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 26:18 in other translations
| BSB | Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.”’ |
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| WEB | Now the islands will tremble in the day of your fall. Yes, the islands that are in the sea will be dismayed at your departure.’ |
| ASV | Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be dismayed at thy departure. |
| YLT | Now they tremble, is it not the day of thy fall? Troubled have been the isles that are in the sea, at thine outgoing. |
| DARBY | Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; and the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure. |
| BBE | Now the sea-lands will be shaking in the day of your fall; and all the ships on the sea will be overcome with fear at your going. |
| Webster | Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yes, the isles that are in the sea shall be disturbed at thy departure. |
What does Ezekiel 26:18 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…
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.
Ezekiel 26:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 26:18
- Isaiah 23:5-7
As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
- 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?
- Isaiah 41:5
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
- Ezekiel 27:28-30
The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land; And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
- 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.
- Isaiah 23:10-12
Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. 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. And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
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Context
- Ezekiel 26:17
And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!
- 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 26:19
For thus saith the Lord God; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;
Ezekiel 26:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ahora se estremecerán las islas en el día de tu caída, sí, las islas que están en la mar se espantarán de tu éxito. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Maintenant les îles tremblent au jour de ta chute, et les îles qui sont dans la mer seront troublées à cause de l’issue de ta voie. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Nun erzittern die Inseln, am Tage deines Sturzes; und die Inseln die im Meere sind, sind bestürzt wegen deines Ausgangs. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nunc stupebunt naves in die pavoris tui, et turbabuntur insulæ in mari, eo quod nullus egrediatur ex te. |