Ezekiel 26:2

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)] - a name applying to the island-Tyre, called New Tyre, rather than Old Tyre on the mainland. They were half a mile apart. New Tyre, a century and a half before the fall of Jerusalem, had successfully resisted Shalmanneser of Assyria, for five years besieging it (Menander, from the Tyrian archives, quoted by Josephus, 'Antiquities,' 9: 14: 2:) It was the stronger and more important of the t...

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 bad as really it is. But it comes from a selfish, covetous principle, and from that love of the world as our happiness, which the love of God expressly forbids. He often blasts the projects of those who would raise themselves on the ruin of others. The maxims most current in the trading world, are directly opposed to the law of God. But he will show himself against the money-loving, selfish traders, whose hearts, like those of Tyre, are hardened by the love of riches. Men have little cause to glory in things which stir up the envy and rapacity of others, and which are continually shifting from one to another; and in getting, keeping, and spending which, men provoke that God whose wrath turns j...

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 beforehand. _SHE IS BROKEN_ THAT WAS _THE GATES OF THE PEOPLE_] Jerusalem, a general emporium. _I SHALL BE REPLENISHED_] The merchandise that went to Jerusalem will come to me, (to Tyre.)...

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 highway of commerce, e. g., in the reign of Solomon. This was viewed with jealousy by Tyre, who owed her greatness to the same cause, and in the true spirit of mercantile competition exulted in the thought that the trade of Jerusalem would be diverted into her markets. Render it: Aha! She is broken - the gate of the peoples! She is turned unto me. I shall be filled. She is laid waste....

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 given to the latter city was probably due to its political importance in Ezekiel's time, possibly also to the personal knowledge which may be inferred from his minute description of its magnificence and its commerce. It is ushered in with special solemnity as "a word of Jehovah." EZEKIEL 26:1 IN THE ELEVENTH YEAR, etc. The last date given (Ezekiel 24:1) was the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year. We have now come to the eleventh year, on which, on the ninth

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 BROKEN THAT WAS THE GATES OF THE PEOPLE; through whose gates the people went in and out in great numbers; a city to which there was very popular, not only for religion, from all parts, at their solemn feasts, but for merchandise from several parts of the world; and was now full of people before its destruction, the inhabitants of Judea having fled thither for safety, upon the invasion made by the king of Babylon; but now the city was broken up, as it is said it was, by the Chaldean army, Jeremiah 52:7, its gates and walls were broken down, and lay in a ruinous condition. The Targum is, "she is broken down that afforded merchandise to all people.''...

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 should come to pass. In Ezekiel 26:1 we have the overthrow of the powerful city predicted. The city of Tyrus (which means rock) was partly built upon an island off the mainland in the Mediterranean Sea. It was an ancient Phoenician city and is mentioned in Scripture for the first time in Joshua 19:29, where it is called “the strong city.” It had a wonderful commerce, a description of which in its variety, we find in the twenty-seventh chapter. It was inhabited by seafaring men, and the prophet Isaiah describes this wealthy

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 of Jerusalem, whom, as the gate of the peoples, she regarded as in some sort a rival, taxing, if not partially intercepting, the trade that passed between the south and Tyre (Ezekiel 26:1). The agent of Tyre's destruction is to be Nebuchadrezzar, against whom she had rebelled. At this point there is a realistic description of an ancient siege; and, when at length the island city is taken, it will ring with the unwonted sound of chariot wheels and horses-' hoofs, and be reduced in the end to a bare rock (Ezekiel 26:7). (The pillars of...

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 Nebuchadnezzar. Secondly, ch. 27. Dirge over the downfall of Tyre under the figure of a gallant ship steered into dangerous waters and suffering shipwreck. Thirdly, ch. 28. The pride and fall of the prince of Tyre. CHAPTER 26 Ch. 26 Prophecy of Tyre's destruction The prophecy has these divisions: (1) Ezekiel 26:1. The sin of Tyre, and therefore her downfall. (2) Ezekiel 26:7. The instrument of her destruction, Nebuchadnezzar. (3) Ezekiel 26:15. Dismay of the princes