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They will destroy your lovely homes and dump your stones and timbers and even your dust into the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/26.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />They will plunder your riches and loot your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. Your stones and timber and soil they will cast into the midst of the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/26.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/26.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/26.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They will plunder your riches and pillage your merchandise; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; they will lay your stones, your timber, and your soil in the midst of the water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Also they will take your riches as spoils and plunder your merchandise, tear down your walls and destroy your delightful houses, and throw your stones, your timbers, and your debris into the water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/26.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Also they will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise, break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses, and throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Also they will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise, break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses, and throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Also they will make a spoil of your wealth and a plunder of your merchandise, and pull down your walls and tear down your desirable houses, and throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Also they will take your riches as spoil and plunder your merchandise, and tear down your walls and your pleasant houses, and throw your stones and your timber and the debris [from your city] out in the water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They will take your wealth as spoil and plunder your merchandise. They will also demolish your walls and tear down your beautiful homes. Then they will throw your stones, timber, and soil into the water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They will take your wealth as spoil and plunder your merchandise. They will also demolish your walls and tear down your beautiful homes. Then they will throw your stones, timber, and soil into the water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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 waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/26.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The troops will steal your valuable possessions; they will break down your walls, and crush your expensive houses. Then the stones and wood and all the remains will be dumped into the sea. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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 waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />His troops will loot your riches and take your goods as prizes. They will destroy your walls and tear down your delightful homes. They will throw your stones, wood, and soil into the water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/26.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Your enemies will help themselves to your wealth and merchandise. They will pull down your walls and shatter your luxurious houses. They will take the stones and wood and all the rubble, and dump them into the sea. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/26.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They will plunder your riches and loot your businesses. They'll tear down your walls and demolish your luxurious homes. They'll grab the stones, wood, and rubble from the destruction and dump it all into the Mediterranean Sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/26.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They will steal your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will tear down your walls and destroy your luxurious homes. Your stones, your trees, and your soil he will throw into the water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They shall make a spoil of your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise; and they shall break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses; and they shall lay your stones and your timber and your dust in the midst of the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They will make a plunder of your riches and make a prey of your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. They will lay your stones, your timber, and your dust in the middle of the waters. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they have spoiled your wealth, "" And they have plundered your merchandise, "" And they have thrown down your walls, "" And they break down your desirable houses, "" And your stones, and your wood, and your dust, "" They place in the midst of the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they have spoiled thy wealth, And they have plundered thy merchandise, And they have thrown down thy walls, And thy desirable houses they break down, And thy stones, and thy wood, and thy dust, In the midst of the waters they place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they spoiled thy strength and they plundered thy traffic, and they pulled down thy walls, and they will tear down thy houses of desire, and they will set thy stones and thy woods and thy dust in the midst of the water.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />They shall waste thy riches, they shall make a spoil of thy merchandise: and they shall destroy thy walls, and pull down thy fine houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber, and thy dust in the midst of the waters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />They will lay waste to your wealth. They will despoil your businesses. And they will tear down your walls and overturn your eminent houses. And they will put your stones and your timber and your dust into the midst of the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/26.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They shall plunder your wealth and pillage your goods; They will tear down your walls and demolish your splendid houses. Your stones, timbers, and debris they will cast into the sea. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They will plunder your riches and loot your merchandise; they shall break down your walls and destroy your fine houses. Your stones and timber and soil they shall cast into the water.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And his army shall plunder your riches and make a prey of your merchandise; and they shall demolish your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; and they shall cast your stones and your timber and your wealth into the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/26.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they shall plunder your food and they shall capture your livestock and they shall overthrow your walls and they shall tear down your desirable houses, and your stones and your wood and your wealth they shall throw into the sea<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/26.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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 the houses of thy delight; And thy stones and thy timber and thy dust Shall they lay in the midst of the waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/26.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he shall prey upon thy power, and plunder thy substance, and shall cast down thy walls, and break down thy pleasant houses: and he shall cast thy stones and thy timber and thy dust into the midst of thy sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=7524" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/26.htm">A Prophecy Against Tyre</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>The hooves of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7997.htm" title="7997: wə·šā·lə·lū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To drop, strip, to plunder. A primitive root; to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder.">They will plunder</a> <a href="/hebrew/2428.htm" title="2428: ḥê·lêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- From chuwl; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength.">your wealth</a> <a href="/hebrew/962.htm" title="962: ū·ḇā·zə·zū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To spoil, plunder. A primitive root; to plunder.">and pillage</a> <a href="/hebrew/7404.htm" title="7404: rə·ḵul·lā·ṯêḵ (N-fsc:: 2fs) -- Traffic, merchandise. Feminine passive participle of rakal; trade.">your merchandise.