Ezekiel 26:4

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“They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.”

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BSBPD

“They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And they have destroyed the walls of Tyre, And they have broken down her towers, And I have scraped her dust from her, And made her for a clear place of a rock.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 26:4 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 14:41And he shall have the inside of the house scraped completely and the plaster that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the city.
  2. Isaiah 23:11The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.
  3. Jeremiah 5:10Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
  4. Ezekiel 24:7For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.
  5. Ezekiel 26:9He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes.
  6. Ezekiel 26:12They 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.
  7. Amos 1:10So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to consume its citadels.”
  8. Zechariah 9:3Tyre has built herself a fortress;she has heaped up silver like dust,and gold like the dirt of the streets.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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