Ezekiel 26:18
New International Version
Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall; the islands in the sea are terrified at your collapse.’

New Living Translation
Now the coastlands tremble at your fall. The islands are dismayed as you disappear.

English Standard Version
Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall, and the coastlands that are on the sea are dismayed at your passing.’

Berean Standard Bible
Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.”’

King James Bible
Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.

New King James Version
Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall; Yes, the coastlands by the sea are troubled at your departure.” ’

New American Standard Bible
‘Now the coastlands will tremble On the day of your downfall; Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea Will be horrified at your passing.’”

NASB 1995
‘Now the coastlands will tremble On the day of your fall; Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea Will be terrified at your passing.’”

NASB 1977
‘Now the coastlands will tremble On the day of your fall; Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea Will be terrified at your passing.’”

Legacy Standard Bible
Now the coastlands will tremble On the day of your downfall; Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea Will be dismayed at your departure.’”

Amplified Bible
‘Now the coastlands will tremble On the day of your fall; Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea Will be terrified at your departure.’”

Christian Standard Bible
Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are alarmed by your demise.’ ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are alarmed by your demise.”

American Standard Version
Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be dismayed at thy departure.

Contemporary English Version
But now Tyre is in ruins, and the people on the coast stare at it in horror and tremble in fear."

English Revised Version
Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be dismayed at thy departure.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Your defeat will make the people who live by the coast tremble. Your end will terrify the islands in the sea.

Good News Translation
Now, on the day it has fallen, The islands are trembling, And their people are shocked at such destruction."

International Standard Version
Now the coastland inhabitants will tremble on the day that you fall. The coastland inhabitants, who make their living from the sea, will be terrified when you pass away!'

Majority Standard Bible
Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.??

NET Bible
Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall; the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.'

New Heart English Bible
Now shall the islands tremble in the day of your fall; yes, the islands that are in the sea shall be dismayed at your departure."'

Webster's Bible Translation
Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yes, the isles that are in the sea shall be disturbed at thy departure.

World English Bible
Now the islands will tremble in the day of your fall. Yes, the islands that are in the sea will be dismayed at your departure.’
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Now the islands tremble [on the] day of your fall; The islands that [are] in the sea have been troubled at your outgoing.”

Young's Literal Translation
Now they tremble, is it not the day of thy fall? Troubled have been the isles that are in the sea, at thine outgoing.

Smith's Literal Translation
Now shall the idles tremble the day of thy fall; and the isles which are in the sea loathed from thy going forth.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now shall the ships be astonished in the day of thy terror: and the islands in the sea shall be troubled because no one cometh out of thee.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Now the ships will be stupefied, in the day of your terror. And the islands of the sea will be disturbed, because no one goes out from you.

New American Bible
On this, the day of your fall, the islands quake! The islands in the sea are terrified at your passing.

New Revised Standard Version
Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall; the coastlands by the sea are dismayed at your passing.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Now shall the isles tremble in the day of your fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled in the day of your fall.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Therefore the islands shall quake in the day of your fall, and the islands shall be troubled in the day of your fall
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Now shall the isles tremble In the day of thy fall; Yea, the isles that are in the sea Shall be affrighted at thy going out.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the isles shall be alarmed at the day of thy fall.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Prophecy Against Tyre
17Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples! 18Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.”’ 19For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,…

Cross References
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 25:22
all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;

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.

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.”

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. ...

Revelation 18:9-19
Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. / In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.” / And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo— ...

Isaiah 14:31
Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.

Jeremiah 47:4
For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.

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.

Matthew 11:21-22
“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

Luke 10:13-14
Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. / But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.

Isaiah 2:12-17
For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled— / against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan, / against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills, ...

Ezekiel 27:1-36
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre. / Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’ ...

Ezekiel 28:1-19
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god. / Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you! ...

Isaiah 24:10-12
The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry. / In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land. / The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.


