Ezekiel 26:21

I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Lord GOD addresses the prophet Ezekiel regarding Tyre, speaking immediately after pronouncing the city's descent to the Pit and its permanent removal from habitation and splendor in the land of the living.

The words — The Hebrew בַּלְהֹת (ba.la.hot) translates literally to "terrors" or "horror," while וְלֹא תִמָּצְאִי עוֹלָם (ve.lo'tim.ma.tze'i 'olam) means "and you will never be found again."

The thread — This pattern of irreversible disappearance appears in Ezekiel 27:36 and Ezekiel 28:19, where nations witness the same terrible end, and corresponds to the millstone casting in Revelation 18:21.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that divine judgment permanently erases the target's physical presence and historical memory, leaving zero possibility of recovery or restoration.

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The Hebrew words

בַּלָּה֥וֹתba.la.Hotterrors אֶתְּנֵ֖ךְ'e.te.Ne/khI will give to/ you וְאֵינֵ֑ךְve./'ei.Ne/khand/ there not [will be]/ you וּֽתְבֻקְשִׁ֗יu./te.vuk.Shiso/ you may be sought וְלֹֽא־ve./lo'-and/ not תִמָּצְאִ֥יti.ma.tze.'Iyou will be found עוֹד֙'Odagain לְעוֹלָ֔םle./'o.Lamfor/ ever נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance of אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] Lord יְהֹוִֽה׃ סYah.wehYahweh

King James Version

I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord God.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 27:36 Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
Ezekiel 28:19 All the nations who know you are appalled over you. You have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
Revelation 18:21 Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.
Psalms 37:36 yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.
Jeremiah 51:64 Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.
Ezekiel 26:14 I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.’