Ezekiel 26:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I am against thee, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth its waves to come up.

  • 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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Yee therfore saieth ye LORDE God: Beholde O Tyre, I will vpo the, I wil bringe a greate multitude off people agaynst ye, like as whe the see aryseth with his wawes:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Therefore thus sayth the Lorde God, Beholde, I come against thee, O Tyrus, and I will bring vp many nations against thee, as the sea mounteth vp with his waues.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Therfore thus sayth the Lord God, Behold O Tyre, I will vpon thee, I wil raise vp many nations against thee, like as whe the sea ariseth with his waues.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I `am' against thee, O Tyre, And have caused to come up against thee many nations, As the sea causeth its billows to come up.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I am against thee, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth its waves to come up.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I am against thee, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth its waves to come up.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For this cause the Lord has said, See, I am against you, O Tyre, and will send up a number of nations against you as the sea sends up its waves.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look, I am against you, O Tyre! I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 5:30 : 30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one looks to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened by the clouds of the heavens.
  • Jer 51:42 : 42 The sea has come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
  • Mic 4:11 : 11 Now also are many nations gathered against you, that say, 'Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.'
  • Nah 2:12 : 12 The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with plunder.
  • Zech 14:2 : 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women violated; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the rest 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 on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
  • Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. 4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yes, than the mighty waves of the sea.
  • Ps 107:25 : 25 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves.
  • Ezek 5:8 : 8 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against you, and will execute judgments in your midst in the sight of the nations.
  • Ezek 21:3 : 3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus says the LORD; Behold, I am against you, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.
  • Ezek 27:26 : 26 Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the midst of the seas.
  • Ezek 27:32-34 : 32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, What city is like Tyre, like the one destroyed in the midst of the sea? 33 When your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many people; you enriched the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise. 34 In the time when you shall be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters your merchandise and all your company in the midst of you shall fall.
  • Ezek 28:22 : 22 And say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, O Sidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of you: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
  • Ezek 38:3 : 3 And say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
  • Jer 6:23 : 23 They shall hold the bow and spear; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against you, O daughter of Zion.
  • Jer 21:13 : 13 Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley and rock of the plain, says the LORD; who say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our dwellings?
  • Jer 50:31 : 31 Behold, I am against you, O most proud, says the Lord GOD of hosts: for your day has come, the time that I will visit you.
  • Jer 50:42 : 42 They shall hold the bow and the spear: they are cruel, and will show no mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one set in order, like a man to the battle, against you, O daughter of Babylon.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 26:1-2
    2 verses
    85%

    1And it came to pass in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    2Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, 'Aha, she is broken, that was the gate of the peoples; she has turned to me; I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste.'

  • Ezek 26:4-8
    5 verses
    84%

    4And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

    5It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken it, says the Lord GOD; and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

    6And her daughters who are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

    7For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and many people.

    8He shall slay with the sword your daughters in the field; and he shall build a fort against you, and cast a mound against you, and lift up a shield against you.

  • Ezek 26:12-19
    8 verses
    83%

    12And they shall make a spoil of your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise; and they shall break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses; and they shall lay your stones and your timber and your dust in the midst of the water.

    13And I will cause the noise of your songs to cease, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more.

    14And I will make you like the top of a rock; you shall be a place to spread nets upon; you shall be built no more; for I the LORD have spoken it, says the Lord GOD.

    15Thus says the Lord GOD to Tyre: Shall not the isles shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in your midst?

    16Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes and put off their embroidered garments; they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground and tremble every moment, and be astonished at you.

    17And they shall take up a lamentation for you, and say to you: 'How are you destroyed, that were inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, which was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all that haunt it!'

    18Now shall the isles tremble on the day of your fall; yes, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at your departure.

    19For 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,

  • Ezek 27:1-4
    4 verses
    80%

    1The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

    2Now, you son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre;

    3And say to Tyre, O you who are situated at the entry of the sea, a merchant of the peoples for many islands, Thus says the Lord GOD; O Tyre, you have said, I am of perfect beauty.

    4Your borders are in the midst of the seas, your builders have perfected your beauty.

  • Amos 1:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and did not remember the brotherly covenant:

    10But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, which shall devour its palaces.

  • Ezek 27:32-34
    3 verses
    77%

    32And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, What city is like Tyre, like the one destroyed in the midst of the sea?

    33When your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many people; you enriched the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.

    34In the time when you shall be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters your merchandise and all your company in the midst of you shall fall.

  • Ezek 28:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

    2Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are a man and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God:

  • Isa 23:1
    75%

    1The burden concerning Tyre. Wail, you ships of Tarshish; for it is destroyed, so there is no house, no entrance: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.

  • Zech 9:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3And Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like dust, and fine gold like the dirt of the streets.

    4Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and will strike her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

  • Ezek 27:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the midst of the seas.

    27Your riches, and your markets, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your caulkers, and the occupiers of your merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you, and in all your company which is in the midst of you, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of your ruin.

  • Ezek 28:7
    74%

    7Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon you, the most terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness.

  • Ezek 5:8
    73%

    8Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against you, and will execute judgments in your midst in the sight of the nations.

  • Ezek 32:3
    73%

    3Thus says the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread my net over you with a company of many people; and they shall bring you up in my net.

  • Isa 23:5
    73%

    5As at the report concerning Egypt, so they shall be greatly pained at the report of Tyre.

  • Ezek 28:20
    73%

    20Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Ezek 28:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    12Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord GOD; You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

  • Ezek 32:9
    72%

    9I will also trouble the hearts of many people, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.

  • Jer 50:31
    72%

    31Behold, I am against you, O most proud, says the Lord GOD of hosts: for your day has come, the time that I will visit you.

  • Ezek 32:11
    72%

    11For thus says the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you.

  • Isa 23:11
    72%

    11He has stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD has given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy its strongholds.

  • Amos 3:11
    72%

    11Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: An adversary shall be all around the land; he shall bring down your strength from you, and your palaces shall be plundered.

  • Isa 23:8
    72%

    8Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth?

  • Isa 17:12
    71%

    12Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

  • Jer 51:42
    71%

    42The sea has come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of its waves.

  • Jer 25:22
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    22And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are beyond the sea,

  • Isa 23:17
    71%

    17And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her wages, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

  • Isa 23:14
    71%

    14Wail, you ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

  • Ezek 25:7
    71%

    7Behold, therefore I will stretch out my hand upon you, and will deliver you for a spoil to the nations; and I will cut you off from the people, and I will cause you to perish out of the countries: I will destroy you; and you shall know that I am the LORD.