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Ezekiel 26:12 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 12. 12And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise” at Ezekiel 26:12 as part of “Nebuchadnezzar's Siege Is Described in Detail.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 26:7–14
Read Ezekiel 26:12 with 26:7–14. By itself, “And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Babylon's king, horses, siegeworks, weapons, and occupation are pictured overwhelming Tyre until it becomes a bare rock and spoil.
Why It Needs Context
Ezekiel 26:7–14 gives Ezekiel 26:12 its literary owner and outcome. The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise” at Ezekiel 26:12 as part of “Nebuchadnezzar's Siege Is Described in Detail.” Application waits until that movement is understood.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Ezekiel 26:7–14 — Nebuchadnezzar's Siege Is Described in DetailSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 26:7–14, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 26:7–14
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