Ezekiel 26:20

Ezekiel 26:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;
• New International Version (NIV)then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of long ago. I will make you dwell in the earth below, as in ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, and you will not return or take your place in the land of the living.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then I will make you go down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you to dwell in the world below, among ruins from of old, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set beauty in the land of the living.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then I will bring you down with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in places desolate from antiquity, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you may never be inhabited; and I shall establish glory in the land of the living.

Context of Ezekiel 26:20

18Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are alarmed by your demise.’” 19For this is what the Lord God says: “When I make you a ruined city like other deserted cities, when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you, then I will bring you down to be with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the underworld like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or display your splendor in the land of the living. 21I will make you an object of horror, and you will no longer exist. You will be sought but will never be found again.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Ezekiel 26:20 word by word

וְהוֹרַדְתִּיךְ֩ אֶת־י֨וֹרְדֵי ב֜וֹר אֶל־עַ֣ם עוֹלָ֗ם וְ֠הוֹשַׁבְתִּיךְ בְּאֶ֨רֶץ תַּחְתִּיּ֜וֹת כָּחֳרָב֤וֹת מֵֽעוֹלָם֙ אֶת־י֣וֹרְדֵי ב֔וֹר לְמַ֖עַן לֹ֣א תֵשֵׁ֑בִי וְנָתַתִּ֥י צְבִ֖י בְּאֶ֥רֶץ חַיִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• When I shall bring thee downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• into the pitבּוֹרbôr · pitH953
• with the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• of old timeעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: antiquityH5769
• and shall setיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• thee in the low partsתַּחְתִּיtachtîy · lowerH8482
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• in places desolateחׇרְבָּהchorbâh · desolationH2723
• and I shall setנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• gloryצְבִיtsebîy · beautyH6643
• of the livingחַיchay · aliveH2416

Cross-references for Ezekiel 26:20

• Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, wail over the hordes of Egypt and bring Egypt and the daughters of mighty nations down to the underworld, to be with those who descend to the Pit:
• Numbers 16:30But if the Lord brings about something unprecedented, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them along with all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have despised the Lord.”
• Psalms 28:1Lord, I call to you; my rock, do not be deaf to me. If you remain silent to me, I will be like those going down to the Pit.
• Isaiah 14:11Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are spread out under you, and worms cover you.”
• Luke 10:15And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will go down to Hades.
• Job 30:3Emaciated from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, the desolate wasteland by night.
• Psalms 88:3For I have had enough troubles, and my life is near Sheol.
• Isaiah 59:10We grope along a wall like the blind; we grope like those without eyes. We stumble at noon as though it were twilight; we are like the dead among those who are healthy.
• Lamentations 3:6He has made me dwell in darkness like those who have been dead for ages.
• Ezekiel 28:25“‘This is what the Lord God says: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples where they are scattered, I will demonstrate my holiness through them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.
• Ezekiel 39:7So I will make my holy name known among my people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.
• Isaiah 4:5Then the Lord will create a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night over the entire site of Mount Zion and over its assemblies. For there will be a canopy over all the glory,
• Zechariah 2:8For the Lord of Armies says this: “In pursuit of his glory, he sent me against the nations plundering you, for whoever touches you touches the pupil of my eye.
• Ezekiel 32:23Her graves are set in the deepest regions of the Pit, and her assembly is all around her burial place. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword — those who once spread terror in the land of the living.
• Psalms 27:13I am certain that I will see the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 26:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20And I shall set glory in the land of the living - Judea so called, the land of the living God.Read the comment
• 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. 19-21God would show his sovereign power by completely destroying Tyre. It would be as if the great city had sunk beneath the deep waters of the sea. This picture describes total ruin. The people of Tyre would go down to the pit (the place of the dead), where the wicked dead remain. They would never return.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

• Beauty
• Departure
• Prophecy
• Scrape
• Tyre
• Commerce
• Death
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Isaiah
• Sheol

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