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Ezekiel 26:21 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 21. 21I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.
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Quick Meaning
The prophetic lament states or reports “I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more” at Ezekiel 26:21 as a specific part of “Coastlands Lament as Tyre Descends to the Deep.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 26:15–21
Read Ezekiel 26:21 with 26:15–21. By itself, “I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Coastal rulers disrobe and tremble, sing a lament over the renowned seafaring city, and see it brought down with those of old into the pit.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within the same chapter, this unit advances from “Nebuchadnezzar's Siege Is Described in Detail” into “Coastlands Lament as Tyre Descends to the Deep.” Its non-interchangeable contribution is: Coastal rulers disrobe and tremble, sing a lament over the renowned seafaring city, and see it brought down with those of old into the pit. This verse's placement is specific: The prophetic lament states or reports “I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more” at Ezekiel 26:21 as a specific part of “Coastlands Lament as Tyre Descends to the Deep.”
Follow the Context
- The unit begins at 26:15 with the address, action, vision, lament, or measurement named in its title.
- Coastal rulers disrobe and tremble, sing a lament over the renowned seafaring city, and see it brought down with those of old into the pit.
- By 26:21 the movement reaches its stated warning, promise, response, or transition before the next unit begins.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
Tyre's disappearance does not authorize hatred of present Tyre or Lebanon.
What Remains True
The lament reaches a poetic endpoint of terror and lost prominence. In Ezekiel 26:21, that bounded truth is carried through this verse's role: The prophetic lament states or reports “I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more” at Ezekiel 26:21 as a specific part of “Coastlands Lament as Tyre Descends to the Deep.”
How It Can Shape Life
- Separate ancient rhetoric from modern people and resist disaster tourism. This verse directs that response through its exact role: The prophetic lament states or reports “I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more” at Ezekiel 26:21 as a specific part of “Coastlands Lament as Tyre Descends to the Deep.”
Teach It Back
Explain Ezekiel 26:21's precise role in Ezekiel 26:15–21: The prophetic lament states or reports “I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more” at Ezekiel 26:21 as a specific part of “Coastlands Lament as Tyre Descends to the Deep.” State how “Coastlands Lament as Tyre Descends to the Deep” controls the line, keep this uncertainty visible—The descent language does not settle afterlife geography or invite celebration of drowned civilians.—trace role to contextual meaning to enduring truth to application, and reject one use the verse does not authorize.
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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 26:15–21, 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 26:15–21
Open the fixed Hebrew Ezekiel file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Notes: Ezekiel
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2016; current official PDF
Supports: Verse-level controls for difficult Hebrew, syntax, older KJV language, dates, place names, textual issues, vision language, and material alternatives.
Exact location: Official NET Ezekiel PDF, exact translator, study, and textual notes attached to Ezekiel 26:15–21
Open the official NET Ezekiel PDF ↗modern scholarly book course
Ezekiel course: summary, outline, background, introductory issues, themes, and passage studies
Alan G. Padgett; revised by Tyler Mayfield
Enter the Bible, Luther Seminary, revised June 2023
Supports: Reader-oriented historical, literary, theological, and pastoral synthesis with visible alternatives and ancient-to-modern limits.
Exact location: Enter the Bible Ezekiel course, Outline and passage studies: nations, Tyre, Egypt, and laments; applied to Ezekiel 26:15–21
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Jeremiah and Ezekiel: Ezekiel Parts 1-3 Study Guides
Joel S. Baden and Jacqueline Vayntrub
Yale Bible Study, 2024
Supports: Current university-level literary-historical synthesis and interpretive questions, including ethical attention to gendered rhetoric and the final vision.
Exact location: Yale Bible Study, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, Ezekiel Parts 2-3 study guides: nations, watchman, shepherd, and restoration; applied to Ezekiel 26:15–21
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