And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, In Ezekiel 26:1, Ezekiel sets forth: (1) Tyre's sin; (2) Its doom; (3) The instruments of executing it; (4) The effect produced on other nations by her downfall. In Ezekiel... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: TYRUS - (Joshua 19:29, "the strong city of Tyre;" 2 Samuel 24:7) literally meaning 'the rock-city.' [ Tsor (H6865)... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. I ... WILL CAUSE MANY NATIONS TO COME UP AGAINST THEE, AS THE SEA CAUSETH HIS WAVES TO COME UP. In striking contrast to the boastin... [ Continue Reading ]
It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations. IT SHALL BE A PLACE FOR THE SPREADING OF NETS IN THE MIDST OF THE SEA - plainly referring to New Tyre ().... [ Continue Reading ]
And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD. HER DAUGHTERS WHICH ARE IN THE FIELD SHALL BE SLAIN BY THE SWORD - i:e., the surrounding villages dependent on her in the open country shall share the fate of the mother-city.... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people. I WILL BRING UPON TYRUS NEBUCHADREZZAR ... A KING OF KINGS, FROM THE NORTH - the origin... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. HE SHALL SET ENGINES OF WAR AGAINST THY WALLS - literally, 'an apparatus for striking.' 'He shall apply the stroke of the battering-ram against thy walls.' Havernick translates, 'His enginery of... [ Continue Reading ]
By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. BY REASON OF THE ABUNDANCE OF HIS HORSES THEIR... [ Continue Reading ]
With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground. AND THY STRONG GARRISONS SHALL GO DOWN TO THE GROUND - literally, the statues of thy strength; so the forts which are 'monuments of thy st... [ Continue Reading ]
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. THEY SHALL LAY THY STONES AND THY TIMBER AND THY DUST IN THE MI... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard. I WILL CAUSE THE NOISE OF THY SONGS TO CEASE - instead of the joyousness of thy prosperity, a death-like silence shall reign (, "The mirth of tabrets ceaseth," etc.; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
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. I WILL MAKE THEE LIKE THE TOP OF A ROCK. He concludes in nearly the same words as he began (Ezekiel 26:4). THOU SHALT BE BUILT... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; 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? SHALL NOT THE ISLES SHAKE AT THE SOUND OF THY FALL? The impression is herein noticed which the overthrow of Tyre produced on other maritime... [ Continue Reading ]