Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 26:5
5. in the midst of the sea—plainly referring to New Tyre (Ezekiel 27:32). read more
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Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 26:1-6
A general prophecy of Tyre’s destruction 26:1-6 read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 26:1-19
B. Judgment on Tyre 26:1-28:19"When Jerusalem finally fell in 586, the only states that were still resisting the Babylonians were Egypt and Tyre. It is not coincidental, therefore, that of the foreign nations addressed by Ezekiel, these two are singled out for the brunt of his oracular volleys." [Note: Block, The Book . . . 48, p. 32.] The length of this oracle reflects the great significance of Tyre at this time in Israel’s history. Tyre (lit. "rock") was the principle city of Phoenicia and... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 26:5-6
Fishermen would someday use the site as a place to spread their nets to dry. The picture Ezekiel presented was that of the debris of the mainland city being pushed out into the sea where it would become a flat surface. Tyre would become spoil for the nations. Formerly she had spoiled the nations by taking their money in exchange for the commodities that she had traded. Furthermore, Tyre’s daughters (her dependent villages on the mainland) would also fall in battle. The fulfillment of this... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 26:1-21
The Fall of Tyre PredictedThe desolation of Tyre is announced (Ezekiel 26:1-6), its siege by Nebuchadrezzar is vividly described (Ezekiel 26:7-14), a lamentation for its fall is put into the mouths of the princes of the sea (Ezekiel 26:15-18), and God’s threat of judgment is again repeated (Ezekiel 26:19-21).1. The eleventh year] 586 b.c. The month is not given, but the date must have been after the destruction of Jerusalem, in the fifth month of that year (2 Kings 25:8): see Ezekiel 26:2. 2.... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 26:1-26
§ 2. Tyre (and Sidon) (Ezekiel 26-28)Tyre was the capital of Phoenicia, the seaboard country on the NW. of Palestine. The Phoenicians were the great mariners of the ancient world, and Tyre was a famous seaport, renowned for its wealth and splendour. It joined in the league against Nebuchadrezzar, and was besieged by him for thirteen years (597-584 b.c.). See Intro. Ezekiel predicts its overthrow in three prophecies, one in general terms (Ezekiel 26), one describing Tyre under the figure of a... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 26:5
(5) The spreading of nets.—Such has been the chief use of insular Tyre for ages, and although a miserable village of 3,000 people has sprung up, chiefly within the present century, upon a part of its site, other parts have still no more important use. The Tyre upon the mainland has so utterly disappeared that even its site cannot be exactly identified. read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ezekiel 26:1-21
Ezekiel 26:15 'Conquerors,' says Carlyle in his essay on Burns, 'are a class of men with whom, for most part, the world could well dispense; nor can the hard intellect, the unsympathizing loftiness, and high but selfish enthusiasm of such persons inspire us in general with any affection; at best it may excite amazement; and their fall, like that of a pyramid, will be beheld with a certain sadness and awe.' read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 26:1-21
TYREEzekiel 26:1-21, Ezekiel 29:17-21IN the time of Ezekiel Tyre was still at the height of her commercial prosperity. Although not the oldest of the Phoenician cities, she held a supremacy among them which dated from the thirteenth century B.C., and she had long been regarded as the typical embodiment of the genius of the remarkable race to which she belonged. The Phoenicians were renowned in antiquity for a combination of all the qualities on which commercial greatness depends. Their... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 26:5
the midst of the sea. Tyre was on a promontory spreading out into the sea. saith the Lord GOD = [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle, read more