Ezekiel 26:11
in Ezekiel 26The hooves of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.
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ASV
With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets; he shall slay thy people with the sword; and the pillars of thy strength shall go down to the ground.
KJV
With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.
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This verse in Ezekiel 26
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings
on Ezekiel 26:7-11
The instrument is named, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings. The verses that follow describe siege engines, warfare aimed first at Tyre's mainland suburbs and gate city rather than the fortified island. Barnes notes that Ezekiel 29:18 records Nebuchadnezzar's army coming away from this siege with no wages.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
) he shall slay thy people with the sword; not only the soldiers that are found in arms, but the burghers, shall be put to the sword, the king of Babylon being highly incensed against them for holding out so long.
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With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets,....
The utter ruin of Tyre is here represented in very strong and lively figures, which are exceedingly affecting. See how high, how great, Tyre had been, how little likely ever to come to this. The remembrance of men's former grandeur and plenty is a great aggravation of their present disgrace and poverty.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּפַרְס֣וֹת | befarsot | with [the] hooves of | H6541 → | |
| סוּסָ֔יו | susav | horses his | H5483 → | 140 times |
| יִרְמֹ֖ס | yirmos | he will trample | H7429 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חֽוּצוֹתָ֑יִךְ | chutzotayikh | streets your | H2351 → | 164 times |
| עַמֵּךְ֙ | ʾamekh | people your | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| בַּחֶ֣רֶב | bacherev | with the sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| יַהֲרֹ֔ג | yaharog | he will kill | H2026 → | 167 times |
| וּמַצְּב֥וֹת | umatzevot | and [the] pillars of | H4676 → | |
| עֻזֵּ֖ךְ | ʾuzekh | strength your | H5797 → | 92 times |
| לָאָ֥רֶץ | laaretz | to the ground | H776 → | 2504 times |
| תֵּרֵֽד׃ | tered | it will come down | H3381 → | 381 times |
בְּפַרְס֣וֹתwith [the] hooves of
befarsotH6541 →
סוּסָ֔יוhorses his
susavH5483 →140 times
יִרְמֹ֖סhe will trample
yirmosH7429 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
חֽוּצוֹתָ֑יִךְstreets your
chutzotayikhH2351 →164 times
עַמֵּךְ֙people your
ʾamekhH5971 →1873 times
בַּחֶ֣רֶבwith the sword
bacherevH2719 →413 times
יַהֲרֹ֔גhe will kill
yaharogH2026 →167 times
וּמַצְּב֥וֹתand [the] pillars of
umatzevotH4676 →
עֻזֵּ֖ךְstrength your
ʾuzekhH5797 →92 times
לָאָ֥רֶץto the ground
laaretzH776 →2504 times
תֵּרֵֽד׃it will come down
teredH3381 →381 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Habakkuk 1:8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 4:13
Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
- Jeremiah 4:13
Through
Jeremiah 51:27“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses…
it leads to
- Genesis 10:3
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
- Genesis 8:4
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
- 1 Chronicles 1:6
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
- Jeremiah 50:2
“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced,…
- Genesis 10:3
Through
Isaiah 26:5For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.
it leads to
- Job 40:11–13
Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
- Revelation 18:2
And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable…
- Jeremiah 51:37
Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
- Job 40:11–13
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.