Ezekiel 26:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.

All the princes

Revelation 18:11

Come

Exodus 33:4

Job 2:12

Jonah 3:6

Clothe

Tremble

Revelation 18:15

Be astonished

Ezekiel 27:35

Bible References

All the princes

All those who handle an oar
disembark from their ships.
The sailors and all the captains of the sea
stand on the shore.

Warrior leaders will speak
from the middle of Sheol
about him and his allies:
They have come down;
the uncircumcised lie
slain by the sword.

Sheol below is eager to greet your coming.
He stirs up the spirits of the departed for you—
all the rulers of the earth.
He makes all the kings of the nations
rise from their thrones.

An oracle against Tyre:

Wail, ships of Tarshish,
for your haven has been destroyed.
Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.

The merchants of the earth will also weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their merchandise any longer—

Come

When the people heard this bad news, they mourned and didn’t put on their jewelry.

When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognize him. They wept aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air and on his head.

When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

Clothe

I will pour out My wrath on you very soon;
I will exhaust My anger against you
and judge you according to your ways.
I will punish you for all your detestable practices.

Your enemies will be clothed with shame;
the tent of the wicked will exist no longer.

Let those who rejoice at my misfortune
be disgraced and humiliated;
let those who exalt themselves over me
be clothed with shame and reproach.

He wore cursing like his coat—
let it enter his body like water
and go into his bones like oil.

I will clothe his enemies with shame,
but the crown he wears will be glorious.”

In the same way, you younger men, be subject to the elders. And all of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because

God resists the proud
but gives grace to the humble.

Tremble

I will cause many nations to be appalled at you,
and their kings will shudder with fear because of you
when I brandish My sword in front of them.
On the day of your downfall
each of them will tremble
every moment for his life.

Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified;
trembling will seize the leaders of Moab;
the inhabitants of Canaan will panic;

his face turned pale, and his thoughts so terrified him that his hip joints shook and his knees knocked together.

They will follow the Lord;
He will roar like a lion.
When He roars,
His children will come trembling from the west.

The merchants of these things, who became rich from her, will stand far off in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,

Be astonished

All the inhabitants of the coasts and islands
are appalled at you.
Their kings shudder with fear;
their faces are contorted.