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

6and her daughters who are in the field will be slaughtered by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord. 7“For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note that I am about to bring King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre from the north, with horses, chariots, and horsemen, an army and hordes of people. He will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will build a siege wall against you, erect a siege ramp against you, and raise a great shield against you. 9He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons. 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.

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 21:22Into his right hand comes the portent for Jerusalem – to set up battering rams, to give the signal for slaughter, to shout out the battle cry, to set up battering rams against the gates, to erect a siege ramp, to build a siege wall.
• 2 Samuel 20:15So Joab’s men came and laid siege against him in Abel of Beth Maacah. They prepared a siege ramp outside the city which stood against its outer rampart. As all of Joab’s soldiers were trying to break through the wall so that it would collapse,
• Jeremiah 52:4King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and set up camp outside it. They built siege ramps all around it. He arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year that Zedekiah ruled over Judah.
• Jeremiah 6:6All of this is because the Lord who rules over all has said: ‘Cut down the trees around Jerusalem and build up a siege ramp against its walls. This is the city which is to be punished. Nothing but oppression happens in it.
• Jeremiah 32:24Even now siege ramps have been built up around the city in order to capture it. War, starvation, and disease are sure to make the city fall into the hands of the Babylonians who are attacking it. Lord, you threatened that this would happen. Now you can see that it is already taking place.

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