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Ezekiel 26

Ezekiel 26 Summary, Context, and Full Chapter

Ezekiel 26 gives a direct prophecy against Tyre. The city is judged for rejoicing over Jerusalem's downfall and for its proud confidence. The chapter describes invasion, ruin, and the end of Tyre's former glory, showing that God sees how nations treat others and can bring down what seems secure.

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What happens in Ezekiel 26?

The word of the LORD comes to Ezekiel with an announcement against Tyre. Because Tyre celebrated Jerusalem's collapse, God declares that many nations will rise against it. The chapter describes siege ramps, broken walls, ruined towers, looting, and the city's stones thrown into the sea. Tyre's songs and trade will cease, and nearby rulers will be shaken by its downfall. The prophecy closes with a final picture of total desolation: Tyre will be brought down to the Pit, no longer inhabited, and sought in vain.

Ezekiel 26 follows the judgment on surrounding nations in chapter 25 and begins a longer section against Tyre that continues into the next chapters. Tyre was a wealthy coastal power, and its response to Jerusalem's fall becomes the reason for this oracle. The chapter reflects Ezekiel's larger message that God rules over proud nations and brings accountability to those who oppress or gloat over others.

Themes to notice

  • Judgment on prideTyre's self-confidence and celebration over Jerusalem lead to a declaration of severe judgment.
  • God over nationsThe chapter shows that the LORD directs the rise and fall of kingdoms, not human power alone.
  • Total ruinTyre's walls, wealth, songs, and reputation are all pictured as ending in desolation.

Questions for Ezekiel 26

  • Why does Tyre's reaction to Jerusalem matter so much in this prophecy?
  • What details in the chapter show the completeness of Tyre's fall?
  • How does this chapter shape the way you think about pride, power, and security?

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Ezekiel 26

A Prophecy against Tyre

1In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,2“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’3therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.4They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.5She 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,6and the villages on her mainland will be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’

7For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.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.9He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes.10His multitude of horses will cover you in their dust. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots.11The hooves of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.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.13So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.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.’

15This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst?16All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you.

17Then 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 peoples!

18Now the coastlands tremble

on the day of your downfall;

the islands in the sea

are dismayed by your demise.”’

19For 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 you,20then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.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.”

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