Ezekiel 26:2
in Ezekiel 26“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Son of man, because that Tyre hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gate of the peoples; she is turned unto me; I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste:
KJV
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:
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This verse in Ezekiel 26
Commentary
8 notes on this verseTyrus hath said - From this it would appear that Jerusalem had been taken, which was on the fourth month of this year; but it is possible that the prophet speaks of the event beforehand. She is broken that was the gates of the people - Jerusalem, a general emporium. I shall be replenished - The merchandise that went to Jerusalem will come to me, (to Tyre.).
This site's exposition
In the eleventh month of the twelfth year
on Ezekiel 26:1-2
The date formula places this oracle close to the fall of Jerusalem itself. Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: I shall be replenished treats Judah's ruin as a business opening. Fairbairn reads the taunt as the sharpest kind of judgment against a merchant city.
This site's exposition
The gate to the nations is broken
Tyre had sent envoys to Zedekiah to plan revolt against Babylon, as Jeremiah 27:3 records. The same city now counted its ally's fall as gain. The gate is plural in Hebrew, the two leaves of a city door.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter 26) And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, because Tyre (or Sidon) has said of Jerusalem: Aha, the gate of the peoples is broken, it is turned to me, I shall be filled, it has become desolate; therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Tyre (or Sidon), and I will bring many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, aha,....
Note, To be secretly pleased with the death or decay of others, when we are likely to get by it, with their fall when we may thrive upon it, is a sin that does most easily beset us, but is not thought to be such a bad thing, and so provoking to God, as really it is.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Aha!--exultation over a fallen rival (Ps 35:21, 25). she . . . that was the gates--that is, the single gate composed of two folding doors. Hence the verb is singular. "Gates" were the place of resort for traffic and public business: so here it expresses a mart of commerce frequented by merchants.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Gates - i. e., one gate of two leaves. The people - Or, the peoples (and in Eze 27:3), the plural expressing the fact that many peoples passed through Jerusalem, as the central place on the highway of commerce, e. g., in the reign of Solomon. This was viewed with jealousy by Tyre, who owed her greatness to the same cause, and in the true spirit of mercantile competition exulted in the thought that the trade of Jerusalem would be diverted into her markets. Render it: Aha! She is broken - the gate of the peoples! She is turned unto me. I shall be filled. She is laid waste.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בֶּן־ | ben- | O son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אָדָ֗ם | ʾadam | humankind | H120 → | 551 times |
| יַ֠עַן | yaan | because | H3282 → | 99 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אָ֨מְרָה | ʾamerah | it said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| צֹּ֤ר | tzor | Tyre | H6865 → | 42 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| הֶאָ֔ח | heach | aha! | H1889 → | 12 times |
| נִשְׁבְּרָ֛ה | nishberah | it is broken | H7665 → | 147 times |
| דַּלְת֥וֹת | daltot | [the] doors of | H1817 → | 88 times |
| הָעַמִּ֖ים | haamim | the peoples | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| נָסֵ֣בָּה | nasebah | it has been turned over | H5437 → | 161 times |
| אֵלָ֑י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אִמָּלְאָ֖ה | ʾimalah | I will be filled | H4390 → | 249 times |
| הָחֳרָֽבָה׃ | hochoravah | it has been laid waste | H2717 → | 40 times |
בֶּן־O son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אָדָ֗םhumankind
ʾadamH120 →551 times
יַ֠עַןbecause
yaanH3282 →99 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
אָ֨מְרָהit said
ʾamerahH559 →5305 times
צֹּ֤רTyre
tzorH6865 →42 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙Jerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
הֶאָ֔חaha!
heachH1889 →12 times
נִשְׁבְּרָ֛הit is broken
nishberahH7665 →147 times
דַּלְת֥וֹת[the] doors of
daltotH1817 →88 times
הָעַמִּ֖יםthe peoples
haamimH5971 →1873 times
נָסֵ֣בָּהit has been turned over
nasebahH5437 →161 times
אֵלָ֑יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
אִמָּלְאָ֖הI will be filled
ʾimalahH4390 →249 times
הָחֳרָֽבָה׃it has been laid waste
hochoravahH2717 →40 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
Joel 3:4Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 47:4
For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Amos 1:6–10
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.
- Isaiah 59:18
So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
- Isaiah 34:8
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
- Jeremiah 47:4
Through
Ezekiel 36:2This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:13
He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
- Ezekiel 35:10
Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,
- Ezekiel 25:3
Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was…
- Deuteronomy 32:13
Through
Jeremiah 27:3Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 29:18
“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 29:18
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.