Ezekiel 26


Ezekiel 26 is the twenty-sixth chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets.
This chapter contains a "Proclamation against Tyre".

Text

The original text was written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 21 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis, the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets, Aleppo Codex, Codex Leningradensis.
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BC. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Marchalianus.

Verse 1

The date corresponds to the year 586 or 585 BCE based on the analysis by German theologian Bernhard Lang.
A marginal note in the Masoretic Text tradition indicates that this is the middle verse of the Book of Ezekiel in Hebrew.

Verse 2

  • "Son of man" : this phrase is used 93 times to address Ezekiel.
  • "Aha" is an interjection to express joy or "satisfaction over the misfortune of an enemy or rival" as in,, and, rendered "Good!" in the Holman Christian Standard Bible. similarly reports that the Ammonites said "Aha!" over God's sanctuary in Jerusalem when it was profaned.
  • Tyre, a Phoenician major seaport and leading city, received judgment for gloating when Jerusalem fell. Chapters 27 and 28 also lament the fall of Tyre.

    Verses 17-18

A qinah or lamentation.

Verse 21

Protestant theologian Heinrich Ewald translates, "To sudden death will I bring thee", which corresponds with the margin of the Revised Version, I will make thee a destruction.

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Category:Phoenicians in the Hebrew Bible
Category:History of Tyre, Lebanon