Ezekiel 26:19

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'When I make you a desolate city, like cities that are no longer inhabited, and when I bring the deep over you and the mighty waters cover you,'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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;

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For thus says the Lord GOD: When I shall make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I shall bring up the deep upon you, and great waters shall cover you,

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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;

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H136} When I shall make{H5414} thee a desolate{H2717} city,{H5892} like the cities{H5892} that are not inhabited;{H3427} when I shall bring up{H5927} the deep{H8415} upon thee, and the great{H7227} waters{H4325} shall cover{H3680} thee;

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; When I shall make{H5414}{(H8800)} thee a desolate{H2717}{(H8737)} city{H5892}, like the cities{H5892} that are not inhabited{H3427}{(H8738)}; when I shall bring up{H5927}{(H8687)} the deep{H8415} upon thee, and great{H7227} waters{H4325} shall cover{H3680}{(H8765)} thee;

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For thus sayeth the LORDE God: when I make the a desolate cite (as other cities be, that no man dwell in) and when I brynge the depe vpon the, yt greate waters maye couer the:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For thus saith the Lord God, When I shall make thee a desolate citie, like ye cities that are not inhabited, and when I shall bring the deepe vpon thee, and great waters shall couer thee,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For thus sayth the Lord God: when I make thee a desolate citie, as other cities be that no man dwell in, and when I bring vp the deepe vpon thee, that great waters may couer thee:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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;

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For thus says the Lord Yahweh: When I shall make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep on you, and the great waters shall cover you;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    For thus said the Lord Jehovah: In my making thee a city wasted, Like cities that have not been inhabited, In bringing up against thee the deep, Then covered thee have the great waters.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: 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 the great waters shall cover thee;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: 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 the great waters shall cover thee;

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For this is what the Lord has said: I will make you a waste town, like the towns which are unpeopled; when I make the deep come upon you, covering you with great waters.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For thus says the Lord Yahweh: When I shall make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep on you, and the great waters shall cover you;

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: When I make you desolate like the uninhabited cities, when I bring up the deep over you and the surging waters overwhelm you,

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 8:7-8 : 7 therefore the Lord is about to bring against them the mighty and abundant waters of the River—the king of Assyria and all his splendor. It will overflow all its channels and spill over all its banks. 8 It will sweep into Judah, flooding and passing through; it will reach up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the entire breadth of your land, O Immanuel.
  • Ezek 26:3 : 3 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the sea bringing up its waves.'
  • Dan 9:26 : 26 After the sixty-two weeks, the Anointed One will be cut off and have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and desolation has been decreed until the end of the war.
  • Dan 11:40 : 40 At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, and the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships. He will invade countries, sweeping through them like a flood.
  • Rev 17:15 : 15 Then he said to me, 'The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ezek 26:20-21
    2 verses
    83%

    20 'then I will bring you down with those who descend to the pit, to the people of old. I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, among the ruins of antiquity, along with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be lived in again. And I will display my glory in the land of the living.'

    21 'I will bring you to a horrible end and you will no longer exist. Though you are sought, you will never be found again,' declares the Lord GOD.

  • Ezek 26:12-18
    7 verses
    83%

    12 'They will plunder your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your luxurious homes. They will throw your stones, timber, and rubble into the sea.'

    13 'I will silence the noise of your songs, and the sound of your harps will no longer be heard.'

    14 'I will make you a bare rock, a place for spreading fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.'

    15 This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: 'Won't the coastlands tremble at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan and slaughter takes place within you?'

    16 Then all the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed in trembling, they will sit on the ground, shuddering continually, appalled at you.

    17 They will take up a lament over you and say to you: 'How you have perished, you who were inhabited by people of the seas, the renowned city, strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who spread terror among all who lived there.'

    18 Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.

  • Ezek 26:2-5
    4 verses
    77%

    2 Son of man, because Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem, 'Aha! The gateway of the peoples is broken; it has turned to me. I will be filled now that she lies in ruins.'

    3 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the sea bringing up its waves.'

    4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape away her soil and leave her as bare rock.

    5 She will become a drying place for fishing nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD. She will become plunder for the nations.

