エゼキエル書 26:3-6 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 26:1-6

Collision between man's plans and God's plans. Appearance is never a safe guide. It might seem to a carnal eye as if the downfall of Israel would bring worldly advantage to Tyre. But that prospect was soon overcast. Righteous obedience is the only safe guide to men. The path may be, for a time, rough and dark, yet it will bring us into a paradise of light. I. NATIONAL SELFISHNESS IS SIN . Nations have their vices as well as individual persons. If the leaders of a nation cherish... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 26:1-21

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 26:1-21

The sin and doom of Tyre. "And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying," etc. I. THE SIN OF TYRE . "Son of man, because that Tyre hath said against Jerusalem, Aha! she is broken that was the gate of the peoples; she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste." The sin which is here charged against Tyre is extreme and cruel selfishness. There is no evidence in this chapter that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 26:2-4

The exultation of the world over the Church. "Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha! she is broken that was the gate of the peoples," etc. Type is viewed by the prophet, not merely in its literal aspect, but also in a typical one. "Tyre, in the prophets," says Schroder, "comes into consideration, not in a political respect, but as the representative, the might, of the world's commerce. Jehovah and mammon are the counterpart to Jerusalem and Tyre." And says... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 26:3

As the sea causeth , etc. We note the special appropriateness of the comparison to the position of the island city. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 26:3

Divine antagonism. I. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR GOD TO BE IN ANTAGONISM TO MEN . We have come to regard the quarrel between man and God as one-sided. Now, it is one-sided in its origin, its evil, and its malice. God never wishes to be at war with men, and never originates any breach of the peace. His conduct throughout is just, considerate, marvelously long-suffering. Even when the conflict is forced on to an extremity, God never ceases to love his foolish, fallen... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 26:3-6

The fate of Type. From such obscure peoples as the Ammonites, Moabites, and Edomites, who—except for their occasional association with Israel—are quite aside from the world's history, the prophet passes to deal with Tyre, one of the greatest and most commanding cities whose deeds and fame adorn the annals of mankind. The Ruler of men does not, indeed, allow the meanest to defy his authority with impunity; his sway extends to the most insignificant of peoples, of tribes. But on the other... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 26:5

It shall be a place for the spreading of nets , etc. The prediction is repeated in Ezekiel 26:14 , and after many chances and changes, apparent revival followed by another period of decay, the present condition of Tyre strikingly corresponds with it. The travelers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries report that "its inhabitants are only a few poor wretches that harbor in vaults and subsist upon fishing"; that the number of those inhabitants was "only ten, Turks and Christians";... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.