"For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shal…" — Ezekiel 26:19

Ezekiel 26:19 · KJV

“For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;”

— Ezekiel 26:19

Verse 18

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.

Verse 20

When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;

Ezekiel 26 — Context

And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, {that wast} inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror {to be} on all that haunt it! {of...: Heb. of the seas}

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.

For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;

I will make thee a terror, and thou {shalt be} no {more}: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD. {a terror: Heb. terrors}

Cross References

Ezekiel 26:3

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I {am} against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.

Isaiah 8:7-8

Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, {even} the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

Daniel 9:26

And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof {shall be} with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. {but...: or, and shall have nothing} {desolations...: or, it shall be cut off by desolations}

Daniel 11:40

And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

Revelation 17:15

And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.