Ezekiel 26:12

Ezekiel 26:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
• New International Version (NIV)They will plunder your wealth and loot your merchandise; they will break down your walls and demolish your fine houses and throw your stones, timber and rubble into the sea.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They will plunder your riches and loot your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. Your stones and timber and soil they will cast into the midst of the waters.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They will plunder your riches and pillage your merchandise; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; they will lay your stones, your timber, and your soil in the midst of the water.

Context of Ezekiel 26:12

10He will cover you with the dust kicked up by his many horses. Your walls will shake from the noise of the horsemen, wheels, and chariots when he enters your gates like those who invade through a city’s broken walls. 11With his horses’ hoofs he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will tumble down to the ground. They will steal your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will tear down your walls and destroy your luxurious homes. Your stones, your trees, and your soil he will throw into the water. 13I will silence the noise of your songs; the sound of your harps will be heard no more. 14I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place where fishing nets are spread. You will never be built again, for I, the Lord, have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 26:12 word by word

וְשָׁלְל֣וּ חֵילֵ֗ךְ וּבָֽזְזוּ֙ רְכֻלָּתֵ֔ךְ וְהָֽרְסוּ֙ חוֹמוֹתַ֔יִךְ וּבָתֵּ֥י חֶמְדָּתֵ֖ךְ יִתֹּ֑צוּ וַאֲבָנַ֤יִךְ וְעֵצַ֙יִךְ֙ וַֽעֲפָרֵ֔ךְ בְּת֥וֹךְ מַ֖יִם יָשִֽׂימוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they shall make a spoilשָׁלַלshâlal · to lootH7997
• of thy richesחַ֫יִלchayil · strength: richH2428
• and make a preyבָּזַזbâzaz · to plunderH962
• of thy merchandiseרְכֻלָּהrekûllâh · merchandiseH7404
• and they shall break downהָרַסhâras · to overthrowH2040
• thy wallsחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• and destroyנָתַץnâthats · to tearH5422
• thy pleasantחֶמְדָּהchemdâh · desireH2532
• housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and they shall layשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• thy stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• and thy timberעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• and thy dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of the waterמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Ezekiel 26:12

• Ezekiel 26:5She will be a place where fishing nets are spread, surrounded by the sea. For I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord. She will become plunder for the nations,
• Matthew 6:19“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
• Ezekiel 27:3Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance of the sea, merchant to the peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘O Tyre, you have said, “I am perfectly beautiful.”
• Isaiah 23:8Who planned this for royal Tyre, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the dignitaries of the earth?
• Zechariah 9:3Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets!
• Revelation 18:11Then the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo any longer –
• 2 Chronicles 32:27Hezekiah was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made storehouses for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, and all his other valuable possessions.
• 2 Chronicles 36:10At the beginning of the year King Nebuchadnezzar ordered him to be brought to Babylon, along with the valuable items in the Lord’s temple. In his place he made his relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 32:12Mourn over the field, over the delightful fields and the fruitful vine!
• Jeremiah 25:34Wail and cry out in anguish, you rulers! Roll in the dust, you who shepherd flocks of people! The time for you to be slaughtered has come. You will lie scattered and fallen like broken pieces of fine pottery.
• Daniel 11:8He will also take their gods into captivity to Egypt, along with their cast images and prized utensils of silver and gold. Then he will withdraw for some years from the king of the north.
• Hosea 13:15Even though he flourishes like a reed plant, a scorching east wind will come, a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert. As a result, his spring will dry up; his well will become dry. That wind will spoil all his delightful foods in the containers in his storehouse.
• Amos 5:11Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.
• Nahum 2:9Her conquerors cry out: “Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure; riches of every kind of precious thing.
• Zechariah 7:14‘Rather, I will sweep them away in a storm into all the nations they are not familiar with.’ Thus the land had become desolate because of them, with no one crossing through or returning, for they had made the fruitful land a waste.”

Commentaries on Ezekiel 26:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12And they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water - This answers to the taking of Tyre by Alexander; he actually took the timbers, stones, rubbish, etc. of old Tyre, and filled up the space between it and new Tyre, and thus connected the latter with the main land; and this he was obliged to do before he could take it.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. 12-14In the end, events happened just as the prophet had described earlier in picture language (metaphor). Tyre would become a bare rock. It would no longer be a great and wealthy city. Instead of being a busy center for ships and caravans from the east, it would become a quiet place. Local fishermen would spread their nets there to dry (Ezekiel 26:2). The great trading city would become empty and ruined. The Jewish historian Josephus wrote that Nebuchadnezzar…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. lay thy stones ... timber ... in ... midst of ... water--referring to the insular New Tyre (Eze 26:3, 5; Eze 27:4, 25, 26). When its lofty buildings and towers fall, surrounded as it was with the sea which entered its double harbor and washed its ramparts, the "stones ... timbers ... and dust" appropriately are described as thrown down "in the midst of the water." Though Ezekiel attributes the capture of Tyre to Nebuchadnezzar (see on Eze 29:18), yet…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 26:12

• Nebuchadnezzar

In the dictionaries

• Beauty
• Departure
• Scrape
• Tyre
• Commerce
• Isaiah
• Merchandise
• Siege
• 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