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Ezekiel 27:26
26Your oarsmen take you out to the high seas. But the east wind will break you to pieces far out at sea.
Ezekiel 27:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Your rowers have brought you out into the high seas. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your oarsmen brought you into many waters, But the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“But look! Your oarsmen have taken you into stormy seas! A mighty eastern gale has wrecked you in the heart of the sea!
Context of Ezekiel 27:26
24In your marketplace they traded with you beautiful garments, blue fabric, embroidered work and multicolored rugs with cords twisted and tightly knotted. 25“ ‘The ships of Tarshish serve as carriers for your wares. You are filled with heavy cargo as you sail the sea. Your oarsmen take you out to the high seas. But the east wind will break you to pieces far out at sea. 27Your wealth, merchandise and wares, your mariners, sailors and shipwrights, your merchants and all your soldiers, and everyone else on board will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your shipwreck. 28The shorelands will quake when your sailors cry out.
Read all of Ezekiel 27Ezekiel 27:26 word by word
בְּמַ֤יִם רַבִּים֙ הֱבִיא֔וּךְ הַשָּׁטִ֖ים אֹתָ֑ךְ ר֚וּחַ הַקָּדִ֔ים שְׁבָרֵ֖ךְ בְּלֵ֥ב יַמִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thy rowersשׁוּטshûţ · to rowH7751
- have broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
- thee into greatרַבrab · manyH7227
- watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
- the eastקָדִיםqâdîym qâdim · eastH6921
- windרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
- hath brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
- thee in the midstלֵבlêb · heartH3820
- of the seasיָםyâm · seaH3220
Cross-references for Ezekiel 27:26
- Ezekiel 26:19“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I make you a desolate city, like cities no longer inhabited, and when I bring the ocean depths over you and its vast waters cover you,
- Psalms 93:3The seas have lifted up, Lord, the seas have lifted up their voice; the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
- Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.
- Ezekiel 27:34Now you are shattered by the sea in the depths of the waters; your wares and all your company have gone down with you.
- Psalms 48:7You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish shattered by an east wind.
- Acts 27:14Before very long, a wind of hurricane force, called the Northeaster, swept down from the island.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 27:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters - Tyre is still considered under the allegory of a ship; and all the vessels of different nations trading with her are represented as towing her into deep waters - bringing her into great affluence. But while in this state, a stormy east wind, or a destructive wind, meaning the Chaldeans, arises, and dashes her to pieces! See the ode from Horace, already quoted on Ezekiel 27:4; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26The east wind - Compare the marginal referenceRead the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-36Verses 26-36 The most mighty and magnificent kingdoms and states, sooner or later, come down. Those who make creatures their confidence, and rest their hopes upon them, will fall with them: happy are those who have the God of Jacob for their Help, and whose hope is in the Lord their God, who lives for ever. Those who engage in trade should learn to conduct their business according to God's word. Those who possess wealth should remember they are the Lord's…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26The rich merchant ship seemed impossible to sink. It was loaded with valuable goods and appeared strong and secure. But it could not stand against the strong east wind. This “east wind” represents the army of Babylon. The army would destroy Tyre, just as a powerful storm destroys a ship.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. In contrast to her previous greatness, her downfall is here, by a sudden transition, depicted under the image of a vessel foundering at sea. east wind--blowing from Lebanon, the most violent wind in the Mediterranean (Psa 48:7). A Levanter, as it is called. Nebuchadnezzar is meant. The "sea" is the war with him which the "rowers," or rulers of the state vessel, had "brought" it into, to its ruin.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 27
- 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
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