Ezekiel 26:2-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 26:1-14

This prophecy is dated in the eleventh year, which was the year that Jerusalem was taken, and in the first day of the month, but it is not said what month, some think the month in which Jerusalem was taken, which was the fourth month, others the month after; or perhaps it was the first month, and so it was the first day of the year. Observe here, I. The pleasure with which the Tyrians looked upon the ruins of Jerusalem. Ezekiel was a great way off, in Babylon, but God told him what Tyrus said... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 26:2

Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, aha ,.... As rejoicing at her destruction, and insulting over her in it; which was barbarous and inhuman, and resented by the Lord: she is broken that was the gates of the people ; through whose gates the people went in and out in great numbers; a city to which there was very popular, not only for religion, from all parts, at their solemn feasts, but for merchandise from several parts of the world; and was now full of people... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 26:3

Therefore thus saith the Lord God ,.... Who knew the thoughts of the inhabitants of Tyre, and what joy possessed their hearts, and which their lips expressed; and who informs the prophet of it, though at a great distance, and declares his resentment at it: behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus ; and nothing can be more dreadful and formidable than to have God against a nation, city, or a particular person: Tyre was a type of antichrist, who will express a like joy at the death of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 26:4

And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus .... Undermining them, or breaking them down with their battering rams: and break down her towers ; with axes, Ezekiel 26:9 built upon the walls; erected for the defence of the city, and for watchmen to stand in, to look out from them for the enemy, and observe his motions, as well as for soldiers to fight from: and I will scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock ; a bare smooth rock, which has not any surface of earth... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 26:5

It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea ,.... Where only fishermen would be seen washing their nets, and then spreading them upon this rock, where Tyre stood, to dry them and this has been confirmed by travellers, who have seen fishermen spreading and drying their nets, and having no other habitations on it but the huts of these men. Huetius F3 Evangel. Demonstrat. prop. 6. p. 328. relates, that he remembered one Hadrian Parvillarius, a Jesuit, a candid... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 26:6

And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword ,.... That is, the inhabitants of the cities, towns, and villages, on the shore near it, and which were subject to it; as such cities are frequently in Scripture called the daughters of the place to which they belong: or their daughters literally, that should get out of the city, and endeavour to make their escape; yet should fall into the enemies' hands, who would not spare them on account of their sex or age. The Targum... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 26:7

For thus saith the Lord God ,.... What follows; and declares by name the person that should be the instrument of this ruin, and the manner in which it should be brought about: I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon ; a prince whose name was terrible, having conquered many nations: the Lord is said to bring him against Tyre, because, he inclined his heart to steer his course this way; encouraged him to this work; led and protected his army; and, at last, gave him success:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 26:8

He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field ,.... The first thing he would do would be to destroy the cities, towns and villages on the continent, near to Tyre, and dependent on it, as in Ezekiel 26:6 , and so the Targum is here, as there: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee ; a fort built of wood, and a mount made of earth, from which stones might be cast out of their engines, and arrows shot from their bows into the city, to the damaging... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 26:9

And he shall set engines of war against thy walls ,.... Which some Jewish writers understand of crossbows, out of which stones or arrows were cast; but rather, according to Kimchi and Jarchi, they were warlike machines, invented to throw large stones against the walls of a place, to beat them down. Some think they were the same with the battering rams, used in sieges for the demolishing of walls; which was a late invention of those times, Ezekiel being the first writer, it is said, that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 26:10

By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee ,.... The dust raised by the feet of the horses so numerous, should rise in such quantities, and to such a height, as to be like a cloud, which should cover the city; an hyperbolical way of speaking, as Kimchi observes; as is also the following clause: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots ; at the shouts of the horsemen upon every attack, and the rattling of the... read more

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