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Ezekiel 28:23

For I will send into her pestilence and blood into her streets, two of the three great scourges of war; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her, the slain falling everywhere, by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ezekiel 28:23. _AND THE WOUNDED_] חלל _chalal_, the _soldiery_. All its supports shall be taken away, and its defenders destroyed....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Ezekiel 28:1. The prince of Tyrus, or, as he is also called, the king, was, according to the Jewish historian Josephus, Ithobalus, known in the Phoenician annals as Ithobaal II. He was the consummatio...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EZEKIEL 28. TYRE'S FALL FROM HEAVEN. In a remarkable passage, Ezekiel now conceives the pride of Tyre as incarnate in her king. The detail is often obscure and difficult, reminiscent of a mythological...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GATHERED. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 30:3; Deuteronomy 30:4). See also Ezekiel 11:17; Ezekiel 20:41;...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    IV. THE RIVAL OF TYRE 28:20-24 TRANSLATION (20) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (21) Son of man, set your face against Sidon, and prophesy against her, (22) and say, Thus says the Lord...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _FOR I WILL SEND INTO HER PESTILENCE, AND BLOOD INTO HER STREETS; AND THE WOUNDED SHALL BE JUDGED IN THE MIDST OF HER BY THE SWORD UPON HER ON EVERY SIDE; AND THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD._ No...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD'S JUDGMENT ON SIDON Sidon, the partner of Tyre in opposing Nebuchadrezzar, will be its partner in destruction (Ezekiel 28:20). The overthrow of the heathen nations will vindicate the supreme power...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EZEKIEL: “THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD” GOD’S PLANS FOR *ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 25 TO 39 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 28 AGAINST THE RULER OF TYRE – EZEKIEL 28:1-10 V1 Th

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ שִׁלַּחְתִּי ־בָ֞הּ דֶּ֤בֶר וָ דָם֙ בְּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    TYRE (CONTINUED): SIDON Ezekiel 27:1; Ezekiel 28:1 THE remaining oracles on Tyre (Chapter s 27, Ezekiel 28:1) are somewhat different both in subject and mode of treatment from the chapter we have jus...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The prophecy concerning Tyre ended with a message to its prince and a lamentation for its king. A distinction must be drawn between these two. Most evidently the prince was the then reigning king, Ith...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her (m) by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The judgment upon Zidon is but short; but that one single passage in it is enough: Behold I am against thee, O Zidon, saith the Lord God!...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 26, 27, AND 28. Although in a certain sense upon Israel's territory, Tyre has another character, and is the subject of a separate prophecy (chaps. 26-28), bec...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND I WILL SEND INTO HER PESTILENCE, AND BLOOD INTO HER STREETS,.... The plague and the sword, which are two of God's sore judgments, and often go together; the pestilence slays them that are within,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD. Ver...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Set thy face against Zidon_ Direct thy face and thy speech toward Zidon, and fore-tel its destruction by the king of Babylon. Tyre and Zidon were neighbouring cities, and generally partakers of the s...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    20-26. The Zidonians were borderers upon the land of Israel, and they might have learned to glorify the Lord; but, instead of that, they seduced Israel to the worship of their idols. War and pestilen...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I WILL SEND; the pestilence is one of God's arrows, and he sends it wheresoever it walks; it is one of his sore judgments, and wasteth where it cometh. PESTILENCE; the most dreadful of diseases, becau...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 28:23 send H7971 (H8765) pestilence H1698 blood H1818 streets H2351 wounded H2491 judged H5307 (H8768) mi

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ORACLE AGAINST ZIDON (EZEKIEL 28:20). This short oracle against Zidon seems almost tacked on to those to Tyre as a postscript. Perhaps it was in order to make up the number seven, or perhaps it wa...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “And they will know that I am Yahweh when I have executed judgments in her and am sanctified in her. For I will send pestilence into her, and blood in her streets, and the wounded will fall in the mid...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Rebuke of the King of Tyre, and the fate of Satan who inspired him. Zidon's judgment and Israel's re-gathering. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Daniel, King of Tyre, Satan. CONCLUSION: Those who...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ezekiel 28:2. _Say unto the prince of Tyrus because thou hast said, I am_ אל El _God,_ or the strong and mighty One. It is plain from the names of the princes that they bore titles of deity. Ezekiel 2...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 28:20 Sidon is often mentioned alongside Tyre (e.g., Jeremiah 47:4; Joel 3:4;...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    PROPHETICAL DIRGE ON THE KING OF TYRE, AS THE EMBODIMENT OF THE SPIRIT OF CARNAL PRIDE AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF THE WHOLE STATE. THE FALL OF ZIDON, THE MOTHER-CITY. THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL IN CONTRAS...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 28:1 From the city the prophet passes to its ruler, who concentrated in himself whatever was most arrogant and boastful in the temper of his people. He is described here as a" prin...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now as we get into chapter 28, the attention now is directed against the king of Tyre. Chapter 26 against the city of Tyre, chapter 27 against the merchandising of Tyre, chapter 28 now is directed aga...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezekiel 25:11; Ezekiel 25:17; Ezekiel 25:7; Ezekiel 26:6; Ezekiel 3

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    GOD'S DESCRIPTION OF SATAN Ezekiel 28:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We read in the Epistle of Peter that Satan goeth about seeking whom he may devour. He is, indeed, the great enemy who hounded Christ ever...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And blood — Bloody war by an enemy, that shall bring the war to the gates, nay into the streets of Zidon. Judged — Be punished in the midst of the city. The sword — By the sword of her enemies....

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