Ezekiel 26:17 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 26:17

Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!

BSB

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ASV

And they shall take up a lamentation over thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, that was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, that caused their terror to be on all that dwelt there!

KJV

And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(Verse 15 and following) Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: Shall not the rumble of your downfall, and the groaning of your slain, when they are killed in your midst, shake the islands? And all the princes of the sea will come down from their thrones, and they will take off their robes and cast aside their embroidered garments; they will put on sackcloth and sit on the ground, and they will tremble with horror at you.

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The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Wast strong in the sea - The strength of Tyre was so great, that Alexander despaired of being able to reduce it unless he could fill up that arm of the sea that ran between it and the main land. And this work cost his army seven months of labor.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Even mighty Carthage used to send a yearly offering to the temple of Hercules at Tyre: and the mother city gave high priests to her colonies. Hence the consternation at her fall felt in the widely scattered dependencies with which she was so closely connected by the ties of religion, as well as commercial intercourse. shake--metaphorically: "be agitated" (Jer 49:21).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

So Venice was called "the bride of the sea." strong in the sea--through her insular position. cause their terror to be on all that haunt it--namely, the sea. The Hebrew is rather, "they put their terror upon all her (the city's) inhabitants," that is, they make the name of every Tyrian to be feared [FAIRBAIRN].

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְנָשְׂא֨וּ	ve.na.se.'U	and they will take up	H5375 →
עָלַ֤יִךְ	'a.La.yikh	on you	H5921 →
קִינָה֙	ki.Nah	a lamentation	H7015 →
וְאָ֣מְרוּ	ve.'A.me.ru	and they will say	H559 →
לָ֔ךְ	Lakh	to you
אֵ֣יךְ	'eikh	how!	H349 →
אָבַ֔דְתְּ	'a.Vadt	you have perished	H6 →
נוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת	no.She.vet	O inhabited [city]	H3427 →
מִיַּמִּ֑ים	mi.ya.Mim	from [the] seas	H3220 →
הָעִ֣יר	ha.'Ir	O city	H5892 →
הַהֻלָּ֗לָה	ha.hu.La.lah	that <it> was praised	H1984 →
אֲשֶׁר֩	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
הָיְתָ֨ה	ha.ye.Tah	it was	H1961 →
חֲזָקָ֤ה	cha.za.Kah	mighty	H2389 →
בַיָּם֙	vai.Yam	in the sea	H3220 →
הִ֣יא	hi'	it	H1931 →
וְיֹשְׁבֶ֔יהָ	ve.yo.she.Vei.ha	and inhabitants its	H3427 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
נָתְנ֥וּ	na.te.Nu	they gave	H5414 →
חִתִּיתָ֖ם	chi.ti.Tam	terror their	H2851 →
לְכָל־	le.khol	to all	H3605 →
יוֹשְׁבֶֽיהָ׃	yo.she.Vei.ha	inhabitants its	H3427 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 14:12
How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
leads to
- Ezekiel 28:13–17
  You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in…
- Luke 10:18
  So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
- Revelation 12:7–10
  Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
- Revelation 8:10
  Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
- Revelation 22:16
  “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
Through
Ezekiel 19:1
“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel
leads to
- Ezekiel 27:2
  “Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.
- Ezekiel 19:14
  Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”
- 2 Kings 24:6
  And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.

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