Ezekiel 26:5

She will become a place to spread nets in the sea, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD. She will become plunder for the nations,

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The prophet Ezekiel delivers Yahweh’s declaration of judgment against Tyre immediately after describing the demolition of its walls and the scraping of its soil.

The words — The text highlights מִשְׁטַ֨ח (mish.Tach), a spreading place, and חֲרָמִ֤ים (cha.ra.Mim), nets, to describe the city’s future desolation.

The thread — The judgment of becoming plunder for the nations echoes Ezekiel 25:7 and Ezekiel 29:19, where conquered lands are distributed among foreign powers.

Why it lands — The passage demands recognition that geopolitical collapse follows divine speech, requiring the observer to acknowledge Yahweh’s authority over historical outcomes.

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The Hebrew words

מִשְׁטַ֨חmish.Tacha spreading place of חֲרָמִ֤יםcha.ra.Mimnets תִּֽהְיֶה֙tih.Yehit will be בְּת֣וֹךְbe./Tokhin/ [the] middle of הַיָּ֔םhai./Yamthe/ sea כִּ֚יkifor אֲנִ֣י'a.NiI דִבַּ֔רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiI have spoken נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance of אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] Lord יְהוִ֑הYah.wehYahweh וְהָיְתָ֥הve./ha.ye.Tahand/ it will become לְבַ֖זle./Vaz<into>/ spoil לַגּוֹיִֽם׃la./go.Yimfor the/ nations

King James Version

It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 29:19 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.
Ezekiel 25:7 therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’
Ezekiel 26:19 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,
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?
Ezekiel 47:10 Fishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets to catch fish of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.
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.’