Ezekiel 25:1--26:21
toward <06440> [thy face.]
Son ....... Ammonites <01121> [the Ammonites.]
Say .................... said <0559> [thou saidst.]
tribes <01121> [men. Heb. children.]
Josephus expressly states, that five years after the destruction of Jerusalem, Nebuchadnezzar turned his arms against the Ammonites and Moabites, and entirely subjugated them; and it is probable, that the Arabs, and other nations east of Judah, then took possession of their cities, and enjoyed the fruits of their land. The country of Moab and Ammon is now inhabited by the Bedouin Arabs; where they pasture their flocks, and, no doubt, make the ruins of Rabbah, their one proud capital, "a stable for camels," and other cattle. See Note on 2 Sa 12:26.
east <06924> [of the east.]
eat <0398> [they shall eat.]
Rabbah <07237> [Rabbah.]
[Rabbath.]
pasture <05116> [a stable.]
know <03045> [and ye.]
clapped <04222> [thou hast.]
hands <03027> [hands. Heb. hand. stamped.]
feet <07272> [feet. Heb. foot. rejoiced.]
intense <05315> [heart. Heb. soul.]
stretched <05186> [I will stretch.]
hand <05414> [and will.]
<0957> [a spoil. or, meat.]
Moab <04124> [Moab.]
Seir <08165> [Seir.]
house <01004> [the house.]
flank <03802> [side. or, shoulder. Beth-jeshimoth.]
Baal Meon <01186> [Baal-meon.]
Ammonites .... tribes ........ Ammonites <01121> [the men.]
Ammonites .... tribes ........ Ammonites <01121> [with the Ammonites. or, against the children of Ammon.]
remembered among <02142> [may.]
execute <06213> [I will.]
Moab <04124> [upon.]
know <03045> [and they.]
Edom <0123> [Because.]
vengeance ............... vengeance <05359 05358> [taking vengeance. Heb. revenging, revengement.]
stretch <05186> [I will also.]
kill <03772> [and will.]
Teman <08487> [Teman.]
Dedan .... die .... sword <05307 02719 01719> [of Dedan shall fall by the sword. or, shall fall by the sword unto Dedan.]
hand <03027> [by the hand.]
This was fulfilled by the Maccabees, who not only entirely subjugated them, but obliged them to receive circumcision.
experience <03045> [and they shall know.]
Philistines <06430> [Because.]
exacted <06213> [dealt.]
destroy <04889> [to destroy.]
unrelenting hostility <0342 05769> [for the old hatred. or, with perpetual hatred.]
stretch <05186> [I will stretch.]
These predictions against the Philistines, Edomites, and others, seem to have been fulfilled by by Nebuchadnezzar during the siege of Tyre. Berosus states that he subdued Syria, Arabia, Phoenicia, and Egypt; and now their very names have no existence, except in history.
Cherethites <03774> [Cherethims.]
[Cherethites. and destroy.]
seacoast <03220> [sea coasts. or, haven of the sea.]
exact <06213> [I will.]
vengeance .................... vengeance <05360> [vengeance. Heb. vengeances. they shall.]
Tyre <06865> [Tyrus.]
Aha <01889> [Aha.]
gateway <01817> [the gates.]
broken .... swung <07665 05437 02717> [she is.]
Tyre <06865> [Behold.]
These verses (3-6) contain a summary prediction of what befel both the continental and insular Tyre, during a long succession of ages. The former was totally destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, after a siege of thirteen years, B.C. 573; and the latter, which arose out of its ruins, after seventy years recovered its ancient wealth and splendour, as foretold by Isaiah, (ch. 23:15-17.) After it was taken and burnt by Alexander, B.C. 332, it speedily recovered its strength and dignity, and nineteen years afterwards withstood both the fleets and armies of Antigonus. Agreeably to the prophetic declarations, (Ps 45:12; 72:10. Isa 23:18. Zec 9:1-7,) it was early converted to Christianity; and after being successively taken by the Saracens, Christians, Mamalukes, and Turks, in whose hands it still remains, it became "a place for the spreading of nets."
Tyre <06865> [I am.]
many <07227> [many.]
sea <03220> [as the sea.]
destroy <07843> [destroy.]
scrape <05500> [I.]
make <05414> [make.]
place where fishing .... spread <04894> [the spreading.]
plunder <0957> [and it.]
daughters <01323> [her daughters.]
know <03045> [and they.]
bring <0935> [I will.]
King ..... king ... kings <04428> [a king.]
horses <05483> [with horses.]
build <05414> [he shall make.]
erect ... siege ramp <05550 08210> [cast a mount. or, pour out the engine of shot.]
horses <08229> [the abundance.]
shake <07493> [shake.]
enters ....... invade <0935 03996> [enter.]
invade .... city's broken <03996 05892 01234> [as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. Heb. according to the enterings of a city broken up.]
hoofs <06541> [hoofs.]
streets ...... people ....... strong <02351 05971 05797> [thy.]
steal <07997> [make a spoil.]
merchandise <07404> [thy merchandise.]
luxurious homes <02532 01004> [thy pleasant houses. Heb. houses of thy desire.]
[they shalt lay.]
The ruins of old Tyre contributed much to the taking of the new city; for with the stones, timber, and rubbish, Alexander built a bank, or causeway, from the continent to the island, thereby literally fulfilling the words of the prophet.
make <05414> [I will.]
Old Tyre was never rebuilt after its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar; and there are now no traces left to mark its site. The new city, when visited by Maundrell, Bruce, and other travellers, was literally "a place for fishers to dry their nets on."
bare <06706> [like.]
built <01129> [be built.]
Lord <03068> [for I.]
shake <07493> [shake.]
princes <05387> [all the princes.]
vacate <03381> [come.]
clothe <03847> [clothe.]
trembling <02731> [trembling. Heb. tremblings. sit.]
tremble <02729> [tremble.]
shocked <08074> [be astonished.]
<05375> [take.]
perished <06> [How art.]
seas ......... sea <03220> [seafaring men. Heb. the seas. strong.]
coastlands ... tremble ......... coastlands <02729 0339> [the isles tremble.]
passing <03318> [at thy.]
up <05927> [bring.]
bring ... down .......... descend ........................ descend <03381> [I shall bring.]
ruins <02723> [in places.]
stand <05414> [and I shall set.]
earth ........................ land <0776> [in the land.]
terrors <01091> [a terror. Heb. terrors.]
sought <01245> [though.]
