Ezekiel 26 is the twenty-sixth chapter of the

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in the

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. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the

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Ezekiel, and is one of the

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. This chapter contains a "Proclamation against Tyre".

Text

The original text was written in the

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. This chapter is divided into 21 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in

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are of the

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tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century),

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(1008). There is also a translation into

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known as the

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, made in the last few centuries BC. Extant ancient manuscripts of the

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Verse 1

:''And it came to pass in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,'' The date corresponds to the year 586 or 585 BCE based on the analysis by German theologian Bernhard Lang. A marginal note in the

tradition indicates that this is the middle verse of the Book of Ezekiel in Hebrew.

Verse 2

:''"Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, 'Aha! She is broken who was the gateway of the peoples; now she is turned over to me; I shall be filled; she is laid waste.'"'' * "Son of man" (Hebrew: בן־אדם ''-''): this phrase is used 93 times to address Ezekiel. *"Aha" (Hebrew: הֶאָ֔ח, ) is an interjection to express joy or "satisfaction over the misfortune of an enemy or rival" as in , , and , rendered "Good!" in the Holman Christian Standard Bible. similarly reports that the Ammonites said "Aha!" over God's sanctuary in Jerusalem when it was profaned. * Tyre, a Phoenician major seaport and leading city, received judgment for gloating when Jerusalem fell.The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Augmented Third Edition, New Revised Standard Version, Indexed. Michael D. Coogan, Marc Brettler, Carol A. Newsom, Editors. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2007. pp. 1216-1217 Hebrew Bible. Chapters Ezekiel 27, 27 and Ezekiel 28, 28 also lament the fall of Tyre.

Verses 17-18

:''And they will take up a lamentation for you, and say to you:'' ::''“How you have perished,'' ::''O one inhabited by seafaring men,'' ::''O renowned city,'' ::''Who was strong at sea,'' ::''She and her inhabitants,'' ::''Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!'' ::''Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall;'' ::''Yes, the coastlands by the sea are troubled at your departure.”'' A qinah or lamentation.

Verse 21

:''"I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; though you are sought for, you will never be found again", says the Lord God.'' Protestant theologian Heinrich Ewald translates, "To sudden death will I bring thee", which corresponds with the margin of the Revised Version, ''I will make thee a destruction''.Ewald, H., quoted i
Pulpit Commentary
on Ezekiel 26, accessed 13 December 2019

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External links

Jewish

Ezekiel 26 Hebrew with Parallel EnglishEzekiel 26 Hebrew with Rashi's Commentary

Christian

Ezekiel 26 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate
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