Ezekiel 26:20 — Meaning and Application

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“When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;”

Ezekiel 26:20

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Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that {are} in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.

For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;

When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;

I will make thee a terror, and thou {shalt be} no {more}: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD. {a terror: Heb. terrors}

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Ezekiel 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,"

Ezekiel 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:"

Ezekiel 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."

Ezekiel 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."

Ezekiel 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."

Ezekiel 26:6

"And her daughters which {are} in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I {am} the LORD."

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