Ezekiel 26:14

Judgment

¹² They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.

¹³ So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.

I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.’

¹⁵ This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst?

¹⁶ All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.’
KJV: And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
WEB: I will make you a bare rock. You will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be built no more; for I the LORD have spoken it,’ says the Lord GOD.
ASV: And I will make thee a bare rock; thou shalt be a place for the spreading of nets; thou shalt be built no more: for I Jehovah have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
DARBY: And I will make thee a bare rock; thou shalt be [a place] for the spreading of nets; thou shalt be built no more: for I Jehovah have spoken [it], saith the Lord Jehovah.
BLB: And I will give you as a clear place of a rock; you will be a spreading place of nets; you will not be rebuilt anymore! For I, YHWH, have spoken,’ a declaration of the Lord YHWH.

ÅB: Jeg vil gjøre deg til nakent berg; du skal bli til en tørkeplass for fiskegarn; du skal aldri bygges opp igjen; for jeg, Herren, har talt, sier Herren, Israels Gud.
OTB: Jeg vil gjøre deg til en øde klippe, og du skal bli et sted for å spre fiskegarn. Du skal ikke bli gjenoppbygd, for jeg, Herren, har talt, sier den suverene Herren.
B1930: Jeg vil gjøre dig til nakent berg; du skal bli til en tørkeplass for fiskegarn; du skal aldri bygges op igjen; for jeg, Herren, har talt, sier Herren, Israels Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Job 12:14
What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
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Malachi 1:4
Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.
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Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
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Isaiah 14:27
The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
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Deuteronomy 13:16
And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.
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Ezekiel 26:4–5
They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.
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Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
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Ezekiel 17:21–24
All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.’
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