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2040.htm" title="2040: wə·hā·rə·sū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To throw down, break or tear down. A primitive root; to pull down or in pieces, break, &? Destroy.">They will demolish</a> <a href="/hebrew/2346.htm" title="2346: ḥō·w·mō·w·ṯa·yiḵ (N-fpc:: 2fs) -- A wall. Feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection.">your walls,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5422.htm" title="5422: yit·tō·ṣū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To pull down, break down. A primitive root; to tear down.">tear down</a> <a href="/hebrew/2532.htm" title="2532: ḥem·dā·ṯêḵ (N-fsc:: 2fs) -- Desire, delight. Feminine of chemed; delight.">your beautiful</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ū·ḇāt·tê (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">homes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: yā·śî·mū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">and throw</a> <a href="/hebrew/68.htm" title="68: wa·’ă·ḇā·na·yiḵ (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 2fs) -- A stone. From the root of banah through the meaning to build; a stone.">your stones</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: wə·‘ê·ṣa·yiḵ (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">and timber</a> <a href="/hebrew/6083.htm" title="6083: wa·‘ă·p̄ā·rêḵ (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2fs) -- Dry earth, dust. From aphar; dust; hence, clay, earth, mud.">and soil</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: bə·ṯō·wḵ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre.">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">the water.</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-11.htm">Revelation 18:11-19</a></span><br />And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo— / cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; / of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and carriages; of bodies and souls of slaves. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/23-1.htm">Isaiah 23:1-18</a></span><br />This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus. / Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea. / On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-34.htm">Jeremiah 51:34</a></span><br />“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/1-9.htm">Amos 1:9-10</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood. / So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to consume its citadels.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/9-3.htm">Zechariah 9:3-4</a></span><br />Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets. / Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-7.htm">Lamentations 1:7</a></span><br />In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/3-4.htm">Joel 3:4-8</a></span><br />Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads. / For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples. / You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1-15</a></span><br />“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-22.htm">Jeremiah 25:22</a></span><br />all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/137-7.htm">Psalm 137:7</a></span><br />Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-16.htm">Revelation 17:16</a></span><br />And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-16.htm">Isaiah 13:16</a></span><br />Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-37.htm">Jeremiah 50:37</a></span><br />A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/2-9.htm">Nahum 2:9-10</a></span><br />“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing. / She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/2-13.htm">Zephaniah 2:13-15</a></span><br />And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert. / Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar. / This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they shall make a spoil of your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise: and they shall break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses: and they shall lay your stones and your timber and your dust in the middle of the water.</p><p class="hdg">make a spoil</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/26-5.htm">Ezekiel 26:5</a></b></br> It shall be <i>a place for</i> the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken <i>it</i>, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19,20</a></b></br> Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: … </p><p class="hdg">thy merchandise</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/27-3.htm">Ezekiel 27:3-36</a></b></br> And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, <i>which art</i> a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I <i>am</i> of perfect beauty… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/23-8.htm">Isaiah 23:8,11,17,18</a></b></br> Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning <i>city</i>, whose merchants <i>are</i> princes, whose traffickers <i>are</i> the honourable of the earth? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/9-3.htm">Zechariah 9:3,4</a></b></br> And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/32-27.htm">2 Chronicles 32:27</a></b></br> And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/36-10.htm">2 Chronicles 36:10</a></b></br> 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 made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/32-12.htm">Isaiah 32:12</a></b></br> They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.</p><p class="hdg">they shalt lay.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/26-9.htm">Break</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-9.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-8.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-4.htm">Debris</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-32.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-25.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-9.htm">Demolish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-25.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-4.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-4.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-10.htm">Dust</a> <a 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href="/daniel/2-5.htm">Rubble</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-16.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/joel/1-11.htm">Soil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-19.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-12.htm">Spoiled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-22.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-3.htm">Throw</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-11.htm">Timber</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-5.htm">Timbers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-9.htm">Trade</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-10.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-9.htm">Wares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-5.htm">Water</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-19.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-12.htm">Wealth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-6.htm">Wood</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 26</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/26-1.htm">Tyrus, for insulting Jerusalem, is threatened with destruction</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/26-7.htm">The power of Nebuchadnezzar against her</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/26-15.htm">The mourning and astonishment of the sea at her fall</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/ezekiel/26.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>They will plunder your wealth</b><br />This phrase speaks to the impending judgment and destruction that will befall Tyre. The Hebrew root for "plunder" is "bazaz," which conveys the idea of seizing or taking by force. Historically, Tyre was a wealthy and prosperous city due to its strategic location and trade. The prophecy indicates that this wealth, which was a source of pride and security for Tyre, would be stripped away by invading forces. This serves as a reminder of the transient nature of material wealth and the futility of placing trust in earthly riches rather than in God.