Ezekiel 26:13

King James Version (KJV)

And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.

Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

Verses 7-14

The description of the siege is that of a town invested by land.

Ezekiel 26:7

Nebuchadrezzar - Jeremiah 21:2 note.

Ezekiel 26:8

Lift up the buckler - i. e., set a wall of shields, under cover of which the walls could be approached.

Ezekiel 26:9

Engines of war - Or, his battering ram. “axes” swords. They who would break flown the towers, rush on with their swords to slay the defenders.

Ezekiel 26:11

Garrisons - pillars, on which stood statues of some protecting god. Compare 2 Kings 10:26.

Ezekiel 26:14

The siege had been on land, but the victory was to be completed by the subjection of the island-citadel.

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Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary

To be secretly pleased with the death or decay of others, when we are likely to get by it; or with their fall, when we may thrive upon it, is a sin that easily besets us, yet is not thought so bad as really it is. But it comes from a selfish, covetous principle, and from that love of the world as our happiness, which the love of God expressly forbids. He often blasts the projects of those who would raise themselves on the ruin of others. The maxims most current in the trading world, are directly opposed to the law of God. But he will show himself against the money-loving, selfish traders, whose hearts, like those of Tyre, are hardened by the love of riches. Men have little cause to glory in things which stir up the envy and rapacity of others, and which are continually shifting from one to another; and in getting, keeping, and spending which, men provoke that God whose wrath turns joyous cities into ruinous heaps.

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SDA Bible Commentary (limited)
Volume 1-7

13. Thy songs. Careful readers of the book of Revelation have noted the great similarity between much of its symbolism and the language of certain passages in the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. It is apparent that John, guided by Inspiration, borrowed extensively from the imagery of the prophets of old, in order to set forth the great climactic scenes of earth’s history in terms that would be familiar and meaningful to the careful reader of the OT. Thus, the desolation of literal Babylon and Tyre provided John with a pictorial description of the desolation of mystical Babylon (see also on Isa. 13; 14; 23:1; 47:1; Jer. 25:12; 50:1). The symbolism and language of the book of Revelation become more clear and meaningful when studied in the light of what the prophets of old wrote concerning events of their era (see on Deut. 18:15). Various aspects of the punishment of literal Tyre as set forth in Eze. 26 to 28 are of value in a study of the punishment of mystical Babylon, presented in Rev. 17 and 18. Note particularly the following:

Ezekiel 26 to 28	Revelation 17 and 18
1. “I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard” (26:13).	1. “The voice of harp-ers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee” (18:22).
2. “The princes of the sea” (26:16). “Inhabited of seafaring men” (26:17). “Thy mariners, and thy pilots” (27:27). “All that had handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea” (27:29).	2. “Every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea” (18:17). “All that had ships in the sea” (18:19). “Thy merchants were the great men of the earth” (18:23).
3. “They shall take up a lamentation for thee” (26:17). “Cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly” (27:30). “They shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee” (27:31, 32). “The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee” (27:36).	3. “The merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her” (18:11). “The kings of the earth . . . shall bewail her, and lament for her” (18:9; cf. vs. 10, 15-19).
4. “How art thou destroyed” (26:17).	4. “In one hour is she made desolate” (18:19; cf. v. 10).
5. “The renowned city” (26:17).	5. “That great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth” (17:18).
6. “I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee” (26:19). “Thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters” (27:34; cf. vs. 26, 27).	6. “A great millstone . . . cast . . . into the sea, . . . Thus . . . shall that great city of Babylon be thrown down” (18:21).
7. “Thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again” (26:21; cf. 27:36).	7. “Found no more at all” (18:21).
8. “A merchant of the people” (27:3). “The merchants among the people” (27:36).	8. “The merchants . . . were made rich by her” (18:15). “Thy merchants were” the great men of the earth (18:23).
9. “Thy merchandise” (27:27).	9. “The merchandise” (18:12).
10. “Cast up dust upon their heads . . . wallow themselves in the ashes” (27:30).	10. “They cast dust on their heads” (18:19).
11. “What city is like Tyrus?” (27:32).	11. “What city is like unto this great city!” (18:18; cf. vs. 10, 19).
12. “Thou didst enrich the kings” (27:33). “Kings shall be sore afraid” (27:35).	12. “The kings of the earth” (18:9). “The merchants . . . which were made rich by her” (18:15).
13. “Thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches” (28:5).	13. “She hath glorified herself and lived deliciously” (18:7). “So great riches” (18:17; cf. vs. 14, 15, 19).
14. “I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations” (28:7).	14. “He gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon” (16:16). “In righteousness he doth judge and make war” (19:11; cf. 17:14; 19:15, 19).
15. “Therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth” (28:18).	15. “Burn her with fire” (17:16). “She shall be utterly burned with fire” (18:8). “The smoke of her burning” (18:9).

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