Ezekiel 26:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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)“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“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“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 DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 26:4 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 26:9He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes.
- 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.
- Amos 1:10So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to consume its citadels.”
- 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).