Ezekiel 26:4

And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre. And break down her towers, And I will scrape clean her dust from off her, —And make of her the glaring face of a cliff:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, Behold me! against thee O Tyre,— So then I will bring up against thee many nations, As the sea bringeth up its rolling waves;

5A place for the spreading of nets, shall she become, in the midst of the sea, For, I, have spoken Declareth My Lord. Yahweh,-And she shall become a prey to the nations.

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:41and, the house itself, shall he cause to be scraped on the inside round about,—and they shall pour out the mortar which they have scraped off, outside the city, into an unclean place;

Jeremiah 5:10Scale ye her walls and destroy, But a full end, do not make,—Remove her tendrils, For not to Yahweh, do, they, belong!

Ezekiel 26:9And the stroke of his attacking-engine, will he direct against thy walls,— And thy towers, will he break down with his axes.

Amos 1:10Therefore will I send a fire upon the wall of Tyre,—which shall devour the palaces thereof.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 26:2-15

The Burden of Tyre. ( b. c. 588.) 1 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, 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: 3 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. 4 And… Read the whole commentary →

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