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They will butcher your people, and your strong pillars will topple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/26.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/26.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/26.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/26.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />With the hooves of his horses he will trample all your streets; he will slay your people by the sword, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will go down to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/26.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will slay your people with the sword; and your strong pillars will come down to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will slay your people with the sword; and your strong pillars will come down to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword; and your strong pillars will come down to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />With the hoofs of his horses Nebuchadnezzar will trample all your streets; with the sword he will kill your people, and your strong pillars (obelisks) will fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will trample all your streets with the hooves of his horses. He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will trample all your streets with the hooves of his horses. He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets; he shall slay thy people with the sword; and the pillars of thy strength shall go down to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/26.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />His troops will ride through your streets, killing people left and right, and your strong columns will crumble to the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people with the sword, and the pillars of thy strength shall go down to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />With his horses' hoofs he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people in battle, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/26.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Their cavalry will storm through your streets, killing your people with their swords. Your mighty pillars will be thrown to the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/26.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"'Their horses will trample all the public places as he executes your inhabitants with swords. The most fortified of your pillars will be torn to the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/26.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />With his horses' hoofs he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will tumble down to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all your streets; he shall kill your people with the sword; and the pillars of your strength shall go down to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He will tread down all your streets with the hoofs of his horses. He will kill your people with the sword. The pillars of your strength will go down to the ground. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He treads all your out-places with [the] hooves of his horses, "" He slays your people by sword, "" And the pillars of your strength come down to the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> With hoofs of his horses he treadeth all thine out-places, Thy people by sword he doth slay, And the pillars of thy strength to the earth come down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />With the hoofs of his horses he will tread down all thy streets: he will slay thy people with the sword, and the garrisons of thy strength shall go down to the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />With the hoofs of his horses he shall tread down all thy streets: thy people he shall kill with the sword, and thy famous statues shall fall to the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />With the hoofs of his horses, he will trample all your streets. He will cut down your people with the sword, and your noble statues will fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/26.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />With the hooves of his horses he will trample all your streets; Your people he will slay by the sword; your mighty pillars will collapse. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />With the hoofs of his horses he shall trample all your streets. He shall put your people to the sword, and your strong pillars shall fall to the ground.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />With the hoofs of his horses he shall tread down all your streets; he shall slay your people by the sword, and your mighty altars shall he demolish to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/26.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And with the hooves of his horses he shall tread upon all your streets and he shall kill your people by the sword, and he shall overthrow the high places of your strength in the land<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/26.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />With the hoofs of his horses Shall he tread down all thy streets; He shall slay thy people with the sword, And the pillars of thy strength Shall go down to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/26.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />With the hoofs of his horses they shall trample all thy streets: he shall slay thy people with the sword, and shall bring down to the ground the support of thy strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/26-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=7513" 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">10</span>His multitude of horses will cover you in their dust. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6541.htm" title="6541: bə·p̄ar·sō·wṯ (Prep-b:: N-fpc) -- A hoof. Feminine of perec; a claw or split hoof.">The hooves</a> <a href="/hebrew/5483.htm" title="5483: sū·sāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- A swallow, swift (type of bird). Or cuc; from an unused root meaning to skip; a horse; also a swallow.">of his horses</a> <a href="/hebrew/7429.htm" title="7429: yir·mōs (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To trample. A primitive root; to tread upon.">will trample</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: ḥū·ṣō·w·ṯā·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">your streets.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2026.htm" title="2026: ya·hă·rōḡ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To kill, slay. A primitive root; to smite with deadly intent.">He will slaughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">your people</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ba·ḥe·reḇ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">with the sword,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5797.htm" title="5797: ‘uz·zêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- Strength, might. Or rowz; from azaz; strength in various applications.">and your mighty</a> <a href="/hebrew/4676.htm" title="4676: ū·maṣ·ṣə·ḇō·wṯ (Conj-w:: N-fpc) -- A pillar, stump. Feminine participle of natsab; something stationed, i.e. A column or; by analogy, an idol.">pillars</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: tê·rêḏ (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To come or go down, descend. ">will fall</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: lā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">to the ground.