They will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; your stones and timber and soil they will cast into the midst of the waters.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

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

Nebuchadrezzar (see note on Jeremiah 21:2…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

They shall make. —In Ezekiel 26:12, the nominative changes. It is no longer Nebuchadnezzar who does these things, but “they.” This…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And they shall make a spoil of your riches
The Chaldean army, when they entered the city, and got possession of it, …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

To be secretly pleased with the death or decay of others when we are likely to benefit from it, or with their fall when we may prosper from it, is …

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