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Ezekiel 26:8
He will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord GOD speaks through Ezekiel to pronounce judgment on Tyre, deploying Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his northern army as the instrument of destruction.
The words — The Hebrew term דָּיֵ֗ק (da.Yek) denotes a constructed siege-wall, while בַּחֶרֶב (ba./Che.rev) specifies the sword that will slaughter the mainland villages.
The thread — This siege imagery and sword-driven devastation appear in Jeremiah 6:6 and Jeremiah 32:24, while the tactical deployment of battering rams and slaughter parallels Ezekiel 21:22.
Why it lands — The text demands acknowledgment that divine judgment operates through precise, unavoidable military force, leaving no room for evasion or political negotiation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 21:22 In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.
- Jeremiah 6:6 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.
- Jeremiah 32:24 See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!
- Jeremiah 52:4 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
- 2 Samuel 20:15 And Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,