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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 26:12 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 26:12	Strong Concordance	And they shall make a spoil [07997] of thy riches [02428], and make a prey [0962] of thy merchandise [07404]: and they shall break down [02040] thy walls [02346], and destroy [05422] thy pleasant [02532] houses [01004]: and they shall lay [07760] thy stones [068] and thy timber [06086] and thy dust [06083] in the midst [08432] of the water [04325].
	King James	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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
lay thy stones . . . timber . . . in . . . midst of . . . water--referring to the insular New Tyre (Eze 26:3, Eze 26:5; Eze 27:4, Eze 27:25-26). When its lofty buildings and towers fall, surrounded as it was with the sea which entered its double harbor and washed its ramparts, the "stones . . . timbers . . . and dust" appropriately are described as thrown down "in the midst of the water." Though Ezekiel attributes the capture of Tyre to Nebuchadnezzar (see on Eze 29:18), yet it does not follow that the final destruction of it described is attributed by him to the same monarch. The overthrow of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar was the first link in the long chain of evil--the first deadly blow which prepared for, and was the earnest of, the final doom. The change in this verse from the individual conqueror "he," to the general "they," marks that what he did was not the whole, but only paved the way for others to complete the work begun by him. It was to be a progressive work until she was utterly destroyed. Thus the words here answer exactly to what Alexander did. With the "stones, timber," and rubbish of Old Tyre, he built a causeway in seven months to New Tyre on the island and so took it [CURTIUS, 4, 2], 322 B.C.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

lay thy stones . . . timber . . . in . . . midst of . . . water--referring to the insular New Tyre (Eze 26:3, Eze 26:5; Eze 27:4, Eze 27:25-26). When its lofty buildings and towers fall, surrounded as it was with the sea which entered its double harbor and washed its ramparts, the "stones . . . timbers . . . and dust" appropriately are described as thrown down "in the midst of the water." Though Ezekiel attributes the capture of Tyre to Nebuchadnezzar (see on Eze 29:18), yet it does not follow that the final destruction of it described is attributed by him to the same monarch. The overthrow of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar was the first link in the long chain of evil--the first deadly blow which prepared for, and was the earnest of, the final doom. The change in this verse from the individual conqueror "he," to the general "they," marks that what he did was not the whole, but only paved the way for others to complete the work begun by him. It was to be a progressive work until she was utterly destroyed. Thus the words here answer exactly to what Alexander did. With the "stones, timber," and rubbish of Old Tyre, he built a causeway in seven months to New Tyre on the island and so took it [CURTIUS, 4, 2], 322 B.C.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Shall lay - It had been a quicker way, to have burnt all; but the greedy soldier might dream of treasures hid in walls, or under the timber, and therefore take the pains to pull all down, and throw it into the sea.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
And they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water - This answers to the taking of Tyre by Alexander; he actually took the timbers, stones, rubbish, etc. of old Tyre, and filled up the space between it and new Tyre, and thus connected the latter with the main land; and this he was obliged to do before he could take it.

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¹⁸ Son [01121] of man [0120], Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] caused [05647] his army [02428] to serve [05647] a great [01419] service [05656] against Tyrus [06865]: every head [07218] was made bald [07139], and every shoulder [03802] was peeled [04803]: yet had he no wages [07939], nor his army [02428], for Tyrus [06865], for the service [05656] that he had served [05647] against it:

²⁵ The ships [0591] of Tarshish [08659] did sing [07788] of thee in thy market [04627]: and thou wast replenished [04390], and made very [03966] glorious [03513] in the midst [03820] of the seas [03220].
²⁶ Thy rowers [07751] have brought [0935] thee into great [07227] waters [04325]: the east [06921] wind [07307] hath broken [07665] thee in the midst [03820] of the seas [03220].

⁴ Thy borders [01366] are in the midst [03820] of the seas [03220], thy builders [01129] have perfected [03634] thy beauty [03308].

⁵ It shall be a place for the spreading [04894] of nets [02764] in the midst [08432] of the sea [03220]: for I have spoken [01696] it, saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]: and it shall become a spoil [0957] to the nations [01471].

³ Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus [06865], and will cause many [07227] nations [01471] to come up [05927] against thee, as the sea [03220] causeth his waves [01530] to come up [05927].