Ezekiel 26:6
in Ezekiel 26and the villages on her mainland will be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And her daughters that are in the field shall be slain with the sword: and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
KJV
And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
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This verse in Ezekiel 26
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword,.... That is, the inhabitants of the cities, towns, and villages, on the shore near it, and which were subject to it; as such cities are frequently in Scripture called the daughters of the place to which they belong: or their daughters literally, that should get out of the city, and endeavour to make their escape; yet should fall into the enemies' hands, who would not spare them on account of their sex or age.
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
the villages on her mainland
The Hebrew calls them her daughters in the field, the dependent towns on the mainland coast. Ancient cities spoke of their satellite villages as daughters. These open towns faced the army first, and verse 8 names them again.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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 Century2 voices
And her daughters - The places dependent on Tyre. As there were two places called Tyre, one on the main land, and the other on a rock in the sea, opposite to that on the main land, sometimes the one seems to be spoken of, and sometimes the other. That on the land, Palaetyre, was soon taken; but that in the sea cost Nebuchadnezzar thirteen years of siege and blockade. The two formed only one city, and one state.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Her daughters ... - The subject states upon the mainland, on which she at this time relied for supplies.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ | uvenoteiha | and daughters its | H1323 → | 588 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה | basadeh | [are] on the land | H7704 → | 334 times |
| בַּחֶ֖רֶב | bacherev | with the sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| תֵּהָרַ֑גְנָה | teharagnah | they will be killed | H2026 → | 167 times |
| וְיָדְע֖וּ | veyadeu | and they will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֲנִ֥י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ פ | yahweh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וּבְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙and daughters its
uvenoteihaH1323 →588 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה[are] on the land
basadehH7704 →334 times
בַּחֶ֖רֶבwith the sword
bacherevH2719 →413 times
תֵּהָרַ֑גְנָהthey will be killed
teharagnahH2026 →167 times
וְיָדְע֖וּand they will know
veyadeuH3045 →945 times
כִּי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֲנִ֥יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָֽה׃ פ[am] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
Ezekiel 16:46Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 23:4
The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 16:51
Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.
- Ezekiel 23:4
Through
Jeremiah 49:2Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned.…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 4:19
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm…
- Ezekiel 21:20
Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
- Deuteronomy 3:11
(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
- Jeremiah 4:19
Through
Ezekiel 26:8He will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 21:22
In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the…
- Jeremiah 32:24
See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting…
- Ezekiel 21:22
Through
Ezekiel 25:7therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will…
it leads to
- Zephaniah 1:4
“I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests—
- Zephaniah 1:4
About Ezekiel

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