Ezekiel 26 · Verse 12

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.
Ezekiel 26:12, King James Version

Ezekiel 26:12 in other translations

BSBThey will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.
WEBThey will make a plunder of your riches and make a prey of your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. They will lay your stones, your timber, and your dust in the middle of the waters.
ASVAnd 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 waters.
YLTAnd they have spoiled thy wealth, And they have plundered thy merchandise, And they have thrown down thy walls, And thy desirable houses they break down, And thy stones, and thy wood, and thy dust, In the midst of the waters they place.
DARBYAnd they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy wares; 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 waters.
BBEThey will take by force all your wealth and go off with the goods with which you do trade: they will have your walls broken down and all the houses of your desire given up to destruction: they will put your stones and your wood and your dust deep in the water.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Ezekiel 26:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. lay thy stones ... timber ... in ... midst of ... water--referring to the insular New Tyre (Eze 26:3, 5; Eze 27:4, 25, 26). When its lofty buildings and towers fall, surrounded as it was with the sea which entered its double harbor and washed its ramparts, the "stones ... timbers ... and dust" appropriately are described as thrown down "in the midst of the water." Though Ezekiel attributes the capture of Tyre to Nebuchadnezzar (see on Eze 29:18), yet it does not follow that the final destruction of it described is attributed by him to the same monarch. The overthrow of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar was the first link in the long chain of evil--the first deadly blow which prepared for, and was the earnest of, the final doom. The change in this verse from the individual conqueror "he," to the general "they," marks that what he did was not the whole, but only paved the way for others to complete the work begun by him. It was to be a progressive work until she was utterly destroyed. Thus the words here answer exactly to what Alexander did. With the "stones, timber," and rubbish of Old Tyre, he built a causeway in seven months to New Tyre on the island and so took it [Curtius, 4, 2], 322 B.C.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 And they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water - This answers to the taking of Tyre by Alexander; he actually took the timbers, stones, rubbish, etc. of old Tyre, and filled up the space between it and new Tyre, and thus connected the latter with the main land; and this he was obliged to do before he could take it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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 26:12 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.

וְשָׁלְל֣וּve.sha.Luand they will plunderH7997
חֵילֵ֗ךְchei.Lekhwealth yourH2428
וּבָֽזְזוּ֙u.va.ze.Zuand they will take as spoilH962
רְכֻלָּתֵ֔ךְre.khu.la.Tekhmerchandise yourH7404
וְהָֽרְסוּ֙ve.ha.re.Suand they will tear downH2040
חוֹמוֹתַ֔יִךְcho.mo.Ta.yikhwalls yourH2346
וּבָתֵּ֥יu.va.Teiand [the] houses ofH1004
חֶמְדָּתֵ֖ךְchem.da.Tekhdesire yourH2532
יִתֹּ֑צוּyi.To.tzuthey will pull downH5422
וַאֲבָנַ֤יִךְva.'a.va.Na.yikhand stones yourH68
וְעֵצַ֙יִךְ֙ve.'e.Tza.yikhand wood<s> yourH6086
וַֽעֲפָרֵ֔ךְva.'a.fa.Rekhand dust yourH6083
בְּת֥וֹךְbe.Tokhin [the] midst ofH8432
מַ֖יִםMa.yim[the] watersH4325
יָשִֽׂימוּ\׃ya.Si.muthey will putH7760

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 26:12

  • Isaiah 23:8

    Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

  • Zechariah 9:3-4

    And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:27

    And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;

  • Amos 5:11

    Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

  • Isaiah 32:12

    They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

  • Daniel 11:8

    And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:10

    And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

  • 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.

  • Revelation 18:11-13

    And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

  • Ezekiel 28:8

    They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.

  • Zechariah 7:14

    But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

  • Ezekiel 26:5

    It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
make a spoil.
5; Mt 6:19,20
thy merchandise.
27:3-36; Isa 23:8,11,17,18; Zec 9:3,4; Re 18:11-13
thy pleasant houses. Heb. houses of thy desire.
2Ch 32:27; 36:10; Isa 32:12; Jer 25:34; Da 11:8; Ho 13:15; Am 5:11
Na 2:9; Zec 7:14; *margins
they shalt lay.The ruins of old Tyre contributed much to the taking of the new city; for with the stones, timber, and rubbish, Alexander built a bank, or causeway, from the continent to the island, thereby literally fulfilling the words of the prophet.

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Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 26:13

    And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.

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Ezekiel 26:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y robarán tus riquezas, y saquearán tus mercaderías: y arruinarán tus muros, y tus casas preciosas destruirán; y pondrán tus piedras y tu madera y tu polvo en medio de las aguas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils feront une proie de tes richesses, et pilleront tes biens, et renverseront tes murs, et abattront tes maisons de plaisance; et ils mettront tes pierres, et ton bois, et ta poussière, au milieu des eaux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie werden dein Vermögen rauben und deine Waren plündern, und deine Mauern abbrechen und deine Prachthäuser niederreißen; und deine Steine und dein Holz und deinen Schutt werden sie ins Wasser werfen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vastabunt opes tuas, diripient negotiationes tuas, et destruent muros tuos, et domos tuas præclaras subvertent: et lapides tuos, et ligna tua, et pulverem tuum in medio aquarum ponent.