Ezekiel 26:4

26:4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her soil ¹  from her and make her a bare rock.

Ezekiel 27:32

27:32 As they wail they will lament over you, chanting:

“Who was like Tyre, like a tower ²  in the midst of the sea?”

Ezekiel 29:20

29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt as his compensation for attacking Tyre ³ , because they did it for me, declares the sovereign Lord.

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¹ tn Or “debris.”

² tn As it stands, the meaning of the Hebrew text is unclear. The translation follows the suggestion of M. Dahood, “Accadian-Ugaritic dmt in Ezekiel 27:32,” Bib 45 (1964): 83-84. Several other explanations and emendations have been offered. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:83, and D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:85-86, for a list of options.

³ tn Heb “for which he worked,” referring to the assault on Tyre (v. 18).