Ezekiel 26:2-4

26:2 “Son of man, because Tyre¹ has said about Jerusalem,² ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich,³ now that she⁴ has been destroyed,’ 26:3 therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look,⁵ I am against you,⁶ O Tyre! I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves. 26:4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her soil⁷ from her and make her a bare rock.

Ezekiel 26:7

26:7 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note that⁸ I am about to bring King Nebuchadrezzar⁹ of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre from the north, with horses, chariots, and horsemen, an army and hordes of people.

Ezekiel 26:15

26:15 “This is what the sovereign Lord says to Tyre: Oh, how the coastlands will shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, at the massive slaughter in your midst!

¹sn Tyre was located on the Mediterranean coast north of Israel.

²map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

³tn Heb “I will be filled.”

⁴sn That is, Jerusalem.

⁵tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws attention to something and has been translated here as a verb.

⁶tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8. The Hebrew text switches to a second feminine singular form here, indicating that personified Jerusalem is addressed (see vv. 5-6a). The address to Jerusalem continues through v. 15. In vv. 16-17 the second masculine plural is used, as the people are addressed.

⁷tn Or “debris.”

⁸tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws attention to something.

⁹tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more correct spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-usur has an an “r” rather than an “n.”