Ezekiel 26:4

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

Complete Jewish Bible:

They will destroy the walls of Tzor, they will demolish her towers. I will scrape its soil from her and reduce her to bare rock.

Berean Standard Bible:

They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.

American Standard Version:

And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And they shall destroy{H7843} the walls{H2346} of Tyrus{H6865}, and break down{H2040} her towers{H4026}: I will also scrape{H5500} her dust{H6083} from her, and make{H5414} her like the top{H6706} of a rock{H5553}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Amos 1:10

  • But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.

Isaiah 23:11

  • He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant [city], to destroy the strong holds thereof.

Ezekiel 26:9

  • And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

Leviticus 14:41

  • And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:

Leviticus 14:45

  • And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry [them] forth out of the city into an unclean place.

Ezekiel 24:7

  • For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;

Ezekiel 24:8

  • That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.

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Commentary for Ezekiel 26:4

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H7843
    There are 136 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁחַת
    Transliteration: shâchath
    Pronunciation: shaw-khath'
    Description: a primitive root; to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively); batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).
  2. Strong's Number: H2346
    There are 123 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חוֹמָה
    Transliteration: chôwmâh
    Pronunciation: kho-maw'
    Description: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection; wall, walled.
  3. Strong's Number: H6865
    There are 39 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צֹר
    Transliteration: Tsôr
    Pronunciation: tsore
    Description: or צוֹר; the same as צֹר; a rock; Tsor, a place in Palestine; Tyre, Tyrus.
  4. Strong's Number: H2040
    There are 42 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: הָרַס
    Transliteration: hâraç
    Pronunciation: haw-ras'
    Description: a primitive root; to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy; beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, [idiom] utterly.
  5. Strong's Number: H4026
    There are 45 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מִגְדָּל
    Transliteration: migdâl
    Pronunciation: mig-dawl'
    Description: also (in plural) feminine מִגְדָּלָה; from גָּדַל; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers; castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
  6. Strong's Number: H5500
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: סָחָה
    Transliteration: çâchâh
    Pronunciation: saw-khaw'
    Description: a primitive root; to sweep away; scrape.
  7. Strong's Number: H6083
    There are 103 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עָפָר
    Transliteration: ʻâphâr
    Pronunciation: aw-fawr'
    Description: from עָפַר; dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud; ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
  8. Strong's Number: H5414
    There are 1816 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָתַן
    Transliteration: nâthan
    Pronunciation: naw-than'
    Description: a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
  9. Strong's Number: H6706
    There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צְחִיחַ
    Transliteration: tsᵉchîyach
    Pronunciation: tsekh-ee'-akh
    Description: from צָחַח; glaring, i.e. exposed to the bright sun; higher place, top.
  10. Strong's Number: H5553
    There are 54 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: סֶלַע
    Transliteration: çelaʻ
    Pronunciation: seh'-lah
    Description: from an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress); (ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.