Ezekiel 28:19
in Ezekiel 28All the nations who know you are appalled over you. You have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
All they that know thee among the peoples shall be astonished at thee: thou art become a terror, and thou shalt nevermore have any being.
KJV
All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
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This verse in Ezekiel 28
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThou shalt be a terror - Instead of being an object of adoration thou shalt be a subject of horror, and at last be destroyed with thy city, so that nothing but thy name shall remain. It was entirely burnt by Alexander the Great, as it had been before by Nebuchadnezzar.
This site's exposition
you have profaned your sanctuaries
on Ezekiel 28:18-19
The fire that ends the king of Tyrus comes from within him. The ashes upon the earth and the astonishment of all that know thee close the lament with total reversal. Keil reads the totality of the ending as proof the lament was never about a trade rival's city alone.
This site's exposition
You have come to a horrible end
The same closing line ends the Tyre oracles at 26:21 and 27:36, so three chapters about Tyre close on one refrain. The nations who know Tyre were her trading partners, named one by one in chapter 27. They are appalled as merchants.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Vers. 11 seqq.) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him: Thus says the Lord God: You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering: carnelian, topaz, and jasper, chrysolite, onyx, and beryl, sapphire, carbuncle, and emerald. Gold was the workmanship of your settings and your engravings; on the day that you were created they were prepared.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee,....
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יוֹדְעֶ֙יךָ֙ | yodeikha | [those who] knew you | H3045 → | 945 times |
| בָּֽעַמִּ֔ים | baamim | among the peoples | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| שָׁמְמ֖וּ | shamemu | they were appalled | H8074 → | 86 times |
| עָלֶ֑יךָ | ʾaleikha | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| בַּלָּה֣וֹת | balahot | terrors | H1091 → | 10 times |
| הָיִ֔יתָ | hayita | you became | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| וְאֵינְךָ֖ | veeinekha | and there not [will be] you | H369 → | 789 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| עוֹלָֽם׃ פ | olam | perpetuity | H5769 → | 438 times |
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יוֹדְעֶ֙יךָ֙[those who] knew you
yodeikhaH3045 →945 times
בָּֽעַמִּ֔יםamong the peoples
baamimH5971 →1873 times
שָׁמְמ֖וּthey were appalled
shamemuH8074 →86 times
עָלֶ֑יךָon you
ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times
בַּלָּה֣וֹתterrors
balahotH1091 →10 times
הָיִ֔יתָyou became
hayitaH1961 →3559 times
וְאֵינְךָ֖and there not [will be] you
veeinekhaH369 →789 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
עוֹלָֽם׃ פperpetuity
olamH5769 →438 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
Revelation 18:21Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 51:63–64
When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.
- Ezekiel 26:21
I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
- Revelation 5:2
And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
- Revelation 12:8
But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels.
- Jeremiah 51:63–64
Through
Ezekiel 26:21I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
it leads to
- Ezekiel 27:36
Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
- Revelation 18:21
Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never…
- Ezekiel 27:36
Through
Ezekiel 26:14I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.’
it leads to
- Malachi 1:4
Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the…
- Job 12:14
What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
- Malachi 1:4
Where this verse is studied
About Ezekiel
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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.