<p><b>and loot your merchandise</b><br />The term "loot" comes from the Hebrew "shalal," meaning to take spoil or prey. This further emphasizes the totality of the destruction that Tyre would face. The "merchandise" refers to the goods and commodities that made Tyre a hub of commerce in the ancient world. The loss of merchandise signifies not just economic ruin but also the collapse of Tyre's identity as a trading power. This can be seen as a divine judgment against the pride and self-sufficiency that often accompany great wealth.<p><b>They will break down your walls</b><br />Walls in ancient cities were symbols of strength and protection. The Hebrew word "haras" means to tear down or demolish. The breaking down of Tyre's walls signifies the removal of its defenses, leaving it vulnerable to attack. Spiritually, this can be interpreted as a warning against relying on human defenses and fortifications instead of seeking refuge in God. It is a call to recognize that true security comes from the Lord.<p><b>and demolish your fine houses</b><br />The phrase "fine houses" refers to the luxurious dwellings of Tyre's inhabitants. The Hebrew word "na'ah" suggests beauty or splendor. The demolition of these houses symbolizes the end of opulence and the judgment against the pride associated with such wealth. It serves as a reminder that earthly beauty and luxury are temporary and can be taken away in an instant. This calls believers to focus on building spiritual houses that are eternal.<p><b>They will throw your stones, your timber, and your rubble into the sea</b><br />This vivid imagery of destruction indicates the complete and utter devastation of Tyre. The act of throwing stones, timber, and rubble into the sea suggests not only the physical dismantling of the city but also its erasure from memory. Historically, this prophecy was fulfilled when Alexander the Great used the debris of the mainland city to build a causeway to the island city of Tyre. Spiritually, this serves as a powerful reminder of God's sovereignty and the certainty of His judgments. It encourages believers to live in humility and obedience, recognizing that God is the ultimate authority over nations and individuals alike.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">They shall make.</span>--In <a href="/ezekiel/26-12.htm" title="And they shall make a spoil of your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise: and they shall break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses: and they shall lay your stones and your timber and your dust in the middle of the water.">Ezekiel 26:12</a> the nominative changes. It is no longer Nebuchadnezzar who does these things, but "they." This may intimate that the prophet's vision now again passes beyond the immediate future to the long succession of calamities, beginning indeed with Nebuchadnezzar's conquest, with which Tyre was to be visited. The "spoil" and "prey" is to be understood more of what the Tyrians lost than of what the conquerors gained. In the long-continued sieges to which the city was subjected there was great waste of its substance; but their command of the water generally enabled them before the close to send away their moveable wealth, so that the booty of the victor was small. (With the close of the verse comp. <a href="/ezekiel/26-4.htm" title="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.">Ezekiel 26:4</a>.) The situation of Tyre led naturally to her ruins being thrown into the sea. Robinson saw in one place as many as forty or fifty marble columns beneath the water.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/26.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thy pleasant houses</span>; Hebrew, <span class="accented">houses of desire</span>. The palaces of the merchant-princes of Tyro, stately as those of Genoa or Venice. <span class="cmt_word">In the midst of the water.</span> We are again reminded that it is the island city of which the prophet speaks. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They will plunder</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׁלְל֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šā·lə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7997.htm">Strong's 7997: </a> </span><span class="str2">To drop, strip, to plunder</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your wealth</span><br /><span class="heb">חֵילֵ֗ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥê·lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2428.htm">Strong's 2428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and pillage</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָֽזְזוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇā·zə·zū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_962.htm">Strong's 962: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spoil, plunder</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your merchandise.</span><br /><span class="heb">רְכֻלָּתֵ֔ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(rə·ḵul·lā·ṯêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7404.htm">Strong's 7404: </a> </span><span class="str2">Traffic, merchandise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">They will demolish</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָֽרְסוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·rə·sū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2040.htm">Strong's 2040: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull down, in pieces, break, & destroy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your walls,</span><br /><span class="heb">חוֹמוֹתַ֔יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥō·w·mō·w·ṯa·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2346.htm">Strong's 2346: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wall of protection</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tear down</span><br /><span class="heb">יִתֹּ֑צוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yit·tō·ṣū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5422.htm">Strong's 5422: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull down, break down</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your beautiful</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶמְדָּתֵ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥem·dā·ṯêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, delight</span><br /><br /><span class="word">homes,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָתֵּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇāt·tê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and throw</span><br /><span class="heb">יָשִֽׂימוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yā·śî·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your stones</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲבָנַ֤יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·ḇā·na·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_68.htm">Strong's 68: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stone</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and timber</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעֵצַ֙יִךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ê·ṣa·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tree, trees, wood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and soil</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽעֲפָרֵ֔ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·p̄ā·rêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6083.htm">Strong's 6083: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dust, clay, earth, mud</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּת֥וֹךְ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṯō·wḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8432.htm">Strong's 8432: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bisection, the centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the water.</span><br /><span class="heb">מַ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Ezekiel 26:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Ezekiel 26:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Ezekiel 26:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Ezekiel 26:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Ezekiel 26:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Ezekiel 26:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Ezekiel 26:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Ezekiel 26:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Ezekiel 26:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Ezekiel 26:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/26-12.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 26:12 They shall make a spoil of your (Ezek. 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