Ezekiel 26:19

Ezekiel 26:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thus saith the Lord God; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;
• New International Version (NIV)“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I make you a desolate city, like cities no longer inhabited, and when I bring the ocean depths over you and its vast waters cover you,
• English Standard Version (ESV)"For thus says the Lord God: When I make you a city laid waste, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters cover you,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“For thus says the Lord God: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like cities that are not inhabited, when I bring the deep upon you, and great waters cover you,

Context of Ezekiel 26:19

17Then they will sing this funeral song for you: Tyre, you famous city, you have been destroyed. You have been shattered by the sea. You and your people ruled the sea. All your people terrified those who lived by the coast. 18Your defeat will make the people who live by the coast tremble. Your end will terrify the islands in the sea. “This is what the Almighty Lord says: I will turn your city into ruins like cities that have no one living in them. I will bring the deep ocean over you, and the Mediterranean Sea will cover you. 20I will bring you down with those who descend to the grave to join the people of long ago. I will make you live below the earth among the ancient ruins with those who go down to the grave. You will never return or take your place in the land of the living. 21I will turn you into a terror, and you will no longer exist. People will look for you, but they will never see you again,” declares the Almighty Lord.

Ezekiel 26:19 word by word

כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה בְּתִתִּ֤י אֹתָךְ֙ עִ֣יר נֶחֱרֶ֔בֶת כֶּעָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־נוֹשָׁ֑בוּ בְּהַעֲל֤וֹת עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ אֶת־תְּה֔וֹם וְכִסּ֖וּךְ הַמַּ֥יִם הָרַבִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
• When I shall makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• thee a desolateחָרֵבchârab chârêb · to destroyH2717
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• that are not inhabitedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• when I shall bring upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: attackH5927
• the deepתְּהוֹםtehôm tehôm · abyssH8415
• upon thee, and greatרַבrab · manyH7227
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• shall coverכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680

Cross-references for Ezekiel 26:19

• Ezekiel 26:3So this is what the Almighty Lord says: I am against you, Tyre. I will bring many nations against you as the waves on the sea rise.
• Isaiah 8:7That is why the Lord is going to bring against them the raging and powerful floodwaters of the Euphrates River— the king of Assyria with all his power. It will overflow all its channels and go over all its banks.
• Daniel 9:26But after the sixty-two sets of seven time periods, the Anointed One will be cut off and have nothing. The city and the holy place will be destroyed with the prince who is to come. His end will come with a flood until the end of the destructive war that has been determined.
• Daniel 11:40“In the end times the southern king will attack him. The northern king will rush at him like a storm with chariots, horses, and many ships. He will invade countries, overwhelm them, and pass through their land.
• Revelation 17:15The angel also said to me, “The waters you saw, on which the prostitute is sitting, are people, crowds, nations, and languages.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 26:19

• 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

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

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