Ezekiel 26:3

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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.

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  • Isa 5:30 : 30 At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.
  • Jer 51:42 : 42 The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.
  • Mic 4:11 : 11 Many nations have now assembled against you. They say,“Jerusalem must be desecrated, so we can gloat over Zion!”
  • Nah 2:12 : 12 The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh.
  • Zech 14:2 : 2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to wage war; the city will be taken, its houses plundered, and the women raped. Then half of the city will go into exile, but the remainder of the people will not be taken away.
  • Luke 21:25 : 25 The Arrival of the Son of Man“And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves.
  • Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The waves roar, O LORD, the waves roar, the waves roar and crash. 4 Above the sound of the surging water, and the mighty waves of the sea, the LORD sits enthroned in majesty.
  • Ps 107:25 : 25 He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea.
  • Ezek 5:8 : 8 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I– even I– am against you, and I will execute judgment among you while the nations watch.
  • Ezek 21:3 : 3 and say to them,‘This is what the LORD says: Look, I am against you. I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
  • Ezek 27:26 : 26 Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.
  • Ezek 27:32-34 : 32 As they wail they will lament over you, chanting:“Who was like Tyre, like a tower in the midst of the sea?” 33 When your products went out from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with the abundance of your wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth. 34 Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your company have sunk along with you.
  • Ezek 28:22 : 22 Say,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Look, I am against you, Sidon, and I will magnify myself in your midst. Then they will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments on her and reveal my sovereign power in her.
  • Ezek 38:3 : 3 and say:‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look, I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
  • Jer 6:23 : 23 Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride forth on their horses. Lined up in formation like men going into battle to attack you, Daughter Zion.’”
  • Jer 21:13 : 13 Listen, you who sit enthroned above the valley on a rocky plateau. I am opposed to you,’ says the LORD.‘You boast,“No one can swoop down on us. No one can penetrate into our places of refuge.”
  • Jer 50:31 : 31 “Listen! I am opposed to you, you proud city,” says the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“Indeed, your day of reckoning has come, the time when I will punish you.
  • Jer 50:42 : 42 Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride forth on their horses. Lined up in formation like men going into battle, they are coming against you, fair Babylon!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 26:1-2
    2 verses
    85%

    1A Prophecy Against Tyre In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the LORD’s message came to me:

    2“Son of man, because Tyre has said about Jerusalem,‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich, now that she has been destroyed,’

  • Ezek 26:4-8
    5 verses
    84%

    4They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock.

    5She will be a place where fishing nets are spread, surrounded by the sea. For I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD. She will become plunder for the nations,

    6and her daughters who are in the field will be slaughtered by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

    7“For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Take note that I am about to bring King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre from the north, with horses, chariots, and horsemen, an army and hordes of people.

    8He will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will build a siege wall against you, erect a siege ramp against you, and raise a great shield against you.

  • Ezek 26:12-19
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    12They will steal your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will tear down your walls and destroy your luxurious homes. Your stones, your trees, and your soil he will throw into the water.

    13I will silence the noise of your songs; the sound of your harps will be heard no more.

    14I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place where fishing nets are spread. You will never be built again, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.

    15“This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Tyre: Oh, how the coastlands will shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, at the massive slaughter in your midst!

    16All the princes of the sea will vacate their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered clothes; they will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground; they will tremble continually and be shocked at what has happened to you.

    17They will sing this lament over you:“‘How you have perished– you have vanished from the seas, O renowned city, once mighty in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror!

    18Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall; the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.’

    19“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,

  • Ezek 27:1-4
    4 verses
    80%

    1A Lament for Tyre The LORD’s message came to me:

    2“You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre.

    3Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance of the sea, merchant to the peoples on many coasts,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘O Tyre, you have said,“I am perfectly beautiful.”

    4Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.

  • Amos 1:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9This is what the LORD says:“Because Tyre has committed three crimes– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold a whole community to Edom; they failed to observe a treaty of brotherhood.

    10So I will set fire to Tyre’s city wall; fire will consume her fortresses.”

  • Ezek 27:32-34
    3 verses
    77%

    32As they wail they will lament over you, chanting:“Who was like Tyre, like a tower in the midst of the sea?”

    33When your products went out from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with the abundance of your wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth.

    34Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your company have sunk along with you.

  • Ezek 28:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1A Prophecy Against the King of Tyre The LORD’s message came to me:

    2“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Your heart is proud and you said,“I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas”– yet you are a man and not a god, though you think you are godlike.

  • Isa 23:1
    75%

    1The Lord Will Judge Tyre This is an oracle about Tyre: Wail, you large ships, for the port is too devastated to enter! From the land of Cyprus this news is announced to them.

  • Zech 9:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets!

    4Nevertheless the Lord will evict her and shove her fortifications into the sea– she will be consumed by fire.

  • Ezek 27:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.

    27Your wealth, products, and merchandise, your sailors and captains, your ship’s carpenters, your merchants, and all your fighting men within you, along with all your crew who are in you, will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.

  • Ezek 28:7
    74%

    7I am about to bring foreigners against you, the most terrifying of nations. They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom, and they will defile your splendor.

  • Ezek 5:8
    73%

    8“Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I– even I– am against you, and I will execute judgment among you while the nations watch.

  • Ezek 32:3
    73%

    3“‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘I will throw my net over you in the assembly of many peoples; and they will haul you up in my dragnet.

  • Isa 23:5
    73%

    5When the news reaches Egypt, they will be shaken by what has happened to Tyre.

  • Ezek 28:20
    73%

    20A Prophecy Against Sidon The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 28:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11The LORD’s message came to me:

    12“Son of man, sing a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘You were the sealer of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

  • Ezek 32:9
    72%

    9I will disturb many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among countries you do not know.

  • Jer 50:31
    72%

    31“Listen! I am opposed to you, you proud city,” says the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“Indeed, your day of reckoning has come, the time when I will punish you.

  • Ezek 32:11
    72%

    11“‘For this is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘The sword of the king of Babylon will attack you.

  • Isa 23:11
    72%

    11The LORD stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook kingdoms; he gave the order to destroy Canaan’s fortresses.

  • Amos 3:11
    72%

    11Therefore,” says the Sovereign LORD,“an enemy will encircle the land. He will take away your power; your fortresses will be looted.”

  • Isa 23:8
    72%

    8Who planned this for royal Tyre, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the dignitaries of the earth?

  • Isa 17:12
    71%

    12Beware, you many nations massing together, those who make a commotion as loud as the roaring of the sea’s waves. Beware, you people making such an uproar, those who make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves.

  • Jer 51:42
    71%

    42The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.

  • Jer 25:22
    71%

    22all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon; all the kings of the coastlands along the sea;

  • Isa 23:17
    71%

    17At the end of seventy years the LORD will revive Tyre. She will start making money again by selling her services to all the earth’s kingdoms.

  • Isa 23:14
    71%

    14Wail, you large ships, for your fortress is destroyed!

  • Ezek 25:7
    71%

    7take note, I have stretched out my hand against you, and I will hand you over as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands. I will destroy you; then you will know that I am the LORD.’”