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Ezekiel 26:18

Judgment

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, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!

Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.

19 For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;

20 When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;

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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.

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BSB
Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.”’
KJV
Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
WEB
Now the islands will tremble in the day of your fall. Yes, the islands that are in the sea will be dismayed at your departure.’
ASV
Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be dismayed at thy departure.
DARBY
Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; and the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
BLB
Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall, and are dismayed the islands that [are] in the sea, at your going out.”’
ÅB
Nå gripes øyene av redsel på den dag du faller - øyene i havet forferdes over den ende du fikk.
OTB
Kystlandene skjelver nå
på dagen for ditt fall;
øyene i havet
er i frykt ved ditt sammenbrudd.’
B1930
Nu gripes øene av redsel på den dag du faller - øene i havet forferdes over den ende du fikk.

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