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
以西結書 26:3-5 Cunpts
E.W. Bullinger
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 26:3
Ezekiel 26:3. As the sea, &c.— They shall be as loud, as numerous, as irresistible, as the waves of the sea. This is one of the beautiful and expressive ironies which occur in the magnificent prophesy here recorded. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 26:4
Ezekiel 26:4. I will also scrape her dust from her— I will brush away the dust out of her, and reduce her to a dry rock: Houbigant: an allusion to the custom in Palestine of fertilizing particular spots by carrying mould to them from other places less eligible for the purpose of sowing or planting. Chandler renders the last clause, I will make thee as a shining or barren rock; that is to say, as appears by the context, "Strip thee of thy riches, pride, power, inhabitants, palaces; so that thou... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 26:3
3, 4. nations . . . as the sea . . . waves—In striking contrast to the boasting of Tyre, God threatens to bring against her Babylon's army levied from "many nations," even as the Mediterranean waves that dashed against her rock-founded city on all sides. scrape her dust . . . make her . . . top of . . . rock—or, "a bare rock" [GROTIUS]. The soil which the Tyrians had brought together upon the rock on which they built their city, I will scrape so clean away as to leave no dust, but only the bare... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
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
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 26:3-4
The Lord would set Himself against Tyre and would bring up many nations against her, like waves against her shore. This was an apt description since both parts of ancient Tyre stood on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. These nations would destroy Tyre’s defensive fortifications and would even scrape the site as clean as a rock (Heb. sela’), a play on the name of the city (Heb. sor)."The siege of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar lasted for thirteen years (ca. 586-573 B.C.). Under King Ba’ali II, Tyre... 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
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 26:4
the top of a rock = a bare rock. read more