Ezekiel 26 · Verse 21

Ezekiel 26:21

I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord God.
Ezekiel 26:21, King James Version

Ezekiel 26:21 in other translations

BSBI will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
WEBI will make you a terror, and you will no more have any being. Though you are sought for, yet you will never be found again,’ says the Lord GOD.”
ASVI will make thee a terror, and thou shalt no more have any being; though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord Jehovah.
YLTWastes I do make thee, and thou art not, And thou art sought, and art not found any more--to the age, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'
DARBYAnd I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more; and thou shalt be sought for, and shalt never be found again, for ever, saith the Lord Jehovah.
BBEI will make you a thing of fear, and you will come to an end: even if you are looked for, you will not be seen again for ever, says the Lord.
WebsterI will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou shalt be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.

What does Ezekiel 26:21 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 Yet shalt thou never be found again - This is literally true; there is not the smallest vestige of the ancient Tyre, that which was erected on the main land. Even the ground seems to have been washed away; and the new Tyre is in nearly a similar state. I think this prophecy must be extended to the whole duration of Tyre. If it now be found to be in the state here described, it is sufficient to show the truth of the prophecy. And now it is found precisely in the state which the above prophetic declarations, taken according to the letter, point out! No word of God can ever fall to the ground. Notwithstanding the former destructions, Tyre was a place of some consequence in the time of St. Paul. There was a Church there, (see Act 21:3, Act 21:4, etc.), which afterwards became famous. Calmet observes, it afforded a great number of martyrs for the Christian Church.

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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.

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Ezekiel 26:21 in the original Hebrew

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בַּלָּה֥וֹתba.la.HotterrorsH1091
אֶתְּנֵ֖ךְ'e.te.NekhI will give to youH5414
וְאֵינֵ֑ךְve.'ei.Nekhand there not [will be] youH369
וּֽתְבֻקְשִׁ֗יu.te.vuk.Shiso you may be soughtH1245
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
תִמָּצְאִ֥יti.ma.tze.'Iyou will be foundH4672
עוֹד֙'OdagainH5750
לְעוֹלָ֔םle.'o.Lamfor everH5769
נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002
אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהֹוִֽה\׃\ \סYah.wehYahwehH3069

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 26:21

  • Ezekiel 27:36

    The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.

  • Revelation 18:21

    And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

  • Ezekiel 28:19

    All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

  • Psalms 37:36

    Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

  • Ezekiel 26:14-16

    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. 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? 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.

  • Jeremiah 51:64

    And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a terror. Heb. terrors.
15,16; 27:36; 28:19
though.
14; Ps 37:36; Jer 51:64; Re 18:21

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Context

  • Ezekiel 26:20

    When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;

  • Ezekiel 26:21

    I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord God.

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Ezekiel 26:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Yo te tornaré en espanto, y no serás: y serás buscada, y nunca más serás hallada, dice el Señor Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Je ferai de toi une terreur, et tu ne seras plus; et on te cherchera, et on ne te trouvera plus, à jamais, dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Zum Schrecken werde ich dich machen, und du wirst nicht mehr sein; und du wirst gesucht und in Ewigkeit nicht wiedergefunden werden, spricht der Herr, Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		in nihilum redigam te, et non eris: et requisita non invenieris ultra in sempiternum, dicit Dominus Deus.