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Ezekiel 26:21

Ezekiel 26:21
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.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Ezekiel 26:15-21

The effect of the fall of Tyre. Eze 26:16 Clothe themselves with trembling - Mourners change their bright robes for sad garments. Eze 26:17 Of seafaring men - literally, “from the seas,” i. e.,…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Yet shalt thou never be found again - This is literally true; there is not the smallest vestige of the ancient Tyre, that which was erected on the main land. Even the ground seems to have been washed…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 26:15-21

The utter ruin of Tyre is here represented in very strong and lively figures, which are exceedingly affecting.

1. See how high, how great, Tyre had been, how little likely ever to come to this. The…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

make thee a terror lit., terrors or destructionsI will utterly destroy thee, Eze 27:36; Eze 28:19; cf. Psa 73:19. On "make" cf. Eze 16:38.

The passage Eze 29:17-21 states that Nebuchadnezzar received…