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 Living Translation (NLT)“They will plunder all your riches and merchandise and break down your walls. They will destroy your lovely homes and dump your stones and timbers and even your dust into the sea.

Context of Ezekiel 26:12

10Because of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen, the wagons, and the chariots, when he enters your gates, as men enter a city that has been breached. 11With the hooves of his horses he will trample all your streets; he will slay your people by the sword, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground. 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. 13I will put an end to the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more. 14I will make you like the top of a rock; you shall be a place for spreading nets, and you shall never be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken,’ says the Lord God.

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 26:5It shall be a place for spreading nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ says the Lord God; ‘it shall become plunder for the nations.
• Matthew 6:19“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;
• Ezekiel 27:3and say to Tyre, ‘You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord God: “O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
• Isaiah 23:8Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, Whose merchants are princes, Whose traders are the honorable of the earth?
• Zechariah 9:3For Tyre built herself a tower, Heaped up silver like the dust, And gold like the mire of the streets.
• Revelation 18:11“And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore:
• 2 Chronicles 32:27Hezekiah had very great riches and honor. And he made himself treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of desirable items;
• 2 Chronicles 36:10At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, with the costly articles from the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah, Jehoiakim’s brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 32:12People shall mourn upon their breasts For the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
• Jeremiah 25:34“Wail, shepherds, and cry! Roll about in the ashes, You leaders of the flock! For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled; You shall fall like a precious vessel.
• Daniel 11:8And he shall also carry their gods captive to Egypt, with their princes and their precious articles of silver and gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the North.
• Hosea 13:15Though he is fruitful among his brethren, An east wind shall come; The wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness. Then his spring shall become dry, And his fountain shall be dried up. He shall plunder the treasury of every desirable prize.
• Amos 5:11Therefore, because you tread down the poor And take grain taxes from him, Though you have built houses of hewn stone, Yet you shall not dwell in them; You have planted pleasant vineyards, But you shall not drink wine from them.
• Nahum 2:9Take spoil of silver! Take spoil of gold! There is no end of treasure, Or wealth of every desirable prize.
• Zechariah 7:14“But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no one passed through or returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.”

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