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 said about Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gateway to the peoples is shattered. She has been turned over to me. I will be filled now that she lies in ruins,’ 3therefore this is what the Lord God says: See, I am against you, Tyre! I will raise up many nations against you, just as the sea raises its waves. They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and turn her into a bare rock. 5She will become a place in the sea to spread nets, for I have spoken.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “She will become plunder for the nations, 6and her villages on the mainland will be slaughtered 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they shall destroyשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• the wallsחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• of Tyrusצֹרtsôr tsôr · TyreH6865
• and break downהָרַסhâras · to overthrowH2040
• her towersמִגְדָּלmigdâl migdâlâh · towerH4026
• I will also scrapeסָחָהsâchâh · to scrapeH5500
• her dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• from her, and makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• her like the topצְחִיחַtsechîyach · bareH6706
• of a 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 iron tools.
• Isaiah 23:11He stretched out his hand over the sea; he made kingdoms tremble. The Lord has commanded that the Canaanite fortresses be destroyed.
• Jeremiah 5:10Go up among her vineyard terraces and destroy them, but do not finish them off. Prune away her shoots, for they do not belong to the Lord.
• Amos 1:10Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Tyre, and it will 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 take your wealth as spoil and plunder your merchandise. They will also demolish your walls and tear down your beautiful homes. Then they will throw your stones, timber, and soil into the water.
• Leviticus 14:41He is to have the inside of the house completely scraped, and have the plaster that is scraped off dumped in an unclean place outside the city.
• Ezekiel 24:7For the blood she shed is still within her. She put it out on the bare rock; she didn’t 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