George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ezekiel 26:2
Gates: places of resort and commerce. The Jews came to Jerusalem frequently from all parts, which increased her beauty and trade. New Tyre expects that more will come to her.
Gates: places of resort and commerce. The Jews came to Jerusalem frequently from all parts, which increased her beauty and trade. New Tyre expects that more will come to her.
Verse Ezekiel 26:2. _TYRUS HATH SAID_] From this it would appear that Jerusalem _had been_ taken, which was on the _fourth_ month of this year; but it is possible that the prophet speaks of the event...
GATES - i. e., one gate of two leaves. THE PEOPLE - Or, the peoples (and in Ezekiel 27:3), the plural expressing the fact that many peoples passed through Jerusalem, as the central place on the highwa...
Ezekiel 26:1. A lengthy prophecy concerning Tyrus is found in this and in the Chapter s which follow. These great predictions have found a startling fulfilment. History confirms all that Ezekiel spoke...
EZEKIEL 26. SIEGE AND DESTRUCTION OF TYRE. Tyre is the incarnation of unrestrained commercialism; and, in the mind of Ezekiel her doom is justified by the malicious joy with which she hailed the fall...
SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1. TYRUS. Tyre, the city. Now, _es Sur,_ Hebrew, _tzur_. a rock, PEOPLE. peoples. SHE IS TURNED: i.e. the tide of her traffic....
Prophecy against Tyre The three Chapter s 26 28 are occupied with Tyre, containing threats of her destruction in various forms. First, ch. 26. Literal prophecy of Tyre's destruction at the hands of...
The sin of Tyre: her rejoicing over the calamity of Judah, in the hopes that it will further her interests. _Aha, she is broken_ Rather: AHA! THE GATE (door) OF THE PEOPLES IS BROKEN, IT IS TURNED UNT...
SHE IS BROKEN, &C.— _She is broken: the commerce of the people is turned unto me. She who was full of citizens is laid waste._ Houbigant. See ch. Ezekiel 27:3. Tyre was noted for her commerce; so that...
CHAPTER THIRTEEN JUDGMENT ON TYRE AND SIDON 26:1-28:26 The Phoenician seaport cities of Tyre and Sidon next come under the purview of the prophet. Tyre, the more important of the two cities, receives...
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 - (Joshu...
§ 2. TYRE (AND SIDON) (EZEKIEL 26-28) Tyre was the capital of Phoenicia, the seaboard country on the NW. of Palestine. The Phoenicians were the great mariners of the ancient world, and Tyre was a famo...
TYRUS] RV 'Tyre,' and so throughout Ezekiel 26-28. AHA, etc.] Tyre had rejoiced because of the commercial advantage she would reap from the fall of Jerusalern. GATES OF THE PEOPLE] RV 'gate of the peo...
EZEKIEL: “THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD” GOD’S PLANS FOR *ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 25 TO 39 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 26 THE PUNISHMENT OF TYRE – EZEKIEL 26:1-14 V1 The *
SHE IS BROKEN THAT WAS THE GATES OF THE PEOPLE. — “Gates” is in the plural simply because the word originally means _a leaf_ of a door or gate, and hence the two leaves mean _the gate;_ accordingly th...
בֶּן ־אָדָ֗ם יַ֠עַן אֲשֶׁר ־אָ֨מְרָה צֹּ֤ר עַ
TYRE Ezekiel 26:1, Ezekiel 29:17 IN the time of Ezekiel Tyre was still at the height of her commercial prosperity. Although not the oldest of the Phoenician cities, she held a supremacy among them wh...
The doom of the two dealt with Tyre and Sidon, but principally with Tyre. Concerning her, the prophet first made a general statement describing her sin, and the judgment determined against her, declar...
Son of man, because that Tyre hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken [that was] the (b) gates of the people: she is turned to me: I shall be (c) replenished, [now] she is laid waste: (b) Tha...
That the Prophecy of Ezekiel hath a reference to events greater than the deliverance of Israel from Babylon is granted by almost all writers, both Jews and Gentiles, And hence, various have been the a...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 26, 27, AND 28. Although in a certain sense upon Israel's territory, Tyre has another character, and is the subject of a separate prophecy (chaps. 26-28), bec...
SON OF MAN, BECAUSE THAT TYRUS HATH SAID AGAINST JERUSALEM, AHA,.... As rejoicing at her destruction, and insulting over her in it; which was barbarous and inhuman, and resented by the Lord: SHE IS B...
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: Ver. 2. _Bec...
_Because that Tyrus hath said, Aha, she is broken_, &c. The meaning seems to be, the city is broken, at whose gates the people entered in; that is, the place is demolished where there used to be a con...
Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, in the same malicious joy which had been found in the Ammonites, 25:3, AHA! SHE IS BROKEN THAT WAS THE GATES OF THE PEOPLE, Jerusalem being...
A GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE JUDGMENT...
1-14 To be secretly pleased with the death or decay of others, when we are likely to get by it; or with their fall, when we may thrive upon it, is a sin that easily besets us, yet is not thought so b...
TYRUS; the city for the people; it is probable it was a universal joy, therefore ascribed to the whole city, built on a rock and island of the same name, not far distant from the continent, a very gre...
Ezekiel 26:2 Son H1121 man H120 Tyre H6865 said H559 (H8804) Jerusalem H3389 Aha H1889 broken H7665 ...
‘And so it was that in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ‘Aha, she is broken who was th...
THE FIRST ORACLE AGAINST TYRE (EZEKIEL 26:1)....
CONTENTS: Coming judgment upon Tyre. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Nebuchadnezzar. CONCLUSION: It is just with God to blast the designs and projects of those who contrive to raise themselves upon the ru...
Ezekiel 26:2. _Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha._ The Lord's people were not beloved among the gentile nations, because they were not what they seemed to be in regard to their holy temple. Havin...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 26:1 In terms of length, Ezekiel’s oracles against Tyre are second only to his oracles against Egypt (Ezekiel 29:1). This is probably because, of the nations addressed by Ezeki
THE FALL OF TYRE. (Chap. 26) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—“In four sections, commencing with the formula, ‘Thus saith the Lord,’ Tyre, the mistress of the sea is threatened with destruction. In the first strophe...
EXPOSITION The prophetic messages against Ammon, Moab, Edom, and the Philistines were comparatively short. That against Tyre spreads over three chapters (Ezekiel 26:1). The special prominence thus giv...
Tonight turn in our Bibles to Ezekiel chapter 26. According to verse Ezekiel 26:1, this prophecy came to Ezekiel in the eleventh year of the king Zedekiah's reign, which would make it the year 586 B....
Acts 2:5; Amos 1:10; Amos 1:9; Ezekiel 25:10; Ezekiel 25:2;...
Because — Probably God revealed this to the prophet as soon as these insulting Tyrians spoke it. The gates — The great mart of nations, people from all parts. She is turned — The trading interest will...