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 .
15 Thus says the Lord GOD to Tyre , "Shall not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded groan , when the slaughter occurs in your midst ? 16 "Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones , remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments . They will clothe themselves with trembling ; they will sit on the ground , tremble every moment and be appalled at you. 17 "They will take up a lamentation over you and say to you, ' How you have perished , O inhabited one, From the seas , O renowned city , Which was mighty on the sea , She and her inhabitants , Who imposed her terror On all her inhabitants ! 18 'Now the coastlands will tremble On the day of your fall ; Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea Will be terrified at your passing .' " 19 For thus says the Lord GOD , "When I make you a desolate city , like the cities which are not inhabited , when I bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, 20 then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit , to the people of old , and I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth , like the ancient waste places , with those who go down to the pit , so that you will not be inhabited ; but I will set glory in the land of the living . 21 "I will bring terrors on you and you will be no more ; though you will be sought , you will never e be found again ," declares the Lord GOD .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 26:14-21
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.
Commentary on Ezekiel 26:15-21
(Read Ezekiel 26:15-21)
See how high, how great Tyre had been. See how low Tyre is made. The fall of others should awaken us out of security. Every discovery of the fulfilment of a Scripture prophecy, is like a miracle to confirm our faith. All that is earthly is vanity and vexation. Those who now have the most established prosperity, will soon be out of sight and forgotten.