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 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. 15“This is what the sovereign Lord says to Tyre: Oh, how the coastlands will shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, at the massive slaughter in your midst! All the princes of the sea will vacate their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered clothes; they will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground; they will tremble continually and be shocked at what has happened to you. 17They will sing this lament over you: “‘How you have perished – you have vanished from the seas, O renowned city, once mighty in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror! 18Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall; the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then all the princesנָשִׂיאnâώîy' nâώi' · leaderH5387
• of the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• shall come downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• from their thronesכִּסֵּאkissê' kissêh · throneH3678
• and lay awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• their robesמְעִילme‛îyl · robeH4598
• and put offפָּשַׁטpâshaţ · to stripH6584
• their broideredרִקְמָהriqmâh · embroideryH7553
• garmentsבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• they shall clotheלָבֵשׁlâbash lâbêsh · to clotheH3847
• themselves with tremblingחֲרָדָהchărâdâh · tremblingH2731
• they shall sitיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• upon the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• and shall trembleחָרַדchârad · to trembleH2729
• momentרֶ֫גַעrega‛ · momentH7281
• and be astonishedשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: appalledH8074

Cross-references for Ezekiel 26:16

• Ezekiel 27:29They will descend from their ships – all who handle the oar, the sailors and all the sea captains – they will stand on the land.
• Ezekiel 32:21The bravest of the warriors will speak to him from the midst of Sheol along with his allies, saying: ‘The uncircumcised have come down; they lie still, killed by the sword.’
• Isaiah 14:9Sheol below is stirred up about you, ready to meet you when you arrive. It rouses the spirits of the dead for you, all the former leaders of the earth; it makes all the former kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
• Isaiah 23:1Here is a message about Tyre: Wail, you large ships, for the port is too devastated to enter! From the land of Cyprus this news is announced to them.
• Revelation 18:11Then the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo any longer –
• Exodus 33:4When the people heard this troubling word they mourned; no one put on his ornaments.
• Job 2:12But when they gazed intently from a distance but did not recognize him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads.
• Jonah 3:6When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.
• Ezekiel 7:8Soon now I will pour out my rage on you; I will fully vent my anger against you. I will judge you according to your behavior. I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices.
• Job 8:22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
• Psalms 35:26May those who want to harm me be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation!
• Psalms 109:18He made cursing a way of life, so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil.
• Psalms 132:18I will humiliate his enemies, and his crown will shine.
• 1 Peter 5:5In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
• Job 2:13Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
• Isaiah 3:26Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit 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