Ezekiel 26:18

Ezekiel 26:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
• New International Version (NIV)Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall; the islands in the sea are terrified at your collapse.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall, and the coastlands that are on the sea are dismayed at your passing.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall; Yes, the coastlands by the sea are troubled at your departure.” ’

Context of Ezekiel 26:18

16Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones and remove their robes and take off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble again and again, and be appalled at you. 17They will take up a dirge (funeral poem to be sung) for you and say to you, ‘How you have perished and vanished, O renowned city, From the seas, O renowned city, Which was mighty on the sea, She and her inhabitants, Who imposed her terror On all who lived there! Now the coastlands will tremble On the day of your fall; Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea Will be terrified at your departure.’ ” 19For thus says the Lord God, “When I make you a desolate city, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you and great waters cover you, 20then I will bring you down with those who descend into the pit (the place of the dead), to the people of old, and I will make you [Tyre] live in the depths of the earth, like the ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set glory and splendor in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 26:18 word by word

עַתָּה֙ יֶחְרְד֣וּ הָֽאִיִּ֔ן י֖וֹם מַפַּלְתֵּ֑ךְ וְנִבְהֲל֛וּ הָאִיִּ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־בַּיָּ֖ם מִצֵּאתֵֽךְ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now shall the islesאִי'îy · coastlandH339
• trembleחָרַדchârad · to trembleH2729
• in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of thy fallמַפֶּ֫לֶתmappeleth · carcassH4658
• in the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• shall be troubledבָּהַלbâhal · to dismayH926
• at thy departureיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318

Cross-references for Ezekiel 26:18

• Ezekiel 26:15Thus says the Lord God to Tyre, “Shall not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter occurs in your midst?
• Ezekiel 27:28The pasture lands and the countryside will shake At the [piercing] sound of the [hopeless, wailing] cry of your pilots.
• Isaiah 23:5When the report reaches Egypt, They will be in agony at the report about Tyre.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 26:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-21Verses 15-21 The effect of the fall of Tyre. Ezekiel 26:16 Clothe themselves with trembling - Mourners change their bright robes for sad garments. Ezekiel 26:17 Of seafaring men - literally, “from the seas,” i. e., occupied by men who come from the seas. Tyre was an inhabited city rising from out of the sea. Ezekiel 26:20 Compare Isaiah 14:9. The image used by Isaiah and Jeremiah of Babylon is by Ezekiel applied to Tyre, as if to show that Tyre and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-21Verses 15-21 See how high, how great Tyre had been. See how low Tyre is made. The fall of others should awaken us out of security. Every discovery of the fulfilment of a Scripture prophecy, is like a miracle to confirm our faith. All that is earthly is vanity and vexation. Those who now have the most established prosperity, will soon be out of sight and forgotten.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18A funeral song would be sung for Tyre. This kind of song is called a lament (a song of mourning for the dead). The prophet had used this kind of song earlier (see study note on Ezekiel 19:1–14). People would repeat this funeral song from place to place. Many would mourn the fall of the great city. powerful on the sea … who imposed terror: Tyre had strong naval power (military strength at sea). Her ships traveled widely and controlled important trade…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-2115-21. The impression which the overthrow of Tyre produced on other maritime nations and upon her own colonies, for example, Utica, Carthage, and Tartessus or Tarshish in Spain. isles--maritime lands. Even mighty Carthage used to send a yearly offering to the temple of Hercules at Tyre: and the mother city gave high priests to her colonies. Hence the consternation at her fall felt in the widely scattered dependencies with which she was so closely…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Beauty
• Departure
• Island
• Prophecy
• Scrape
• Tyre
• Commerce
• Isaiah
• Isles of the Gentiles

Commentaries on Ezekiel 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings