Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 26:7
I will bring: see Ezekiel 23:46. A king of kings; so he styled himself, according to the vaunting manner of those countries, and indeed, by the right of conquest, he was king of kings, having many tributary kings under him, and many captive kings with him in Babylon, 2 Kings 18:28; Jeremiah 52:32. From the north; so was Babylon accounted to lie, as observed, Ezekiel 1:4, though it did not lie full north, but had some points of the north from Tyre. With horses; those Eastern kings had store of... read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 26:6
Her daughters; either the lesser cities, which were as daughters to Tyre, a phrase most familiar to the Scriptures; or else their virgins, and daughters of the family. In the field; on the firm land, if you mean cities; or surprised in the fields, whether taking the air, or seeking to escape, if you mean daughters in the latter sense. Shall be slain by the sword; barbarous soldiers shall spare none. They shall know that I am the Lord: see Ezekiel 25:17. read more