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, Tyre said this about Jerusalem: ‘The city that was the gateway for the nations is destroyed, and its doors are swung open to me. I’ll get rich now that it’s ruined.’ 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. They will destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down its towers. Then I will sweep up the dust and turn Tyre into a bare rock. 5It will become a place by the sea where people spread their fishing nets. I have spoken, declares the Almighty Lord. It will become a prize for the nations. 6The people in the villages and on the mainland will die in battle. 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 his battering rams against your walls, and he will cut down your towers with his axes.
• Isaiah 23:11The Lord has stretched his hand over the sea to shake kingdoms. He has commanded that Canaan’s fortifications be destroyed.
• Jeremiah 5:10“Go among Jerusalem’s rows of grapevines and destroy them, but don’t destroy all of them. Cut off the branches because they don’t belong to the Lord.
• Amos 1:10I will send a fire on the walls of Tyre and burn down its palaces.
• Zechariah 9:3Tyre built itself a fortress. It piled up silver like dust and gold like mud in the streets.
• Ezekiel 26:12His troops will loot your riches and take your goods as prizes. They will destroy your walls and tear down your delightful homes. They will throw your stones, wood, and soil into the water.
• Leviticus 14:41He must have the entire inside of the house scraped. The plaster dust scraped off the walls must be dumped in an unclean place outside the city.
• Ezekiel 24:7Blood is still in that city. The blood was poured on a bare rock. It wasn’t poured on the ground where dust would cover it.

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