Treasury of Scripture

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

the isles tremble

Ezekiel 26:15
Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

Ezekiel 27:28-30
The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots…

at thy

Isaiah 23:5-7,10-12
As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre…

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Ezekiel 26
1. Tyrus, for insulting Jerusalem, is threatened with destruction
7. The power of Nebuchadnezzar against her
15. The mourning and astonishment of the sea at her fall














Now the coastlands tremble
The phrase "coastlands" refers to distant lands or regions along the sea, often representing nations or peoples far from the immediate context of Israel. In Hebrew, the word used is "אִיִּים" (iyim), which can mean islands or coastal regions. This imagery suggests a widespread impact, indicating that Tyre's influence and trade reach were extensive. The trembling of the coastlands symbolizes fear and awe, reflecting the shockwaves sent through the nations due to Tyre's fall. Historically, Tyre was a powerful maritime city, and its downfall would have had significant economic and political repercussions.

on the day of your downfall
The "day of your downfall" signifies a specific time of judgment and calamity. In the prophetic literature, "day" often denotes a period of divine intervention or judgment. The Hebrew word "יוֹם" (yom) is used here, emphasizing a decisive moment orchestrated by God. This phrase underscores the certainty and inevitability of Tyre's destruction as decreed by the Lord. It serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty over nations and His ability to bring about His purposes in history.

the islands in the sea
"Islands in the sea" further emphasizes the reach of Tyre's influence. The Hebrew term "אִיִּים" (iyim) is repeated, reinforcing the idea of distant lands affected by Tyre's fate. Tyre was known for its extensive trade networks across the Mediterranean, and its fall would have disrupted commerce and alliances. This phrase highlights the interconnectedness of ancient economies and the far-reaching consequences of Tyre's demise.

are dismayed by your demise
The word "dismayed" conveys a sense of shock, fear, and confusion. In Hebrew, "נִבְהֲלוּ" (nivhalu) is used, suggesting a state of panic or alarm. The demise of Tyre, a city renowned for its wealth and strength, would have been unexpected and unsettling to other nations. This reaction underscores the theme of divine judgment, as God humbles the proud and mighty. It serves as a warning to all nations of the consequences of pride and reliance on worldly power rather than on God.

(18) The isles tremble.--"Isles" here, as elsewhere, includes coasts. It must be remembered how numerous the colonies of Ph?nicia were. They had been established in Cyprus. Rhodes, Malta, Spain, Sicily, Sardinia, the Balearic Islands, and Africa. In some of these there were several colonies, as Utica and Carthage in Africa, Gades (Cadiz), Kalpe (Gibraltar), and Malaka (Malaga) in Spain. All of these looked up to Tyre as their mother-city, and received from her their high priests. Even Carthage, the greatest of them, sent yearly presents to the Tyrian Hercules.

Verse 18. - It is noticeable that the commercial policy of Tyre is not represented as having been oppressive. The isles do not exult in their deliverance, but mourn over the captured city whose commerce had contributed to their prosperity. The "terror" of Ver. 17 is rather the impression of awe and wonder made on all who came to it.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Now
עַתָּה֙ (‘at·tāh)
Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

the coastlands
הָֽאִיִּ֔ן (hā·’î·yin)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 339: A habitable spot, dry land, a coast, an island

tremble
יֶחְרְד֣וּ (yeḥ·rə·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2729: To shudder with terror, to fear, to hasten

on the day
י֖וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3117: A day

of your downfall;
מַפַּלְתֵּ֑ךְ (map·pal·têḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 4658: Fall, decadence, a ruin, a carcase

the islands
הָאִיִּ֥ים (hā·’î·yîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 339: A habitable spot, dry land, a coast, an island

in the sea
בַּיָּ֖ם (bay·yām)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

are dismayed
וְנִבְהֲל֛וּ (wə·niḇ·hă·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 926: To tremble inwardly, be, alarmed, agitated, to hasten anxiously

by your demise.”’
מִצֵּאתֵֽךְ׃ (miṣ·ṣê·ṯêḵ)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim


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