Ezekiel 26
| Ezekiel 26 | |
|---|---|
 Book of Ezekiel 30:13–18 in an English manuscript from early 13th century, MS. Bodl. Or. 62, fol. 59a. A Latin translation appears in the margins with further interlineations above the Hebrew. | |
| Book | Book of Ezekiel |
| Category | Nevi'im |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 26 |
Ezekiel 26 is the twenty-sixth chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets.[1] In the New King James Version, this chapter is sub-titled "Proclamation Against Tyre".[2]
Text
- The original text is written in Hebrew language.
- This chapter is divided into 21 verses.
Textual versions
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
- Masoretic Text
- Codex Cairensis (895 CE)
- Aleppo Codex (10th century)
- Leningrad Codex (1008-1009)
Ancient translations in Koine Greek:
- Septuagint
- Theodotion version (~AD 180)
Verse 2
- "“Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ‘Aha! She is broken who was the gateway of the peoples; now she is turned over to me; I shall be filled; she is laid waste.’" (NKJV)[3]
- "Son of man" (Hebrew: בן־אדם ḇen-’ā-ḏām): this phrase is used 93 times to address Ezekiel.[4]
- "Aha" (Hebrew: הֶאָ֔ח, he-’āḥ): an interjection to express joy or "satisfaction over the misfortune of an enemy or rival" as in Isaiah 44:16; Psalm 35:21, 25; Psalm 40:16 and Ezekiel 25:3.[5][6]
Tyre, a Phoenician major seaport and leading city, received judgment for gloating when Jerusalem fell.[7]
See also
Notes and references
- ^ Therodore Hiebert, et.al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume: VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
- ^ Ezekiel 26:1–21: NKJV
- ^ Ezekiel 26:2
- ^ Bromiley 1995, p. 574.
- ^ Brown, 1994 & "הֶאָ֔ח".
- ^ Gesenius, 1979 & "הֶאָ֔ח".
- ^ The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Augmented Third Edition, New Revised Standard Version, Indexed. Michael D. Coogan, Marc Brettler, Carol A. Newsom, Editors. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2007. pp. 1216-1217 Hebrew Bible. ISBN 978-0195288810
Bibliography
- Bromiley, Geoffrey W. (1995). International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: vol. iv, Q-Z. Eerdmans.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Brown, Francis; Briggs, Charles A.; Driver, S. R. (1994). The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (reprint ed.). Hendrickson Publishers. ISBN 978-1565632066.
- Clements, Ronald E (1996). Ezekiel. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 9780664252724.
- Gesenius, H. W. F. (1979). Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament Scriptures: Numerically Coded to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, with an English Index. Translated by Tregelles, Samuel Prideaux (7th ed.). Baker Book House.
- Joyce, Paul M. (2009). Ezekiel: A Commentary. Continuum. ISBN 9780567483614.