Ezekiel - 28:19



19 All those who know you among the peoples shall be astonished at you: you have become a terror, and you shall nevermore have any being.

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Explanation and meaning of Ezekiel 28:19.

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All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
All that shall see thee among the nations, shall be astonished at thee: thou art brought to nothing, and thou shalt never be any more.
All they that know thee among the peoples shall be amazed at thee: thou art become a terror, and thou shalt never be any more.
All knowing thee among the peoples Have been astonished at thee, Wastes thou hast been, and thou art not, to the age.'
All who have knowledge of you among the peoples will be overcome with wonder at you: you have become a thing of fear, and you will never be seen again.
All they that know thee among the peoples shall be appalled at thee; thou art become a terror, and thou shalt never be any more.'
All who gaze upon you among the Gentiles will be stupefied over you. You were made out of nothing, and you shall not be, forever."

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Thou shalt be a terror - Instead of being an object of adoration thou shalt be a subject of horror, and at last be destroyed with thy city, so that nothing but thy name shall remain. It was entirely burnt by Alexander the Great, as it had been before by Nebuchadnezzar.

All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee,.... At thy fall; that such a mighty city, and powerful prince, should be destroyed at once; that, from such a height of prosperity, they should be brought to so low an estate of adversity; this will be the astonishment of kings, merchants, and others, that knew the riches, power, and flourishing estate of Rome, as before observed:
thou shalt be a terror; to the said persons, who will be afraid to come nigh for fear of the same torments and punishment, Revelation 18:10, or, though thou "hast been a terror"; or "terrors"; exceeding terrible to others in time past, yet now, as the Targum,
"I will give thee (or make thee) as if thou wast not:''
and never shalt thou be any more; as thou hast been, or after thy last destruction; so mystical Tyre or Babylon shall be no more, when once destroyed, Revelation 18:21.

All - All that have formerly known thy riches, power, allies, and wisdom.

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