Ezekiel 26:8

Ezekiel 26:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
• New International Version (NIV)He will ravage your settlements on the mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp up to your walls and raise his shields against you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He will kill with the sword your daughters on the mainland. He will set up a siege wall against you and throw up a mound against you, and raise a roof of shields against you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He will slay with the sword your daughter villages in the fields; he will heap up a siege mound against you, build a wall against you, and raise a defense against you.

Context of Ezekiel 26:8

6The people in the villages and on the mainland will die in battle. Then they will know that I am the Lord. 7“This is what the Almighty Lord says: From the north I’m going to bring King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon against you, Tyre. He is the greatest king. He will bring horses, chariots, war horses, many people, and many troops. He will destroy the villages on your mainland. He will set up blockades, put up dirt ramps, and raise his shields against you. 9He will direct his battering rams against your walls, and he will cut down your towers with his axes. 10He will have so many horses that their dust will cover you. The noise from the war horses, wagon wheels, and chariots will shake your walls when he enters your gates. He will enter as people enter a conquered city.

Ezekiel 26:8 word by word

בְּנוֹתַ֥יִךְ בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה בַּחֶ֣רֶב יַהֲרֹ֑ג וְנָתַ֨ן עָלַ֜יִךְ דָּיֵ֗ק וְשָׁפַ֤ךְ עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ סֹֽלְלָ֔ה וְהֵקִ֥ים עָלַ֖יִךְ צִנָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He shall slayהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• with the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• thy daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• in the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• and he shall makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• a fortדָּיֵקdâyêq · siegeworkH1785
• against thee, and castשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: scatterH8210
• a mountסֹלְלָהsôlelâh sôlelâh · moundH5550
• against thee, and lift upקוּםqûm · to arise: raiseH6965
• the bucklerצִנָּהtsinnâh · shieldH6793

Cross-references for Ezekiel 26:8

• Ezekiel 21:22The omens will indicate that he should go to the right, to Jerusalem. So he will set up his battering rams there, give the order to kill, raise a battle cry, aim the battering rams against the city gates, put up ramps, and set up blockades.
• 2 Samuel 20:15Joab’s army came and attacked him in Abel (Beth Maacah). They put up a dirt ramp against the city, and it stood level with the outer wall. All the troops with Joab were trying to destroy the wall and tear it down.
• Jeremiah 52:4On the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jerusalem with his entire army. They set up camp and built dirt ramps around the city walls.
• Jeremiah 6:6This is what the Lord of Armies says: Cut down its trees. Build up dirt mounds to attack Jerusalem. This city must be punished. There is nothing but oppression in it.
• Jeremiah 32:24“ ‘See how the dirt ramps have been built up around the city to capture it! Because of wars, famines, and plagues, the city will be handed over to the Babylonians who are attacking it. What you have threatened to do has happened, as you can see.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 26:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Thy daughters in the field - This seems to be spoken of Palaetyre, or Tyre on the main land; for forts, mounts, engines of war, horses, and chariots could not be brought to act against the other.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 The description of the siege is that of a town invested by land. Ezekiel 26:7 Nebuchadrezzar - Jeremiah 21:2 note. Ezekiel 26:8 Lift up the buckler - i. e., set a wall of shields, under cover of which the walls could be approached. Ezekiel 26:9 Engines of war - Or, his battering ram. “axes” swords. They who would break flown the towers, rush on with their swords to slay the defenders. Ezekiel 26:11 Garrisons - pillars, on which stood statues…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-11The detailed description of Tyre's expected destruction shows confidence in the conflict's outcome.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-21In the twenty-sixth chapter, Ezekiel sets forth:--(1) Tyre's sin; (2) its doom; (3) the instruments executing it; (4) the effects produced on other nations by her downfall. In the twenty-seventh chapter, a lamentation over the fall of such earthly splendor. In the twenty-eighth chapter, an elegy addressed to the king, on the humiliation of his sacrilegious pride. Ezekiel, in his prophecies as to the heathen, exhibits the dark side only; because he views…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 26:8

• Armies
• Fort
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Armour
• Beauty
• Buckler
• Departure
• Scrape
• Tyre
• Armor; Arms
• Commerce
• Fortification; Fort; Fortified Cities; Fortress
• Hill; Mount; Mountain

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