  • Ezek 35:9
    77%

    9 I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 12:20
    77%

    20 The inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 30:7
    76%

    7 They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie in ruins among ruined cities.

  • Lev 26:31-33
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    31 I will lay your cities in ruins, make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will no longer smell the pleasing aroma of your offerings.

    32 I will bring the land to desolation so that even your enemies who live there will be appalled by it.

    33 I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you. Your land will be desolate and your cities will lie in ruins.

  • Ezek 35:14
    75%

    14 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.

  • Ezek 35:4
    74%

    4 I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 32:7-9
    3 verses
    74%

    7 When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

    8 All the shining lights in the sky I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Lord GOD.

    9 I will trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring about your ruin among the nations, in lands you do not know.

  • Ezek 27:34
    74%

    34 Now that you are broken in the seas, in the depths of the waters, your goods and all your company have fallen in your midst.

  • Ezek 36:3-4
    2 verses
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    3 therefore, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have devastated and surrounded you, making you a possession for the remnants of the nations, and because you have become the object of people’s talk and gossip,’

    4 therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the streams and valleys, to the desolate ruins and the abandoned towns that have been plundered and ridiculed by the surrounding nations:

  • Ezek 32:3
    73%

    3 This is what the Lord GOD says: 'I will spread my net over you with a vast assembly of many peoples, and they will draw you up in my dragnet.

  • Ezek 33:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28 I will make the land a desolate waste, and its proud strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, with no one passing through.

    29 Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I make the land a desolate waste because of all the detestable things they have done.

  • Ezek 36:33-34
    2 verses
    73%

    33 This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will resettle your towns, and the ruins will be rebuilt.

    34 The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by.

  • Jer 19:8
    73%

    8 I will make this city desolate and an object of scorn. Everyone who passes by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.

  • Ezek 32:14
    73%

    14 Then I will let their waters settle and make their rivers flow like oil, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Ezek 36:13
    73%

    13 This is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour humans and make your nations childless,’

  • Ezek 5:14
    73%

    14 I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.

  • Amos 9:5
    72%

    5 The Lord, the God of Hosts, touches the earth and it melts, and all who dwell in it mourn. The entire land rises like the Nile and then sinks like the Nile of Egypt.

  • Amos 8:8
    72%

    8 Shall not the land tremble on account of this, and all who live in it mourn? The whole land will rise like the Nile; it will be tossed about and then sink again like the Nile of Egypt.

  • Ezek 22:24
    72%

    24 Son of man, say to the land: You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.

  • Ezek 39:5
    72%

    5 You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Ezek 27:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26 Your rowers brought you into deep waters, but the east wind broke you apart in the heart of the seas.

    27 Your wealth, merchandise, wares, sailors, pilots, ship-repairers, merchants, and all your warriors, along with the people in your midst, will sink into the heart of the seas on the day of your ruin.

  • Ezek 24:6
    72%

    6 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot whose corrosion is in it and whose rust will not come off! Take its pieces out one by one; no lot will be cast for them.

  • Ezek 31:15
    72%

    15 This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day it went down to Sheol, I caused mourning; I covered the deep because of it, restrained its rivers, and held back the abundant waters. I clothed Lebanon in gloom because of it, and all the trees of the field withered away over it.

  • Isa 25:2
    72%

    2 For you have turned the city into a heap of ruins, the fortified city into rubble; the palace of foreigners will never be rebuilt.

  • Ezek 13:13
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    13 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: In my wrath, I will unleash a stormy wind. In my anger, there will be flooding rain, and hailstones in fury will bring about destruction.

  • Isa 42:15
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    15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn rivers into islands and dry up the pools.

  • Ezek 11:7
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    7 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: The slain you have put within it—they are the meat, and this city is the pot. But I will bring you out of it.

  • Zeph 3:6
    72%

    6 I have cut off nations; their corner towers are in ruins. I have laid waste their streets, so that no one passes through. Their cities are destroyed; there is no one left—no inhabitant.

  • Ezek 28:18
    72%

    18 By your many sins and your dishonest trade, you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I brought fire out from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all those watching.