Ezekiel 26:16

Ezekiel 26:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
• New International Version (NIV)Then all the princes of the coast will step down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and take off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled at you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then all the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones and remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground and tremble every moment and be appalled at you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then all the princes of the sea will come down from their thrones, lay aside their robes, and take off their embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble every moment, and be astonished at you.

Context of Ezekiel 26:16

14I will turn you into a bare rock; you will become a dry place for the spreading of nets. You will not be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken,” declares the Lord God. 15The Lord God says this to Tyre: “Will the coastlands not shake from the sound of your downfall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter takes place in your midst? Then all the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their colorfully woven garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble again and again, and be appalled at you. 17And they will take up a song of mourning over you and say to you, ‘How you have perished, you inhabited one, From the seas, you famous city, Which was mighty on the sea, She and her inhabitants, Who imposed her terror On all her inhabitants! 18Now the coastlands will tremble On the day of your downfall; Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea Will be horrified at your passing.’”

Ezekiel 26:16 word by word

וְֽיָרְד֞וּ מֵעַ֣ל כִּסְאוֹתָ֗ם כֹּ֚ל נְשִׂיאֵ֣י הַיָּ֔ם וְהֵסִ֙ירוּ֙ אֶת־מְעִ֣ילֵיהֶ֔ם וְאֶת־בִּגְדֵ֥י רִקְמָתָ֖ם יִפְשֹׁ֑טוּ חֲרָד֤וֹת׀ יִלְבָּ֙שׁוּ֙ עַל־הָאָ֣רֶץ יֵשֵׁ֔בוּ וְחָֽרְדוּ֙ לִרְגָעִ֔ים וְשָׁמְמ֖וּ עָלָֽיִךְ׃Read the interlinear

• Then allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the princesנָשִׂיאnâώîy' nâώi' · leaderH5387
• of the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• descendיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• from their thronesכִּסֵּאkissê' kissêh · throneH3678
• removeסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• their robesמְעִילme‛îyl · robeH4598
• and stripפָּשַׁטpâshaţ · to stripH6584
• their colorfullyרִקְמָהriqmâh · embroideryH7553
• garmentsבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• clotheלָבֵשׁlâbash lâbêsh · to clotheH3847
• tremblingחֲרָדָהchărâdâh · tremblingH2731
• they will sitיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• on the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• trembleחָרַדchârad · to trembleH2729
• againרֶ֫גַעrega‛ · momentH7281
• and beשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074

Cross-references for Ezekiel 26:16

• Ezekiel 27:29All who handle the oar, The seamen and all the sailors of the sea Will come down from their ships; They will stand on the land,
• Ezekiel 32:21The strong among the mighty ones shall speak of him and his helpers from the midst of Sheol: ‘They have gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, killed by the sword.’
• Isaiah 14:9Sheol below is excited about you, to meet you when you come; It stirs the spirits of the dead for you, all the leaders of the earth; It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
• Isaiah 23:1The pronouncement concerning Tyre: Wail, you ships of Tarshish, For Tyre is destroyed, without house or harbor; It is reported to them from the land of Cyprus.
• Revelation 18:11“And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any more--
• Exodus 33:4When the people heard this sad word, they went into mourning, and none of them put on his jewelry.
• Job 2:12When they looked from a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them tore his robe, and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky.
• Jonah 3:6When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, removed his robe from himself, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the dust.
• Ezekiel 7:8Now I will shortly pour out My wrath on you and expend My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and bring on you all your abominations.
• Job 8:22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.”
• Psalms 35:26May those be ashamed and altogether humiliated who rejoice at my distress; May those who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and dishonor.
• Psalms 109:18But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it entered his body like water, And like oil into his bones.
• Psalms 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, But upon himself his crown will gleam.”
• 1 Peter 5:5You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God is opposed to the proud, but He gives grace to the humble.
• Job 2:13Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
• Isaiah 3:26And her gates will lament and mourn, And she will sit deserted on the ground.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 26:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The princes of the sea - The chief maritime states, such as Leptis, Utica, Carthage, Gades, etc. See Calmet.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. 15-16The fall of Tyre would not affect Tyre alone. It would also harm the cities and nations that traded with her. Tyre was an important center for trade along the coast. Many rulers depended on her for wealth and goods. When Tyre fell, the economic impact (financial damage) would spread along the whole coastline. Because of this loss, some rulers would abdicate (give up their rule and step down from power).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

Topics related to Ezekiel 26:16

• Embroidery

In the dictionaries

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Beauty
• Departure
• Prophecy
• Scrape
• Tyre
• Broidered
• Commerce
• Embroidery
• Isaiah

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