Ezekiel 26:7

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 original locality of the Chaldeans; also the direction by which they entered Palestine, taking the route of Riblah and Hamath on the Orontes, in preference to that across the desert between Babylon and Judea. A KING OF KINGS - so called because of the many kings who owned allegiance to him (). God had delegated to him the universal earth-empire, which is His as being "Lord of kings" (). The Son of God alone has the right and title inherently, being not merely "a king of ki...

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 26:7. _NEBUCHADREZZAR - KING OF KINGS_] An ancient title among those proud Asiatic despots [Arabic] _shahinshah_ and _padshah_, titles still in use....

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....

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

FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD,.... What follows; and declares by name the person that should be the instrument of this ruin, and the manner in which it should be brought about: I WILL BRING UPON TYRUS NEBUCHADREZZAR, KING OF BABYLON; a prince whose name was terrible, having conquered many nations: the Lord is said to bring him against Tyre, because, he inclined his heart to steer his course this way; encouraged him to this work; led and protected his army; and, at last, gave him success: it held out thirteen years against him, and then was taken. The siege began, according to Mr. Whiston f, A.M. 3650 or before Christ 586; and was taken A.M. 3663 or before Christ 573; according to Bishop Usher, g, it began A.M. 3419 or before Christ 585; and was taken A.M. 3432 or before Christ 572. The Phoenician historians make mention of the siege of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar; and Berosus speaks of his sub...

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...

NEBUCHADREZZAR. Occurs thus spelled four times in this book (here; Ezekiel 29:18; Ezekiel 29:19. and Ezekiel 30:10). See note on Daniel 1:1. COMPANIES. a gathered host....

The correct spelling, Nebuchadrezzar (Ezekiel 29:18; Ezekiel 30:10), the name being Nabû-Kudurri-usur, "Nebo protect the crown!" Schrader _KAT_, p. 361 (on 2 Kings 24:1). _a king of kings_ THE king. Ezra 7:12; Daniel 2:37. Already the king of Assyria had said, "Are not my princes altogether kings?" Isaiah 10:8; Isaiah 36:4. _and companies, and_ and A COMPANY, AND.