Ezekiel 26:5

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She 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,

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 29:19 : 19 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look, I am about to give the land of Egypt to King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon. He will carry off her wealth, capture her loot, and seize her plunder; it will be his army’s wages.
  • Ezek 47:10 : 10 Fishermen will stand beside it; from En Gedi to En Eglaim they will spread nets. They will catch many kinds of fish, like the fish of the Great Sea.
  • Ezek 25:7 : 7 take 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.’”
  • Ezek 27:32 : 32 As they wail they will lament over you, chanting:“Who was like Tyre, like a tower in the midst of the sea?”
  • Ezek 26:14 : 14 I 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.
  • Ezek 26:19 : 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,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 26:12-20
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    83%

    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,

    20then I will bring you down to bygone people, to be with those who descend to the Pit. I will make you live in the lower parts of the earth, among the primeval ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will not be inhabited or stand in the land of the living.

  • Ezek 26:2-4
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    83%

    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,’

    3therefore 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.

    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.

  • Ezek 32:3
    77%

    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.

  • Zech 9:3-4
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    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 26:6-8
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    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 17:20
    75%

    20I will throw my net over him and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylon and judge him there because of the unfaithfulness he committed against me.

  • Ezek 27:32-34
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    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 27:2-4
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    75%

    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
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    74%

    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.”

  • Isa 23:1
    74%

    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.

  • 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.

  • Ezek 27:26-27
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    72%

    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.

  • 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.”

  • Ezek 39:5
    72%

    5You will fall dead in the open field; for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Zeph 2:6
    72%

    6The seacoast will be used as pasture lands by the shepherds and as pens for their flocks.

  • Isa 23:14
    71%

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

  • Ezek 23:46
    71%

    46“For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Bring up an army against them and subject them to terror and plunder.

  • 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.’”

  • Ezek 5:14
    71%

    14“I will make you desolate and an object of scorn among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by.

  • Ezek 47:10
    71%

    10Fishermen will stand beside it; from En Gedi to En Eglaim they will spread nets. They will catch many kinds of fish, like the fish of the Great Sea.

  • Ezek 28:20
    71%

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

  • Jer 50:26
    71%

    26Come from far away and attack Babylonia! Open up the places where she stores her grain! Pile her up in ruins! Destroy her completely! Do not leave anyone alive!

  • Ezek 30:7
    71%

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

  • Isa 23:4-6
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    70%

    4Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea says this, O fortress of the sea:“I have not gone into labor or given birth; I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”

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

    6Travel to Tarshish! Wail, you residents of the coast!

  • Isa 33:23
    70%

    23Though at this time your ropes are slack, the mast is not secured, and the sail is not unfurled, at that time you will divide up a great quantity of loot; even the lame will drag off plunder.

  • Isa 23:17
    70%

    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.

  • Ezek 38:12
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    12to loot and plunder, to attack the inhabited ruins and the people gathered from the nations, who are acquiring cattle and goods, who live at the center of the earth.”

  • Hab 1:17
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    17Will he then continue to fill and empty his throw net? Will he always destroy nations and spare none?

  • Jer 30:16
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    16But all who destroyed you will be destroyed. All your enemies will go into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered. I will cause those who pillaged you to be pillaged.