261 Now in the eleventh e year , on the first of the month , the word of the Lord came to me saying , 2 "Son of man , because e Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem , 'Aha , the gateway of the peoples is broken ; it has opened to me. I shall be filled , now that she is laid waste ,' 3 therefore thus says the Lord GOD , 'Behold , I am against you, O Tyre , and I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves . 4 'They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers ; and I will scrape her debris from her and make her a bare rock . 5 'She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea , for I have spoken ,' declares the Lord GOD , 'and she will become spoil for the nations . 6 'Also her daughters who are on the mainland will be slain by the sword , and they will know that I am the Lord .' " 7 For thus says the Lord GOD , "Behold , I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon , king of kings , with horses , chariots , cavalry and a great army e . 8 "He will slay your daughters on the mainland with the sword ; and he will make siege walls against you, cast up a ramp against you and raise up a large shield against you. 9 "The blow of his battering rams he will direct against your walls , and with his axes he will break down your towers . 10 "Because of the multitude of his horses , the dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of cavalry and wagons and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city that is breached . 11 "With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets . He will slay your people with the sword ; and your strong pillars will come down to the ground . 12 "Also they will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise , break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses , and throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water . 13 "So I will silence the sound of your songs , and the sound of your harps will be heard no more . 14 "I will make you a bare rock ; you will be a place for the spreading of nets . You will be built no more , for I the Lord have spoken ," declares the Lord GOD .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 26:1-14
Commentary on Ezekiel 26:1-14
(Read Ezekiel 26:1-14)
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.