Ezekiel 28:19

Ezekiel 28:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
• New International Version (NIV)All the nations who knew you are appalled at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more forever."
• New Living Translation (NLT)All who knew you are appalled at your fate. You have come to a terrible end, and you will exist no more.”

Context of Ezekiel 28:19

17“Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor; I cast you to the ground, I laid you before kings, That they might gaze at you. 18“You defiled your sanctuaries By the multitude of your iniquities, By the iniquity of your trading; Therefore I brought fire from your midst; It devoured you, And I turned you to ashes upon the earth In the sight of all who saw you. All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you; You have become a horror, And shall be no more forever.” ’ ” 20Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 21“Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her,

Ezekiel 28:19 word by word

כָּל־יוֹדְעֶ֙יךָ֙ בָּֽעַמִּ֔ים שָׁמְמ֖וּ עָלֶ֑יךָ בַּלָּה֣וֹת הָיִ֔יתָ וְאֵינְךָ֖ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• All they that knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• thee among the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• shall be astonishedשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: appalledH8074
• at thee: thou shalt be a terrorבַּלָּהָהballâhâh · terrorH1091
• and neverאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• any moreעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• any moreעַד‛ad · tillH5704

Cross-references for Ezekiel 28:19

• Ezekiel 27:35All the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you; Their kings will be greatly afraid, And their countenance will be troubled.
• Psalms 76:12He shall cut off the spirit of princes; He is awesome to the kings of the earth.
• Isaiah 14:16“Those who see you will gaze at you, And consider you, saying: ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms,
• Revelation 18:9“The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning,
• Ezekiel 26:14I 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 27:36The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever.’ ” ’ ”
• Jeremiah 51:63Now it shall be, when you have finished reading this book, that you shall tie a stone to it and throw it out into the Euphrates.
• Revelation 18:21Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 28:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Thou shalt be a terror - Instead of being an object of adoration thou shalt be a subject of horror, and at last be destroyed with thy city, so that nothing but thy name shall remain. It was entirely burnt by Alexander the Great, as it had been before by Nebuchadnezzar.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-19Verses 11-19 The dirge of the prince of Tyre, answering to the dirge of the state. The passage is ironical; its main purpose is to depict all the glory, real or assumed, of “the prince of Tyrus,” in order to show how deplorable should be his ruin. Ezekiel 28:12 To “seal the sum” is to make up the whole measure of perfection. Compare the Septuagint Ezekiel 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden - “Thou” wast etc. The prince of Tyrus is ironically described as the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-19The prince of Tyre was not a god who could make land holy. Instead, he made his sanctuaries unclean. Earlier, judgment was declared on his city. The prince of Tyre was destined to meet a terrible end and disappear (compare Ezekiel 26:21; 27:36). The proud leader would fall with his grand ship, reduced to nothing by the Lord's action.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-262. Because, &c.--repeated resumptively in Eze 28:6. The apodosis begins at Eze 28:7. "The prince of Tyrus" at the time was Ithobal, or Ithbaal II; the name implying his close connection with Baal, the Phoenician supreme god, whose representative he was. I am a god, I sit in ... seat of God ... the seas--As God sits enthroned in His heavenly citadel exempt from all injury, so I sit secure in my impregnable stronghold amidst the stormiest elements, able to…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 28:19

• Lamentations
• Tyre

In the dictionaries

• Confidence
• Defile
• Tyre
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah
• Nebuchadnezzar, or Nebuchadrezzar

Commentaries on Ezekiel 28

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings