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Ezekiel 26:3
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord addresses Ezekiel regarding Tyre immediately after the city rejoices over Jerusalem’s fall. God declares his opposition to Tyre and announces the coming mobilization of invading nations.
The words — לָ/כֵ֗ן (la./Khen) = therefore; עָלַ֖יִ/ךְ ('a.La.yi/kh) = on you. These terms anchor the declaration as a direct response to Tyre’s boastful posture.
The thread — The sea imagery reappears in Jeremiah 51:42 against Babylon and Isaiah 5:30 as a metaphor for approaching judgment. Ezekiel 27:32 later documents the resulting lament over the city’s fall.
Why it lands — The text demands acknowledgment that arrogant triumph over another’s ruin triggers decisive divine opposition. It requires the reader to accept that overwhelming force will dismantle pride without warning or appeal.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 51:42 The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.
- Isaiah 5:30 In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
- Ezekiel 27:32 As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?
- Micah 4:11 But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
- Psalms 93:3 The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
- Psalms 107:25 For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
- Jeremiah 6:23 They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”
- Jeremiah 21:13 Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”
- Jeremiah 50:31 “Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
- Jeremiah 50:42 They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.