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Ezekiel 26:2 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" “Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ‘Aha! She is broken! She who was the gateway of the peoples has been returned to me. I will be replenished, now that she is laid waste;’ "
Ezekiel 26:2
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1 In the eleventh year, in the first of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
2 “Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ‘Aha! She is broken! She who was the gateway of the peoples has been returned to me. I will be replenished, now that she is laid waste;’
3 therefore the Lord GOD says, ‘Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up.
4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers. I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.
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Ezekiel 26:1
"In the eleventh year, in the first of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,"
Ezekiel 26:3
"therefore the Lord GOD says, ‘Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up."
Ezekiel 26:4
"They will destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers. I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock."
Ezekiel 26:5
"She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the middle of the sea; for I have spoken it,’ says the Lord GOD. ‘She will become plunder for the nations."
Ezekiel 26:6
"Her daughters who are in the field will be slain with the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’"
Ezekiel 26:7
"“For the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring on Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, with chariots, with horsemen, and an army with many people."
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