Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They will plunder your wealth and loot your merchandise; they will break down your walls and demolish your fine houses and throw your stones, timber and rubble into the sea. New Living Translation “They will plunder all your riches and merchandise and break down your walls. They will destroy your lovely homes and dump your stones and timbers and even your dust into the sea. English Standard Version They will plunder your riches and loot your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. Your stones and timber and soil they will cast into the midst of the waters. Berean Standard Bible They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water. King James Bible And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water. New King James Version They will plunder your riches and pillage your merchandise; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; they will lay your stones, your timber, and your soil in the midst of the water. New American Standard Bible Also they will take your riches as spoils and plunder your merchandise, tear down your walls and destroy your delightful houses, and throw your stones, your timbers, and your debris into the water. NASB 1995 “Also they will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise, break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses, and throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water. NASB 1977 “Also they will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise, break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses, and throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water. Legacy Standard Bible Also they will make a spoil of your wealth and a plunder of your merchandise, and pull down your walls and tear down your desirable houses, and throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water. Amplified Bible Also they will take your riches as spoil and plunder your merchandise, and tear down your walls and your pleasant houses, and throw your stones and your timber and the debris [from your city] out in the water. Christian Standard Bible They will take your wealth as spoil and plunder your merchandise. They will also demolish your walls and tear down your beautiful homes. Then they will throw your stones, timber, and soil into the water. Holman Christian Standard Bible They will take your wealth as spoil and plunder your merchandise. They will also demolish your walls and tear down your beautiful homes. Then they will throw your stones, timber, and soil into the water. American Standard Version And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise; and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses; and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the waters. Contemporary English Version The troops will steal your valuable possessions; they will break down your walls, and crush your expensive houses. Then the stones and wood and all the remains will be dumped into the sea. English Revised Version And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the waters. GOD'S WORD® Translation His troops will loot your riches and take your goods as prizes. They will destroy your walls and tear down your delightful homes. They will throw your stones, wood, and soil into the water. Good News Translation Your enemies will help themselves to your wealth and merchandise. They will pull down your walls and shatter your luxurious houses. They will take the stones and wood and all the rubble, and dump them into the sea. International Standard Version They will plunder your riches and loot your businesses. They'll tear down your walls and demolish your luxurious homes. They'll grab the stones, wood, and rubble from the destruction and dump it all into the Mediterranean Sea. Majority Standard Bible They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water. NET Bible They 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. New Heart English Bible 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 waters. Webster's Bible Translation And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water. World English Bible They will make a plunder of your riches and make a prey of your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. They will lay your stones, your timber, and your dust in the middle of the waters. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd they have spoiled your wealth, "" And they have plundered your merchandise, "" And they have thrown down your walls, "" And they break down your desirable houses, "" And your stones, and your wood, and your dust, "" They place in the midst of the waters. Young's Literal Translation And they have spoiled thy wealth, And they have plundered thy merchandise, And they have thrown down thy walls, And thy desirable houses they break down, And thy stones, and thy wood, and thy dust, In the midst of the waters they place. Smith's Literal Translation And they spoiled thy strength and they plundered thy traffic, and they pulled down thy walls, and they will tear down thy houses of desire, and they will set thy stones and thy woods and thy dust in the midst of the water. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThey shall waste thy riches, they shall make a spoil of thy merchandise: and they shall destroy thy walls, and pull down thy fine houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber, and thy dust in the midst of the waters. Catholic Public Domain Version They will lay waste to your wealth. They will despoil your businesses. And they will tear down your walls and overturn your eminent houses. And they will put your stones and your timber and your dust into the midst of the waters. New American Bible They shall plunder your wealth and pillage your goods; They will tear down your walls and demolish your splendid houses. Your stones, timbers, and debris they will cast into the sea. New Revised Standard Version They will plunder your riches and loot your merchandise; they shall break down your walls and destroy your fine houses. Your stones and timber and soil they shall cast into the water. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd his army shall plunder your riches and make a prey of your merchandise; and they shall demolish your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; and they shall cast your stones and your timber and your wealth into the sea. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And they shall plunder your food and they shall capture your livestock and they shall overthrow your walls and they shall tear down your desirable houses, and your stones and your wood and your wealth they shall throw into the sea OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, And make a prey of thy merchandise; And they shall break down thy walls, And destroy the houses of thy delight; And thy stones and thy timber and thy dust Shall they lay in the midst of the waters. