Ezekiel 26:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure. ”

• Ezekiel 26:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The effect of the fall of Tyre. Ezekiel 26:16 Clothe themselves with trembling - Mourners change their bright robes for sad garments. Ezekiel 26:17 Of seafaring men - literally, “fr...

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Ezekiel 26. Siege and Destruction of Tyre. Tyre is the incarnation of unrestrained commercialism; and, in the mind of Ezekiel her doom is justified by the malicious joy with which she hailed the fa...

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Now shall the isles tremble— Now the people are terrified at thy overthrow: Yea the isles of the sea are troubled at thy destruction. Houbigant.

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee? Shall not the isles shake at the s...

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  § 2. Tyre (and Sidon) (Ezekiel 26-28) Tyre was the capital of Phoenicia, the seaboard country on the NW. of Palestine. The Phoenicians were the great mariners of the ancient world, and Tyre was a...

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The isles tremble. — “Isles” here, as elsewhere, includes coasts. It must be remembered how numerous the colonies of Phœnicia were. They had been established in Cyprus. Rhodes, Malta, Spain, Sicily...

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  TYRE Ezekiel 26:1-21 , Ezekiel 29:17-21 IN the time of Ezekiel Tyre was still at the height of her commercial prosperity. Although not the oldest of the Phoenician cities, she held a supremacy...

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The doom of the two dealt with Tyre and Sidon, but principally with Tyre. Concerning her, the prophet first made a general statement describing her sin, and the judgment determined against her, decla...

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Those that favor the idea of mystic Tyre being here spoken of, and not ancient Tyre, (which could never be so considerable in point of commerce and of riches), conclude, that what is here spoken refe...

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall ,.... The isles near unto it, the isles of the Mediterranean sea; the inhabitants of them, the merchants who from thence traded with Tyre, the seaf...

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that [are] in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure. Ver. 18. Now shall the isles tremble. ] And seeing thy shipwreck, the...

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall? All those that dwell upon the sea-coast near thee shall be thrown into a consternation at the news of thy being taken and destroyed. All the pri...

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Burden of Tyre. B. C. 588.       15 Thus saith the Lord G OD to Tyrus; Shall not the is...

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The isles; or ships; so it might be rendered; whether one or other, it is the fixing for the men, as isles for islanders, or ships for mariners. Tremble in the day of thy fall; apprehending that...

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The First Oracle Against Tyre ( Ezekiel 26:1-21 ).

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE FALL OF TYRE. (Chap. 26) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—“In four sections, commencing with the formula, ‘Thus saith the Lord,’ Tyre, the mistress of the sea is threatened with destruction. In the first strop...

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Ezekiel 26:2 . Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha. The Lord's people were not beloved among the gentile nations, because they were not what they seemed to be in regard to their holy temple. Ha...

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION The prophetic messages against Ammon, Moab, Edom, and the Philistines were comparatively short. That against Tyre spreads over three chapters ( Ezekiel 26:1-26 ). The special prominen...

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Effect of the Fall of Tyre

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ezekiel 26:15 ; Ezekiel 27:28-30 ; Isaiah 23:10-12 ; Isaiah 23:5-7

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• Ezekiel 26:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  In the sea — At a great distance, and farther from land. Departure — Leaving thy ancient dwelling, to go into captivity.

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