Ezekiel 26 · Verse 15

Ezekiel 26:15

Thus saith the Lord God to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?
Ezekiel 26:15, King James Version

Ezekiel 26:15 in other translations

BSBThis is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst?
WEB“The Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Won’t the islands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made within you?
ASVThus saith the Lord Jehovah to Tyre: shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?
YLTThus said the Lord Jehovah to Tyre: Do not--from the noise of thy fall, In the groaning of the wounded, In the slaying of the slaughter in thy midst, The isles shake?
DARBYThus saith the Lord Jehovah to Tyre: Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?
BBEThis is what the Lord has said to Tyre: Will not the sea-lands be shaking at the sound of your fall, when the wounded give cries of pain, when men are put to the sword in you?
WebsterThus saith the Lord GOD to Tyre; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

What does Ezekiel 26:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 26:15-21
15-21. The impression which the overthrow of Tyre produced on other maritime nations and upon her own colonies, for example, Utica, Carthage, and Tartessus or Tarshish in Spain. isles--maritime lands. Even mighty Carthage used to send a yearly offering to the temple of Hercules at Tyre: and the mother city gave high priests to her colonies. Hence the consternation at her fall felt in the widely scattered dependencies with which she was so closely connected by the ties of religion, as well as commercial intercourse. shake--metaphorically: "be agitated" (Jr 49:21).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 The isles shake at the sound of thy fall - All those which had traded with this city, which was the grand mart, and on which they all depended. Her ruin involved them all, and caused general wailing.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 26:15-21
See how high, how great Tyre had been. See how low Tyre is made. The fall of others should awaken us out of security. Every discovery of the fulfilment of a Scripture prophecy, is like a miracle to confirm our faith. All that is earthly is vanity and vexation. Those who now have the most established prosperity, will soon be out of sight and forgotten.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Ezekiel 26:15 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.

כֹּ֥הkohthusH3541
אָמַ֛ר'a.Marhe saysH559
אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3069
לְצ֑וֹרle.Tzorto TyreH6865
הֲלֹ֣א\׀ha.Lo'¿ notH3808
מִקּ֣וֹלmi.Kolfrom [the] sound ofH6963
מַפַּלְתֵּ֗ךְma.pal.Tekhdownfall yourH4658
בֶּאֱנֹ֨קbe.'e.Nokwhen groanH602
חָלָ֜לcha.Lal[the] fatally woundedH2491
בֵּהָ֤רֵֽגbe.Ha.regwhen is killedH2026
הֶ֙רֶג֙he.rega slaughterH2027
בְּתוֹכֵ֔ךְbe.to.Khekhin [the] midst of youH8432
יִרְעֲשׁ֖וּyir.'a.Shuwill they quakeH7493
הָאִיִּֽים\׃ha.'i.Yimthe islandsH339

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 26:15

  • Ezekiel 27:35

    All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.

  • Jeremiah 49:21

    The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.

  • Ezekiel 26:18

    Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.

  • Ezekiel 31:16

    I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

  • Hebrews 12:26-27

    Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

  • Isaiah 2:19

    And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

  • Ezekiel 27:28

    The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.

  • Ezekiel 32:10

    Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
shake.
18; 27:28,35; 31:16; 32:10; Isa 2:19; Jer 49:21; Heb 12:26,27

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Context

  • Ezekiel 26:14

    And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the Lord have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

  • Ezekiel 26:15

    Thus saith the Lord God to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

  • Ezekiel 26:16

    Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.

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Ezekiel 26:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová á Tiro: ¿No se estremecerán las islas al estruendo de tu caída, cuando gritarán los heridos, cuando se hará la matanza en medio de ti?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel, à Tyr: Les îles ne trembleront-elles pas au bruit de ta chute, au gémissement de tes blessés à mort, quand le carnage se fera au milieu de toi?
German
Elberfelder 1871		So spricht der Herr, Jehova, zu Tyrus: Werden nicht vom Gedröhne deines Sturzes, wenn der Erschlagene stöhnt, wenn in deiner Mitte gemordet wird, die Inseln erbeben?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Tyro: Numquid non a sonitu ruinæ tuæ, et gemitu interfectorum tuorum, cum occisi fuerint in medio tui, commovebuntur insulæ?