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, Ver. 1. _In the eleventh year._] Of Jehoiakim's captivity and Zedekiah's reign. _ In the first day of the month,_] _i.e., _ Of the fifth month, when the news came to Tyre of... [ 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: Ver. 2. _Because that Tyrus hath said._] Wicked men shall give account for their "hard speeches also," Jdg 1:15... [ 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. Ver. 3. _Therefore thus saith the Lord God._] And thy merchants will soon do thee word of it; for they are great newsmongers, and il... [ Continue Reading ]
_And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock._ Ver. 4. _And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus._] Which thou holdest to be inexpugnable. Hence this and the two following Chapter s, purposely to un... [ 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. Ver. 5. _It shall be a place for the spreading of nets._] Of fishers' nets, hung up in the sun to be dried. The prophets usually fetch the... [ 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. Ver. 6. _And her daughters which are in the field,_] _i.e., _ Other cities and colonies sent out by her, and subject to her; as she was _olim partu clara urbibus genitis,_ as Pliny sait... [ 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. Ver. 7. _Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadnezzar._] A name as dreadful then as was... [ 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. Ver. 8. _He shall slay with the sword._] See on Ezekiel 26:6 . _ He shall lift up the buckler._] Or, A continued series of bucklers,... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers._ Ver. 9. _He shall set engines of war._] _Helepoles inieciet._ A graphic description of a siege. _ And with his axes._] Or, Battering rams, or slings. Heb., With his swords; Gr., With his lances,... [ 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. Ver. 10. _Thy walls shall shake._] With the noise... [ 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._ Ver. 11. _And thy strong garrisons._] Or, Statues, or idols. Their chief idols were Apollo, Hercules, and Astarte. _a_ See on Ezekiel 26:3... [ 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._ Ver. 12. _And they shall make a spoil of thy riches._] Raked to... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard. Ver. 13. _And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease._] The Tyrians were much addicted to music. Isa 23:16 Eze 28:13 Pleasure mongers shall suffer deeply, by pain of loss and pain of sense. _... [ 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. Ver. 14. _Thou shalt be built no more,_] _i.e., _ Not in haste, and not at all by the same inhabitants, nor with the like neatn... [ 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?_ Ver. 15. _Shall not the isles._] See the like, Isa 23:1-16... [ Continue Reading ]
Then 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. Ver. 16. _All the princes... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, [that wast] inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror [to be] on all that haunt it! Ver. 17. _And they shall take up a lamenta... [ Continue Reading ]
_Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that [are] in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure._ Ver. 18. _Now shall the isles tremble._] And seeing thy shipwreck, they shall look better to their tackling. _Alterius perditio tua sit cautio._ _a_ At thy departure.] Int... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee; Ver. 19. _When I shall bring up the deep upon thee._] As Ezekiel 26:3; great forces. _ And great waters shall co... [ Continue Reading ]
When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living; Ver. 20. _With... [ Continue Reading ]
I will make thee a terror, and thou [shalt be] no [more]: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 21. _Yet shalt thou never be found again._] See on Ezekiel 26:14 .... [ Continue Reading ]