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Ezekiel 26:9 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 9. 9And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down…” at Ezekiel 26:9 as part of “Nebuchadnezzar's Siege Is Described in Detail.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 26:7–14
Read Ezekiel 26:9 with 26:7–14. By itself, “And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down…” 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
Keep the line with Ezekiel 26:7–14. The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down…” at Ezekiel 26:9 as part of “Nebuchadnezzar's Siege Is Described in Detail.” The literary form and this limit govern it: The siege description does not glorify empire, authorize attacks on cities, or erase the later textual recognition that Tyre's campaign did not yield the expected spoil.
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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