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Ezekiel 26:4

Tyre
Judgment

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.

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.

5 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

6 And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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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
They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.
KJV
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.
WEB
They will destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers. I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.
ASV
And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.
DARBY
And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers. And I will scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.
BLB
And they will destroy the walls of Tyre, and they will throw down her towers; and I will scrape her dust from her, and will give her as a clear place of a rock.
ÅB
Og de skal ødelegge Tyrus' murer og rive ned dets tårner, og jeg vil feie bort dets grus av det og gjøre det til nakent berg;
OTB
De skal ødelegge Tyres murer og rive ned hennes tårn; jeg vil feie bort hennes vrakrester og gjøre henne til en naken klippe.
B1930
Og de skal ødelegge Tyrus' murer og rive ned dets tårner, og jeg vil feie bort dets grus av det og gjøre det til nakent berg;

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Cross references

  • Amos 1:10

    But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.

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  • 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 strong holds thereof.

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  • Ezekiel 26:9

    And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

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  • Zechariah 9:3

    And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

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  • Leviticus 14:41–45

    And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:

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  • Ezekiel 24:7–8

    For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;

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  • 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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  • Jeremiah 5:10

    Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’s.

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