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>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.…<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="/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/47-1.htm">Jeremiah 47:1-7</a></span><br />This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza. / This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail / at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp. ...<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="/isaiah/14-29.htm">Isaiah 14:29-31</a></span><br />Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg. / Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain. / Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.<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="/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/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/3-2.htm">Nahum 3:2-3</a></span><br />The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot! / Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end—they stumble over their dead—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-17.htm">Revelation 18:17-19</a></span><br />For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance / and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim. / Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-21.htm">Matthew 11:21-22</a></span><br />“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-13.htm">Luke 10:13-14</a></span><br />Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. / But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21-24</a></span><br />Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again. / And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again. / The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-2</a></span><br />Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all your streets: he shall slay your people by the sword, and your strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.</p><p class="hdg">hoofs</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/5-28.htm">Isaiah 5:28</a></b></br> Whose arrows <i>are</i> sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-27.htm">Jeremiah 51:27</a></b></br> Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/habakkuk/1-8.htm">Habakkuk 1:8</a></b></br> Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle <i>that</i> hasteth to eat.</p><p class="hdg">thy</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/26-5.htm">Isaiah 26:5</a></b></br> For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, <i>even</i> to the ground; he bringeth it <i>even</i> to the dust.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/24-7.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-13.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-6.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-2.htm">Garrisons</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-6.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-3.htm">Hoofs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-10.htm">Horses</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-8.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-34.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-6.htm">Out-Places</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-21.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-8.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-6.htm">Stamped</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-9.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-25.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-14.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-8.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Trample</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-33.htm">Tread</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-2.htm">Treadeth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/26-17.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-15.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-2.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-6.htm">Garrisons</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-16.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-13.htm">Hoofs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-14.htm">Horses</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-9.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-11.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-23.htm">Out-Places</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-9.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-9.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-19.htm">Stamped</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-23.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-6.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-17.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-15.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-18.htm">Trample</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-18.htm">Tread</a> <a href="/daniel/7-23.htm">Treadeth</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'; 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The imagery of horses trampling the streets signifies the thorough and overwhelming nature of the conquest. Historically, Tyre was a powerful and wealthy city-state known for its strong fortifications and strategic location on the Mediterranean coast. The prophecy highlights the inevitability of judgment against Tyre due to its pride and opposition to God’s people. The trampling of streets symbolizes the complete subjugation and humiliation of the city, as horses were often associated with military power and conquest in ancient times.<p><b>He will slaughter your people with the sword,</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the violence and loss of life that would accompany the Babylonian siege. The sword is a common biblical symbol for warfare and divine judgment. In the context of Ezekiel, this prophecy serves as a warning to Tyre and a demonstration of God’s sovereignty over nations. The historical context reveals that Nebuchadnezzar's campaign against Tyre lasted for many years, reflecting the intensity and persistence of the conflict. The slaughter of the people underscores the seriousness of the consequences of defying God’s will and the fulfillment of prophetic declarations.<p><b>and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.</b><br>The "mighty pillars" likely refer to the physical and symbolic structures that represented Tyre's strength and stability. In ancient architecture, pillars were not only structural supports but also symbols of power and permanence. The fall of these pillars signifies the collapse of Tyre’s defenses and the end of its dominance. This imagery can also be seen as a metaphor for the downfall of human pride and reliance on worldly power. Theologically, it points to the ultimate futility of opposing God’s purposes. The destruction of Tyre serves as a type of the final judgment, where all human arrogance will be brought low before the sovereignty of God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who ministered during the Babylonian exile. He conveyed God's messages of judgment and restoration.