Ezekiel 26:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה הִנְנִ֥י עָלַ֖יִךְ צֹ֑ר וְהַעֲלֵיתִ֤י עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֔ים כְּהַעֲל֥וֹת הַיָּ֖ם לְגַלָּֽיו׃

Transliteration

Therefore, thus 'āmar 'ădōnāy YHWH, hinenî against you, Tsōr, and ha'ălêtî against you gôyîm rabbîm like keha'ălôt the yām to his gallāyw.

Grammar Details

*'āmar*: perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - said/says
*'ădōnāy*: title with 1st person singular suffix - my Lord
*YHWH*: divine name
*hinenî*: particle with 1st person singular suffix - behold me/here I am
*Tsōr*: proper noun - Tyre
*ha'ălêtî*: hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - I will bring up/cause to come up
*gôyîm*: masculine plural noun - nations
*rabbîm*: masculine plural adjective - many
*keha'ălôt*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - as bringing up/as causes to rise
*yām*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the sea
*gallāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his waves

Word Meanings

*hinenî*: behold me/here I am/I am against you
*ha'ălêtî*: I will bring up/I will cause to come up
*keha'ălôt*: as the bringing up/as the rising of

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Referenced Verses

Isa 5:30 : 30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
Jer 51:42 : 42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Mic 4:11 : 11 Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.
Nah 2:12 : 12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
Zech 14:2 : 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Luke 21:25 : 25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The floods have lifted up{H8804)}, O LORD, the floods have lifted up{H8804)} their voice; the floods lift up{H8799)} their waves. 4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
Ps 107:25 : 25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
Ezek 5:8 : 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
Ezek 21:3 : 3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
Ezek 27:26 : 26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
Ezek 27:32-34 : 32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? 33 When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. 34 In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
Ezek 28:22 : 22 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
Ezek 38:3 : 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
Jer 6:23 : 23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
Jer 21:13 : 13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
Jer 50:31 : 31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
Jer 50:42 : 42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

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1And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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4And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
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6And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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1The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
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