Albert Barnes Commentary Ezekiel 26:7-14

"For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring upon Tyre Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and a company, and much people. He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field; and he shall make forts against thee, and cast up a mound against thee, and raise up the buckler against thee. And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wagons, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets; he shall slay thy people with the sword; and the pillars of thy strength shall go down to the ground. And 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 waters. And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard. And I will make thee a bare rock; thou shalt be a place for the spreading of nets; thou shalt be built no more: for I Jehovah have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah." — Ezekiel 26:7-14 (ASV)

The description of the siege is that of a town invested by land (Ezekiel 26:7).

Nebuchadrezzar (see note on Jeremiah 21:2) (Ezekiel 26:8).

Lift up the buckler – that is, set a wall of shields, under cover of which the walls could be approached (Ezekiel 26:9).

Engines of war – or, his battering ram. "Axes" (swords). They who would break down the towers rush on with their swords to slay the defenders (Ezekiel 26:11).

Garrisons – pillars, on which stood statues of some protecting god (compare 2 Kings 10:26) (Ezekiel 26:14).

The siege had been on land, but the victory was to be completed by the subjection of the island-citadel.