecce ego adducam ad Tyrum Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis ab aquilone regem regum cum equis et curribus et equitibus et coetu populoque magno

8 filias tuas quae sunt in agro gladio interficiet et circumdabit te munitionibus et conportabit aggerem in gyro et levabit contra te clypeum

9 et vineas et arietes temperabit in muros tuos et turres tuas destruet in armatura sua

10 inundatione equorum eius operiet te pulvis eorum a sonitu equitum et rotarum et curruum movebuntur muri tui dum ingressus fuerit portas tuas quasi per introitus urbis dissipatae