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Tyre's "Daughters" Explained
Commentators clarify that the phrase "her daughters that are in the field" is a poetic reference. It does not mean literal female children, but rather the surrounding towns and villages on the mainland that were subject to and dependent on the main island city of Tyre. God's judgment would extend to this entire support system.
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Ezekiel
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Albert Barnes
On Ezekiel 26:6
18th Century
Theologian
Her daughters ... - The subject is located on the mainland, on which she at this time relied for supplies.
Charles Ellicott
On Ezekiel 26:6
19th Century
Bishop
Daughters which are in the field. — Compare to Ezekiel 26:8. This is a poetic way of describing the dependencies of Tyre upon the …
John Gill
On Ezekiel 26:6
17th Century
Pastor
And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by
the sword
That is, the inhabita…
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Matthew Henry
On Ezekiel 26:1–14
17th Century
Minister
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 …