Ezekiel 26:14

Ezekiel 26:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the Lord have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
• New International Version (NIV)I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread fishnets. You will never be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will make you a bare rock. You shall be a place for the spreading of nets. You shall never be rebuilt, for I am the Lord; I have spoken, declares the Lord God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I 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.

Context of Ezekiel 26:14

12And 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. 13And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard. And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I Yhwh have spoken it, saith the Lord Yhwh. 15Thus saith the Lord Yhwh to Tyre; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee? 16Then 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.

Ezekiel 26:14 word by word

וּנְתַתִּ֞יךְ לִצְחִ֣יחַ סֶ֗לַע מִשְׁטַ֤ח חֲרָמִים֙ תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה לֹ֥א תִבָּנֶ֖ה ע֑וֹד כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ דִּבַּ֔רְתִּי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

• And I will makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• thee like the topצְחִיחַtsechîyach · bareH6706
• of a rockסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · cragH5553
• to spreadמִשְׁטָחmishţôach mishţach · spreading-placeH4894
• netsחֵ֫רֶםchêrem cherem · netH2764
• uponמִשְׁטָחmishţôach mishţach · spreading-placeH4894
• thou shalt be builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• no more: for I Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• have spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Yhwhיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069

Cross-references for Ezekiel 26:14

• Ezekiel 26:4And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
• Deuteronomy 13:16And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for Yhwh thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.
• Job 12:14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
• Malachi 1:4Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith Yhwh of Armies, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom Yhwh hath indignation for ever.
• Ezekiel 5:13Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I Yhwh have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
• Ezekiel 17:21And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I Yhwh have spoken it.
• Ezekiel 21:32Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I Yhwh have spoken it.
• Ezekiel 22:14Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I Yhwh have spoken it, and will do it.
• Ezekiel 30:12And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I Yhwh have spoken it.
• Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
• Job 40:8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
• Isaiah 14:27For Yhwh of Armies hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
• Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 26:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Thou shalt be built no more - If this refer to Nebuchadnezzar's capture of the city, old Tyre must be intended: that was destroyed by him, and never rebuilt. But I doubt whether the whole of this prophecy do not refer to the taking of Tyre by Alexander, three hundred years after its capture by Nebuchadnezzar. Indeed it may include more recent conquests of this important city. It went through a variety of vicissitudes till 1289, when it and the neighboring…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. 1414. He concludes in nearly the same words as he began (Eze 26:4, 5). built no more--fulfilled as to the mainland Tyre, under Nebuchadnezzar. The insular Tyre recovered partly, after seventy years (Is 23:17, 18), but again suffered under Alexander, then under Antigonus, then under the Saracens at the beginning of the fourteenth century. Now its harbors are choked with sand, precluding all hope of future restoration, "not one entire house is left, and only…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 26:14

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• Departure
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• Commerce
• Fish
• Fisher; Fisherman
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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