Ezekiel 26:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 26:15-21

The effect of the fall of Tyre.Ezekiel 26:16Clothe themselves with trembling - Mourners change their bright robes for sad garments.Ezekiel 26:17Of seafaring men - literally, “from the seas,” i. e., occupied by men who come from the seas. Tyre was an inhabited city rising from out of the sea.Ezekiel 26:20Compare Isaiah 14:9. The image used by Isaiah and Jeremiah of Babylon is by Ezekiel applied to Tyre, as if to show that Tyre and Babylon alike represent the world-power. So, in the Book of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 26:15-18

Ezekiel 26:15-18. Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall? All those that dwell upon the sea-coast near thee shall be thrown into a consternation at the news of thy being taken and destroyed. All the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones All the princes and rich merchants (or the merchants who are as princes, as Isaiah speaks) of Zidon, Carthage, and other maritime cities that maintained a trade with Tyre, and got great wealth by that means, shall express a deep... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 26:1-21

Overthrow of Tyre (26:1-21)Tyre, on the Mediterranean coast of Phoenicia, just north of Palestine, was a leading commercial centre in the ancient world. The city was in two parts, one built on the mainland coast, the other on an island a short distance offshore. Tyre rejoiced at the fall of Jerusalem, for the way was now open for it to take over the important trade routes that passed through Jerusalem (26:1-2). The prophet announces that in the years ahead, armies from various nations will... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 26:16

trembling. Hebrew, plural = a great trembling. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 26:16-17

Ezekiel 26:16-17. Then all the princes of the sea, &c.— That is, "All the princes and rich merchants of Sidon, Carthage, and other maritime cities, who traded with Tyre, shall express a deep concern for her misfortune." Houbigant reads the 17th verse thus, How is she destroyed, who hath been so long inhabited! the renowned city, whose defence was the sea, and whose citizens struck terror upon all who inhabit the earth! Tyre was famous for the strength of its situation, which was on the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 26:16

16. come down from their thrones . . . upon the ground—"the throne of the mourners" (Job 2:13; Jonah 3:6). princes of the sea—are the merchant rulers of Carthage and other colonies of Tyre, who had made themselves rich and powerful by trading on the sea (Jonah 3:6- :). clothe . . . with trembling—Hebrew, "tremblings." Compare Jonah 3:6- :, "clothed with desolation"; Jonah 3:6- :. In a public calamity the garment was changed for a mourning garb. 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 26:15-16

The Lord also revealed that other towns would tremble when they heard of Tyre’s overthrow. These were Tyre’s vassals along the coast and among the islands that depended on Tyre for their prosperity and protection. Tyre had colonies in many Mediterranean coastal regions: Cyprus, Rhodes, Malta, Spain, Sicily, Sardinia, the Balearic Islands, and Africa. [Note: Feinberg, p. 150.] The rulers of these communities would go into mourning and would fear because of what had overtaken their mother city... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 26:15-18

The effect on Tyre’s allies 26:15-18 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

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