Ezekiel 26:16
Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and strip off their richly woven garments; they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be appalled at thee.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Exodus 33:4And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned; and no man did put on him his ornaments.
Job 8:22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
Psalms 109:18He clothed himself also with cursing as with his raiment, and it is come into his inward parts like water, and like oil into his bones.
Psalms 132:18His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown shine.'
Isaiah 14:9The nether-world from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; the shades are stirred up for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; all the kings of the nations are raised up from their thrones.
Isaiah 47:1Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 26:16-21
The Burden of Tyre. ( b. c. 588.) 15 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? 16 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. 17 And they shall take up a lamentation for thee,… Read the whole commentary →