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he shall prey upon thy power, and plunder thy substance, and shall cast down thy walls, and break down thy pleasant houses: and he shall cast thy stones and thy timber and thy dust into the midst of thy sea. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Prophecy Against Tyre…11The hooves of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground. 12They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water. 13So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.… Cross References Revelation 18:11-19 And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo— / cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; / of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and carriages; of bodies and souls of slaves. ... Isaiah 23:1-18 This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus. / Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea. / On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations. ... Jeremiah 51:34 “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out. Amos 1:9-10 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood. / So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to consume its citadels.” Zechariah 9:3-4 Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets. / Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire. Lamentations 1:7 In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall. Joel 3:4-8 Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads. / For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples. / You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland. ... Isaiah 47:1-15 “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” ... Jeremiah 25:22 all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea; Psalm 137:7 Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!” Revelation 17:16 And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. Isaiah 13:16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. Jeremiah 50:37 A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered. Nahum 2:9-10 “Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing. / She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale! Zephaniah 2:13-15 And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert. / Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar. / This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist. Treasury of Scripture And 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 middle of the water. make a spoil Ezekiel 26:5 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations. Matthew 6:19,20 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: … thy merchandise Ezekiel 27:3-36 And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty… Isaiah 23:8,11,17,18 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth? … Zechariah 9:3,4 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets… 2 Chronicles 32:27 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels; 2 Chronicles 36:10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. Isaiah 32:12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. they shalt lay. Jump to Previous Break Broken Cast Debris Deep Delight Demolish Desire Destroy Destruction Dust Fine Force Goods Houses Lay Merchandise Midst Pleasant Plunder Prey Riches Rubble Sea Soil Spoil Spoiled Stones Throw Timber Timbers Trade Walls Wares Water Waters Wealth WoodJump to Next Break Broken Cast Debris Deep Delight Demolish Desire Destroy Destruction Dust Fine Force Goods Houses Lay Merchandise Midst Pleasant Plunder Prey Riches Rubble Sea Soil Spoil Spoiled Stones Throw Timber Timbers Trade Walls Wares Water Waters Wealth WoodEzekiel 26 1. Tyrus, for insulting Jerusalem, is threatened with destruction7. The power of Nebuchadnezzar against her 15. The mourning and astonishment of the sea at her fall They will plunder your wealth This phrase speaks to the impending judgment and destruction that will befall Tyre. The Hebrew root for "plunder" is "bazaz," which conveys the idea of seizing or taking by force. Historically, Tyre was a wealthy and prosperous city due to its strategic location and trade. The prophecy indicates that this wealth, which was a source of pride and security for Tyre, would be stripped away by invading forces. This serves as a reminder of the transient nature of material wealth and the futility of placing trust in earthly riches rather than in God. and loot your merchandise They will break down your walls and demolish your fine houses They will throw your stones, your timber, and your rubble into the sea Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They will plunderוְשָׁלְל֣וּ (wə·šā·lə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 7997: To drop, strip, to plunder your wealth חֵילֵ֗ךְ (ḥê·lêḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 2428: A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength and pillage וּבָֽזְזוּ֙ (ū·ḇā·zə·zū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 962: To spoil, plunder your merchandise. רְכֻלָּתֵ֔ךְ (rə·ḵul·lā·ṯêḵ) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 7404: Traffic, merchandise They will demolish וְהָֽרְסוּ֙ (wə·hā·rə·sū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2040: To pull down, in pieces, break, & destroy your walls, חוֹמוֹתַ֔יִךְ (ḥō·w·mō·w·ṯa·yiḵ) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 2346: A wall of protection tear down יִתֹּ֑צוּ (yit·tō·ṣū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5422: To pull down, break down your beautiful חֶמְדָּתֵ֖ךְ (ḥem·dā·ṯêḵ) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 2532: Desire, delight homes, וּבָתֵּ֥י (ū·ḇāt·tê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1004: A house and throw יָשִֽׂימוּ׃ (yā·śî·mū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set your stones וַאֲבָנַ֤יִךְ (wa·’ă·ḇā·na·yiḵ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 68: A stone and timber וְעֵצַ֙יִךְ֙ (wə·‘ê·ṣa·yiḵ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood and soil וַֽעֲפָרֵ֔ךְ (wa·‘ă·p̄ā·rêḵ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud into בְּת֥וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre the water. מַ֖יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen Links Ezekiel 26:12 NIVEzekiel 26:12 NLT Ezekiel 26:12 ESV Ezekiel 26:12 NASB Ezekiel 26:12 KJV Ezekiel 26:12 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 26:12 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 26:12 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 26:12 French Bible Ezekiel 26:12 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 26:12 They shall make a spoil of your (Ezek. 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