Ezekiel 26:1-14 BSB

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 26:1-21

Tonight turn in our Bibles to Ezekiel chapter 26.According to verse Ezekiel 26:1 , this prophecy came to Ezekiel in the eleventh year of the king Zedekiah's reign, which would make it the year 586 B.C., the year in which Jerusalem was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar.So it came to pass in the eleventh year, the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, because Tyrus has said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people; she is... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 26:1-21

Ezekiel 26:2 . Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha. The Lord’s people were not beloved among the gentile nations, because they were not what they seemed to be in regard to their holy temple. Having made reflections on the fall of Tyre in Isaiah 23:0., we have here only to gather the gleanings. A new Tyre was built on an island near the old one, under the auspices of Cyrus. Ezekiel 26:4 . I will also scrape her dust. Tyre, because of her wealth and maritime resources, was as much... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ezekiel 26:7-14

Ezekiel 26:7-14Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar King of Babylon.The prophecy against TyreI. What were the grounds of her judgment. She was judged for her sins.1. She abused the privilege of civilisation. Tyre was the most cultivated state of antiquity, invented letters, weights and measures, money, arithmetic, the art of keeping accounts. She made her painting and sculpture and architecture and music and letters, all her skill and learning and refinement, instruments of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ezekiel 26:12

Ezekiel 26:12And they shall make a spoil of thy riches. Spoliation of treasure is a moral gainScholars and artists have mourned for ages over the almost universal destruction of the works of ancient genius. I suppose that many a second-rate city, in the time of Christ, possessed a collection of works of surpassing beauty, which could not be equalled by all the specimens now existing that have been discovered. The Alexandrian library is believed to have contained a greater treasure of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ezekiel 26:13

Ezekiel 26:13And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease.Sin silencing songThe classics tell of a lake called Avernus, which means “birdless.” A poisonous vapour arises from its foul waters. Birds attempting to fly across it fall stupefied into its bosom. The eagle’s wing becomes powerless, and gradually the proud bird sinks down, until its lifeless body floats upon the dark waters. The nightingale loses by degrees her power of song, and at length the sweet singer falls trembling into the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 26:1

Eze 26:1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first [day] of the month, [that] the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 1. In the eleventh year. ] Of Jehoiakim’s captivity and Zedekiah’s reign. In the first day of the month, ] i.e., Of the fifth month, when the news came to Tyre of the destruction of Jerusalem twenty days before, which occured on the ninth day of the fourth month. 2Ki 25:1 read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 26:2

Eze 26:2 Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken [that was] the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, [now] she is laid waste: Ver. 2. Because that Tyrus hath said. ] Wicked men shall give account for their "hard speeches also," Jdg 1:15 if not sooner, yet certainly at the last day, with the whole world all on a light fire about their ears. Tyre was the chief city of Phoenicia, built before Solomon’s temple, saith Josephus; ... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 26:3

Eze 26:3 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. Ver. 3. Therefore thus saith the Lord God. ] And thy merchants will soon do thee word of it; for they are great newsmongers, and ill news is swift of foot. a Behold, I am against them. ] Neither can thine Apollo help or deliver thee out of my hands; no, though thou chain that idol and nail him to a post, that thou... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 26:4

Eze 26:4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. Ver. 4. And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus. ] Which thou holdest to be inexpugnable. Hence this and the two following chapters, purposely to undeceive thee, if it may be. I will also scrape her dust from her. ] Brought from other places, to make her gardens; for she was built upon a rock, et in petram glabram: to a naked rock will... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 26:5

Eze 26:5 It shall be [a place for] the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken [it], saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations. Ver. 5. It shall be a place for the spreading of nets. ] Of fishers’ nets, hung up in the sun to be dried. The prophets usually fetch their comparisons from things the people were most acquainted with and accustomed to as here. Let ministers now do the like. read more

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 26:1-21

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 26:1-21

The Biblical Illustrator - Ezekiel 26:7-14

The Biblical Illustrator - Ezekiel 26:12

The Biblical Illustrator - Ezekiel 26:13

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 26:1

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 26:2

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 26:3

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 26:4

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 26:5

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