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Ezekiel 26:4

They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.

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ASV

And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְשִׁחֲת֞וּve.shi.cha.Tuand they will destroyH7843 →
חֹמ֣וֹתcho.Mot[the] walls ofH2346 →
צֹ֗רTzorTyreH6865 →
וְהָֽרְסוּ֙ve.ha.re.Suand they will tear downH2040 →
מִגְדָּלֶ֔יהָmig.da.Lei.hatowers itsH4026 →
וְסִֽחֵיתִ֥יve.si.chei.Tiand I will scrape awayH5500 →
עֲפָרָ֖הּ'a.fa.Rahdust itsH6083 →
מִמֶּ֑נָּהmi.Me.nahfrom itH4480 →
וְנָתַתִּ֥יve.na.ta.Tiand I will makeH5414 →
אוֹתָ֖הּ'o.Tah<obj.> itH853 →
לִצְחִ֥יחַlitz.Chi.achinto bareness ofH6706 →
סָֽלַע׃Sa.la'rockH5553 →

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Isaiah 23:11The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.Amos 1:10So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to consume its citadels.”Ezekiel 26:9He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes.Ezekiel 26:12They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.Jeremiah 5:10Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.Zechariah 9:3Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.Ezekiel 24:7–8For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.Leviticus 14:41–45And he shall have the inside of the house scraped completely and the plaster that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the city.1 Kings 14:10Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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