Ezekiel 26:4

Ezekiel 26:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
• New International Version (NIV)They will destroy the walls of Tyre and pull down her towers; I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers, and I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

Context of Ezekiel 26:4

2“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’ 3therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves. They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock. 5She will become a place to spread nets in the sea, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD. She will become plunder for the nations, 6and the villages on her mainland will be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’

Ezekiel 26:4 word by word

וְשִׁחֲת֞וּ חֹמ֣וֹת צֹ֗ר וְהָֽרְסוּ֙ מִגְדָּלֶ֔יהָ וְסִֽחֵיתִ֥י עֲפָרָ֖הּ מִמֶּ֑נָּה וְנָתַתִּ֥י אוֹתָ֖הּ לִצְחִ֥יחַ סָֽלַע׃Read the interlinear

• They will destroyשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• the wallsחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• of Tyreצֹרtsôr tsôr · TyreH6865
• and demolishהָרַסhâras · to overthrowH2040
• her towersמִגְדָּלmigdâl migdâlâh · towerH4026
• I will scrapeסָחָהsâchâh · to scrapeH5500
• the soilעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• from herמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• and makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• herאֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• a bareצְחִיחַtsechîyach · bareH6706
• rockסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · cragH5553

Cross-references for Ezekiel 26:4

• Ezekiel 26:9He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes.
• Isaiah 23:11The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.
• Jeremiah 5:10Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
• Amos 1:10So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to consume its citadels.”
• Zechariah 9:3Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
• Ezekiel 26:12They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.
• Leviticus 14:41And he shall have the inside of the house scraped completely and the plaster that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the city.
• Ezekiel 24:7For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 26:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I will also scrape her dust from her - I will totally destroy her fortifications, and leave her nothing but a barren rock, as she was before. This cannot refer to the capture of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar. It flourished long after his time.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-6The nations Tyre wanted to trade with would instead attack her, prepared for war. Like Jerusalem, she would become loot for their armies. as the sea brings up its waves: This image fits Tyre very well. Tyre was built on a small island along the coast. Waves were a normal part of life there. The picture shows how enemies would strike Tyre again and again, like waves hitting the shore. It is a metaphor (a word picture) for a military assault.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. nations ... as the sea ... waves--In striking contrast to the boasting of Tyre, God threatens to bring against her Babylon's army levied from "many nations," even as the Mediterranean waves that dashed against her rock-founded city on all sides. scrape her dust ... make her ... top of ... rock--or, "a bare rock" [Grotius]. The soil which the Tyrians had brought together upon the rock on which they built their city, I will scrape so clean away as to…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Beauty
• Departure
• Prophecy
• Scrape
• Tyre
• Commerce
• Isaiah
• Trade
• Nebuchadnezzar, or Nebuchadrezzar
• Tyrus

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