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Ezekiel 26:5

in Ezekiel 26

She will become a place to spread nets in the sea, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD. She will become plunder for the nations,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

She shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah; and she shall become a spoil to the nations.

KJV

It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

This verse in Ezekiel 26

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea,.... Where only fishermen would be seen washing their nets, and then spreading them upon this rock, where Tyre stood, to dry them and this has been confirmed by travellers, who have seen fishermen spreading and drying their nets, and having no other habitations on it but the huts of these men.

This site's exposition

as the sea brings up its waves

on Ezekiel 26:3-6

The judgment is pictured as the sea Tyre lived by turned against it. Walls and towers fall, and it is made like the top of a rock, a place for the spreading of nets. Keil notes the recognition formula closing the unit, they shall know that I am the Lord.

This site's exposition

a place to spread nets in the sea

The words in the sea point to the island city itself. Tyre planned to be filled from Jerusalem's ruin in verse 2, and here it becomes plunder for other nations. The reversal is exact.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(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 Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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 Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

A place for the spreading of nets - A place for the habitation of some poor fishermen, who spent the fishing season there, and were accustomed to dry their nets upon the rocks. See on Eze 26:11 (note).

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • מִשְׁטַ֨חa spreading place of

    mishtachH4894 →3 times

  • חֲרָמִ֤יםnets

    charamimH2764 →38 times

  • תִּֽהְיֶה֙it will be

    tihyehH1961 →3559 times

  • בְּת֣וֹךְin [the] middle of

    betokhH8432 →418 times

  • הַיָּ֔םthe sea

    haiyamH3220 →396 times

  • כִּ֚יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • אֲנִ֣יI

    ʾaniH589 →874 times

  • דִבַּ֔רְתִּיI have spoken

    dibartiH1696 →1141 times

  • נְאֻ֖ם[the] utterance of

    neumH5002 →376 times

  • אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord

    ʾadonaiH136 →440 times

  • יְהוִ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3069 →306 times

  • וְהָיְתָ֥הand it will become

    vehayetahH1961 →3559 times

  • לְבַ֖ז<into> spoil

    levazH957 →25 times

  • לַגּוֹיִֽם׃for the nations

    lagoyimH1471 →561 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Ezekiel 29:19

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 43:10–13

      Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these…

    • Ezekiel 30:24–25

      I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man.

    • Ezekiel 32:11

      For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!

  • Through

    Ezekiel 47:10

    Fishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets to catch fish of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 4:19

      “Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”

    • Numbers 34:6

      Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.

    • Psalms 104:25

      Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 27:32

    As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?

    it leads to

    • 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…

  • Through

    Ezekiel 26:19

    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 8:7–8

      the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.