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/tyre.htm">Tyre</a></b><br>An ancient and wealthy city located on the Mediterranean coast, known for its commerce and strong fortifications. It was a significant center of trade and culture.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/n/nebuchadnezzar.htm">Nebuchadnezzar</a></b><br>The king of Babylon, who was used by God as an instrument of judgment against Tyre and other nations.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_conquest.htm">Babylonian Conquest</a></b><br>The event where Nebuchadnezzar's forces besieged and eventually conquered Tyre, fulfilling the prophecy.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>The overarching theme of this passage, where God pronounces judgment on Tyre for its pride and opposition to His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>God is in control of all nations and uses them to accomplish His purposes, even when they are unaware.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_pride.htm">The Consequences of Pride</a></b><br>Tyre's downfall serves as a warning against pride and self-reliance. God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_word.htm">The Certainty of God's Word</a></b><br>Prophecies like those against Tyre demonstrate the reliability and truth of God's Word. What He declares will come to pass.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_restoration.htm">Judgment and Restoration</a></b><br>While God judges sin, His ultimate plan includes restoration and redemption for those who turn to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_temporal_nature_of_earthly_wealth.htm">The Temporal Nature of Earthly Wealth</a></b><br>Tyre's wealth and power could not save it from destruction. True security is found in God alone.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_26.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 26</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_are_the_four_horsemen.htm">Who are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_'pillars_of_heaven'_contradict_science.htm">Job 26:11: What are the 'pillars of heaven,' and do they contradict the scientific model of the universe?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_26_7_with_history.htm">How do we reconcile Ezekiel 26:7's prophecy of Nebuchadnezzar destroying Tyre with its actual defeat by Alexander the Great?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_the_bible_say_earth_is_flat.htm">Does the Bible claim the earth is flat?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">Thy strong garrisons.--</span>This is the only instance in the Bible in which this common word is so translated, although a word closely akin to it is rendered <span class= "ital">garrison </span>throughout the Books of Samuel. Both words mean a pillar set up as a monument or memorial. Translate, therefore, <span class= "ital">the pillars of thy strength. </span>It is probable that the pillars intended are those mentioned by Herodotus (Bk. 2:44) as standing in the Temple of Hercules at Tyre, one of gold and the other of emerald.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/26.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thy strong garrisons</span>; literally, <span class="accented">the pillars of thy strength</span> (Revised Version). So the Vulgate, <span class="accented">nobiles statuae</span>. So the word is used in <a href="/isaiah/19-19.htm">Isaiah 19:19</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/43-13.htm">Jeremiah 43:13</a>; <a href="/2_kings/3-2.htm">2 Kings 3:2</a>. The words probably refer to the two famous columns standing in the temple of the Tyrian Hercules, one of gold and one of emerald (possibly malachite or lapis-lazuli), as symbols of strength, or as pedestals surmounted by a statue of Baal (Herod., 2:44). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/26-11.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">The hooves</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּפַרְס֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·p̄ar·sō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6541.htm">Strong's 6541: </a> </span><span class="str2">A claw, split hoof</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of his horses</span><br /><span class="heb">סוּסָ֔יו</span> <span class="translit">(sū·sāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5483.htm">Strong's 5483: </a> </span><span class="str2">A swallow, swift (type of bird)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will trample</span><br /><span class="heb">יִרְמֹ֖ס</span> <span class="translit">(yir·mōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7429.htm">Strong's 7429: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tread upon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your streets.</span><br /><span class="heb">חֽוּצוֹתָ֑יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥū·ṣō·w·ṯā·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> </span><span class="str2">Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He will slaughter</span><br /><span class="heb">יַהֲרֹ֔ג</span> <span class="translit">(ya·hă·rōḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2026.htm">Strong's 2026: </a> </span><span class="str2">To smite with deadly intent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your people</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמֵּךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with the sword,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחֶ֣רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥe·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your mighty</span><br /><span class="heb">עֻזֵּ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(‘uz·zêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5797.htm">Strong's 5797: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength, might</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pillars</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמַצְּב֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ū·maṣ·ṣə·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4676.htm">Strong's 4676: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something stationed, a column, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will fall</span><br /><span class="heb">תֵּרֵֽד׃</span> <span class="translit">(tê·rêḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come or go down, descend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the ground.</span><br /><span class="heb">לָאָ֥רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(lā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/26-11.htm">Ezekiel 26:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/26-11.htm">Ezekiel 26:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/26-11.htm">Ezekiel 26:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/26-11.htm">Ezekiel 26:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/26-11.htm">Ezekiel 26:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/26-11.htm">Ezekiel 26:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/26-11.htm">Ezekiel 26:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/26-11.htm">Ezekiel 26:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/26-11.htm">Ezekiel 26:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/26-11.htm">Ezekiel 26:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/26-11.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 26:11 With the hoofs of his horses shall (Ezek. 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