Discovery BoxEzekiel 26:4 
Context26:4 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
Context27:32 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
Context29:20 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.
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).
