Ezekiel 26:8
in Ezekiel 26He 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field; and he shall make forts against thee, and cast up a mound against thee, and raise up the buckler against thee.
KJV
He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
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This verse in Ezekiel 26
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThy daughters in the field - This seems to be spoken of Palaetyre, or Tyre on the main land; for forts, mounts, engines of war, horses, and chariots could not be brought to act against the other.
This site's exposition
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings
on Ezekiel 26:7-11
The instrument is named, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings. The verses that follow describe siege engines, warfare aimed first at Tyre's mainland suburbs and gate city rather than the fortified island. Barnes notes that Ezekiel 29:18 records Nebuchadnezzar's army coming away from this siege with no wages.
This site's exposition
build a ramp to your walls
A siege ramp was an earthen slope piled against a wall so engines and troops could reach its top. The raised shields formed a roof over the men working below the walls. The island city lay beyond such works.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field,....
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 words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנוֹתַ֥יִךְ | benotayikh | daughters your | H1323 → | 588 times |
| בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה | basadeh | on the land | H7704 → | 334 times |
| בַּחֶ֣רֶב | bacherev | with the sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| יַהֲרֹ֑ג | yaharog | he will kill | H2026 → | 167 times |
| וְנָתַ֨ן | venatan | and he will make | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| עָלַ֜יִךְ | ʾalayikh | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| דָּיֵ֗ק | dayek | a siege-wall | H1785 → | 6 times |
| וְשָׁפַ֤ךְ | veshafakh | and he will pour out | H8210 → | 114 times |
| עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ | ʾalayikh | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| סֹֽלְלָ֔ה | solelah | a mound | H5550 → | 11 times |
| וְהֵקִ֥ים | vehekim | and he will raise up | H6965 → | 628 times |
| עָלַ֖יִךְ | ʾalayikh | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| צִנָּֽה׃ | tzinah | a body shield | H6793 → | 22 times |
בְּנוֹתַ֥יִךְdaughters your
benotayikhH1323 →588 times
בַּשָּׂדֶ֖הon the land
basadehH7704 →334 times
בַּחֶ֣רֶבwith the sword
bacherevH2719 →413 times
יַהֲרֹ֑גhe will kill
yaharogH2026 →167 times
וְנָתַ֨ןand he will make
venatanH5414 →2011 times
עָלַ֜יִךְon you
ʾalayikhH5921 →5755 times
דָּיֵ֗קa siege-wall
dayekH1785 →6 times
וְשָׁפַ֤ךְand he will pour out
veshafakhH8210 →114 times
עָלַ֙יִךְ֙on you
ʾalayikhH5921 →5755 times
סֹֽלְלָ֔הa mound
solelahH5550 →11 times
וְהֵקִ֥יםand he will raise up
vehekimH6965 →628 times
עָלַ֖יִךְon you
ʾalayikhH5921 →5755 times
צִנָּֽה׃a body shield
tzinahH6793 →22 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 21:22In 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…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 4:2
Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 4:2
Through
Jeremiah 6:6For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.
it leads to
- 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…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 32:24
Through
Jeremiah 32:24See 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…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 33:4
For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah that have been torn down for defense against the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 32:36
Now therefore, about this city of which you say, ‘It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword and famine and plague,’ this is what the LORD, the God…
- Jeremiah 33:4
Through
Jeremiah 52:4So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 39:1
In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.
- Zechariah 8:19
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of…
- Ezekiel 24:1–2
In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Jeremiah 39:1
Through
2 Samuel 20:15And Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,
it leads to
- 2 Kings 19:32
So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or…
- 2 Kings 19:32
About Ezekiel

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; 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); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.
