Ezekiel 26:12

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
spoil	וְשָׁלְל֣וּ ve.sha.Lu	H7997	to drop or strip · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
riches	חֵילֵ֗ךְ chei.Lekh	H2428	probably a force · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
prey	וּבָֽזְזוּ֙ u.va.ze.Zu	H962	to plunder · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
merchandise	רְכֻלָּתֵ֔ךְ re.khu.la.Tekh	H7404	trade (as peddled) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
down	וְהָֽרְסוּ֙ ve.ha.re.Su	H2040	to pull down or in pieces · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
walls	חוֹמוֹתַ֔יִךְ cho.mo.Ta.yikh	H2346	a wall of protection · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
destroy	יִתֹּ֑צוּ yi.To.tzu	H5422	to tear down · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
pleasant	חֶמְדָּתֵ֖ךְ chem.da.Tekh	H2532	delight · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
houses	וּבָתֵּ֥י u.va.Tei	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct
lay	יָשִֽׂימוּ ya.Si.mu	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
stones	וַאֲבָנַ֤יִךְ va.'a.va.Na.yikh	H68	a stone · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
timber	וְעֵצַ֙יִךְ֙ ve.'e.Tza.yikh	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
dust	וַֽעֲפָרֵ֔ךְ va.'a.fa.Rekh	H6083	dust (as powdered or gray) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
midst	בְּת֥וֹךְ be.Tokh	H8432	a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
water	מַ֖יִם Ma.yim	H4325	water · noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Isaiah 23:8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
2 Chronicles 32:27 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for…
Amos 5:11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye sha…
Zechariah 9:3-4 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
2 Chronicles 36:10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and m…
Isaiah 23:11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the s…
Isaiah 23:17-18 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fo…
Isaiah 32:12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 26:1-14

This prophecy is dated in the eleventh year, which was the year that Jerusalem was taken, and in the first day of the month, but it is not said what month, some think the month in which Jerusalem was taken, which was the fourth month, others the month after; or perhaps it was the first month, and so it was the first day of the year. Observe here, I. The pleasure with which the Tyrians looked upon the ruins of Jerusalem. Ezekiel was a great way off, in Babylon, but God told him what Tyrus said against Jerusalem (Eze 26:2): "Aha! she is broken, broken to pieces, that was the gates of the people, to whom there was a great resort and where there was a general rendezvous of all nations, some upon…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 26:12

lay thy stones . . . timber . . . in . . . midst of . . . water--referring to the insular New Tyre (Eze 26:3, Eze 26:5; Eze 27:4, Eze 27:25-26). When its lofty buildings and towers fall, surrounded as it was with the sea which entered its double harbor and washed its ramparts, the "stones . . . timbers . . . and dust" appropriately are described as thrown down "in the midst of the water." Though Ezekiel attributes the capture of Tyre to Nebuchadnezzar (see on Eze 29:18), yet it does not follow that the final destruction of it described is attributed by him to the same monarch. The overthrow of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar was the first link in the long chain of evil--the first deadly blow which pr…

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Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 26:12

And they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water - This answers to the taking of Tyre by Alexander; he actually took the timbers, stones, rubbish, etc. of old Tyre, and filled up the space between it and new Tyre, and thus connected the latter with the main land; and this he was obliged to do before he could take it.

John Gill on Ezekiel 26:12

And they shall make a spoil of thy riches,.... The Chaldean army, when they entered the city, and got possession of it, would plunder it, and divide the riches of it among them: and make a prey of thy merchandise; of the merchants' goods, laid up in their warehouses for sale, which was greatly hindered by this long siege; compare with this Revelation 18:11, and they shall break down thy walls; the walls of their houses; mention being made before of breaking down the walls of the city, towers, and garrisons: and destroy thy pleasant houses; or, "houses of thy desire" (l); the most desirable ones in the city; the houses of their princes and chief magistrates; their summer houses; or which w…

Dictionary and topics

Nebuchadnezzar, Or Nebuchadrezzar — (may Nebo protect the crown), was the greatest and most powerful of the Babylonian kings. His name is explained to mean “Nebo is the protector against misfortune.” He was the son and successor of…
Tyre — A rock, now es-Sur; an ancient Phoenician city, about 23 miles, in a direct line, north of Acre, and 20 south of Sidon. Sidon was the oldest Phoenician city, but Tyre had a longer and more…
Cities · Built: Of stone and wood — Built: Of stone and wood
Commerce · Articles of, called: Merchandise — Articles of, called: Merchandise
Houses · Of the rich: Pleasant — Of the rich: Pleasant
Nebuchadnezzar · Prophecies concerning — Prophecies concerning
Tyre · Prophecies respecting: To be destroyed by the king of Babylon — Prophecies respecting: To be destroyed by the king of Babylon

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 26:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 26:1-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 26:12

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 26:12

John Gill on Ezekiel 26:12

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 26:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 26:1-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 26:12

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 26:12

John Gill on Ezekiel 26:12

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 26:2-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 26:12-14

Rashi on Ezekiel 26:12