Ezekiel 26 · Verse 11

Ezekiel 26:11

With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.
Ezekiel 26:11, King James Version

Ezekiel 26:11 in other translations

BSBThe hooves of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.
WEBHe will tread down all your streets with the hoofs of his horses. He will kill your people with the sword. The pillars of your strength will go down to the ground.
ASVWith the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets; he shall slay thy people with the sword; and the pillars of thy strength shall go down to the ground.
YLTWith hoofs of his horses he treadeth all thine out-places, Thy people by sword he doth slay, And the pillars of thy strength to the earth come down.
DARBYWith the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets; he shall slay thy people by the sword, and the pillars of thy strength shall go down to the ground.
BBEYour streets will be stamped down by the feet of his horses: he will put your people to the sword, and will send down the pillars of your strength to the earth.
WebsterWith the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.

What does Ezekiel 26:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. thy strong garrisons--literally, "the statutes of thy strength"; so the forts which are "monuments of thy strength." Maurer understands, in stricter agreement with the literal meaning, "the statues" or "obelisks erected in honor of the idols, the tutelary gods of Tyre," as Melecarte, answering to the Grecian Hercules, whose temple stood in Old Tyre (compare Jr 43:13, Margin).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 26:1-14

A prophecy against Tyre. Verses 1-14 To be secretly pleased with the death or decay of others, when we are likely to get by it; or with their fall, when we may thrive upon it, is a sin that easily besets us, yet is not thought so bad as really it is. But it comes from a selfish, covetous principle, and from that love of the world as our happiness, which the love of God expressly forbids. He often blasts the projects…

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Ezekiel 26:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּפַרְס֣וֹתbe.far.Sotwith [the] hooves ofH6541
סוּסָ֔יוsu.Savhorses hisH5483
יִרְמֹ֖סyir.Moshe will trampleH7429
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
חֽוּצוֹתָ֑יִךְchu.tzo.Ta.yikhstreets yourH2351
עַמֵּךְ֙'a.meKhpeople yourH5971
בַּחֶ֣רֶבba.Che.revwith the swordH2719
יַהֲרֹ֔גya.ha.Roghe will killH2026
וּמַצְּב֥וֹתu.ma.tze.Votand [the] pillars ofH4676
עֻזֵּ֖ךְ'u.Zekhstrength yourH5797
לָאָ֥רֶץla.'A.retzto the groundH776
תֵּרֵֽד\׃te.Redit will come downH3381

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 26:11

  • Isaiah 5:28

    Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

  • Isaiah 26:5

    For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

  • Habakkuk 1:8

    Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

  • Jeremiah 43:13

    He shall break also the images of Beth–shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.

  • Jeremiah 51:27

    Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

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Isa 5:28; Jer 51:27; Hab 1:8
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Isa 26:5

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Context

  • Ezekiel 26:10

    By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.

  • Ezekiel 26:11

    With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.

  • Ezekiel 26:12

    And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.

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Ezekiel 26:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Con las uñas de sus caballos hollará todas tus calles; á tu pueblo matará á cuchillo, y las estatuas de tu fortaleza caerán á tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Sous le sabot de ses chevaux il foulera toutes tes rues; il tuera ton peuple par l’épée, et les colonnes de ta force tomberont par terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Mit den Hufen seiner Rosse wird er alle deine Straßen zerstampfen; dein Volk wird er mit dem Schwerte töten, und die Bildsäulen deiner Stärke werden zu Boden sinken.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ungulis equorum suorum conculcabit omnes plateas tuas: populum tuum gladio cædet, et statuæ tuæ nobiles in terram corruent.