Ezekiel 26:15

Ezekiel 26:15 says, Thus saith the Lord God to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?  God asked if the isles would not shake when Tyrus fell, since it had been such a large and powerful city.  I believe that the shaking would come from disbelief that this could happen.  When a nation that considers itself to be so powerful that other nations cower before it falls, people will be left shaking in utter disbelief.  If large and powerful nations can fall, where is the hope for smaller, less powerful ones.  The answer is that whether great or small, their hope can only come from acknowledging God and accepting His gift of salvation.  

Verse sixteen adds, 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.  God said that the rulers of the nations around them would come down off their thrones and put off their fine garments and sit in fear and astonishment at what had happened to Tyrus.  As just stated in the last verse, if a great nation falls, those who live in a less powerful nation may fear what may happen to them.  

Verse seventeen continues, And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!   After stripping themselves and sitting in fear, the other nations will ask how this could have happened to such a powerful nation. No matter how big and powerful a nation may be, if God pronounces His judgment on it, it will fall.  One day, when Jesus Christ returns in judgment, all those who have not accepted Him as their Savior and Lord will be sent away to everlasting destruction, and even if people were not powerful, they will also be sent away if they haven't accepted Him.  They may marvel at the fall of the powerful, but that will not save them.  No one, no matter how powerful or how weak, will be exempt from God’s judgment.  

Verse eighteen concludes, Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.  God said the islands in the sea would tremble at the fall of Tyrus.  Of course, lamenting their fall without acknowledging God would do them no good.  People may lament the fall of a great nation today, especially if they had engaged in commerce with them, but that does not spare them from suffering the same fate if they have not put their faith in God.  

Verse nineteen states, For thus saith the Lord God; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;  God said that He was the One who was going to cause the fall of Tyrus, and that He was going to do it by covering them with great waters.  The seas had been their source of power, and now they were to be the source of their destruction.  Anything that we put our faith in while refusing to accept God’s gift of salvation will one day be the source of our everlasting fall.  

Verse twenty-one adds, When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;  God said that the people of Tyrus would be taken down into the pit with the people of old that had not put their faith in Him.  The souls of these people of old were in the pit, or hell, and the people of Tyrus would be joining them there.  The soul will never die, and if we don’t put our faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, we will one day join all those who have been sent away to everlasting punishment.  God then said that He would glory in the land of the living.  I believe this means those who were spiritually alive because they believed in God’s gift of salvation.  

Verse twenty-one continues, I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord God.  God said that He would make their fall a terror to other nations, and that they would seek Tyrus, but she would no longer be found.  We may seek the powerful who have fallen today, but if they have been judged and condemned by God, we will never find them, because they will have been sent out of His presence forever.

Ezekiel 26:12

Ezekiel 26:12 says, 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 water.  God said that when this defeat came, it was going to be total.   When God's judgment comes, everything that people acquired while failing to acknowledge Him will be destroyed.  Even the things that Christians have acquired other than the works that they have done for God and His kingdom will also be destroyed.  

Verse thirteen adds, And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.  All the singing and mirth, or the false pleasure that the people of Tyrus had enjoyed was going to cease when God's judgment came and when people face God’s judgment without putting their faith in Jesus Christ, there will be no more singing and mirth, but only wailing from everlasting suffering.  

Verse fourteen continues, And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the Lord have spoken it, saith the Lord God.  God said that the nation of Tyrus would be no more, but that their land would become a place where fishermen would dry their nets instead of being a great seaport.  Whatever we gain in this world without acknowledging God will one day be completely destroyed.  

Ezekiel 26:7

Ezekiel 26:7 says, For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.  God even told the people of Tyrus how they were going to fall.  Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, was going to come with his great army and destroy them. We already know how the end will come for people of the world, Christians and non-Christians alike, even though we don’t know when this will happen.  Jesus Christ is going to return to claim His church and to send all who are not a part of it away to everlasting punishment.  

Verse eight adds, He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.  God said that Nebuchadnezzar was going to destroy the people of Tyrus completely.  He was going to do this with the sword and also by fortifying himself against them.  When God’s judgment comes, He will completely destroy everyone and everything that stand against Him.  We may not know exactly how or when this is going to occur, but we can be certain that one day it is going to happen.  

Verse nine continues, And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.  I am not sure what engines of war were, but God also said that the Babylonians would break down the towers of Tyrus with axes.  This meant that they would have to get close without too much opposition.  I believe that God’s judgment will be up close and personal for everyone when it comes.  

Verse ten states, 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 wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.  God said that the dust from the horses of the Babylonians would cover the people oy Tyrus and that their chariots would cause the walls of the city to quake.  King Nebuchadnezzar would then enter victorious.  When Jesus Christ returns, the whole world is going to shake and He will return victorious.  

Verse eleven adds, With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.  All the people, from their soldiers down, were to be destroyed.  This is not what God calls on us to do today, but instead, we are to reach out to the world with His gift of salvation instead.   

Ezekiel 26:1

Ezekiel 26:1 says, And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,  Ezekiel was very specific about when God's word came to him.  We may not be able to specify exactly when God’s word comes to us telling us what we need to do, but we should be able to say that we know it did if we are following His will for our life.  The next three chapters deal with the fall of Tyrus, which more often referred to as Tyre, but I will use Tyrus for consistency.

Verse two adds, Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:  The people of Tyrus,  celebrated the fall of Jerusalem because it had been a rival in business and not because they hated the people of  Israel. Businesspeople today may celebrate when rival business fails, especially if it is a business that professes that it is built on the principles of God.  If it truly is built on God’s principles and fails, those who deny God and celebrate the failure of the business need to be aware of the fact that this will never be acceptable to God.  

Verse three continues, Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.  Ezekiel was to send the people of Tyrus a warning from God.  He was against them and was going to cause many nations to come against them.  God said even the waves of the sea were going to rise up against them. Everything that they thought made them great was now going to go against them.  God’s judgment may come from using other nations to punish those who deny and defy Him, or He may just use the forces of nature, but His judgment will one day come.  

Verse four states, And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.  God said the towers of Tyrus would be broken down after her walls were destroyed and that she would become no more than dust on a rock.  All the things that the people of Tyrus had depended on for protection were going to be destroyed, and everything that people look to for protection other than God will fail.  Tyrus was to be totally destroyed, and so will everything thing that we look to for security today if it does not come from God.   

Verse five adds, It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.  The city of Tyrus would become just a place for fishermen to dry their nets instead of a fortified city that was a great city of trade.  When God’s judgment comes, everything that we have valued above Him will become totally worthless.  

Verse six continues, And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the Lord.  God also said that their daughters would be slain in the field. I don't believe that God was going to cause this, but that He was going to allow it to happen.  They were abusing God’s people without any concern for Him, but now they were going to know that He is God.  People may mock Christians today and at times even persecute and kill them, but one day Jesus Christ is going to return in judgment, and then all who refused to put their faith in Him and those who abused or killed those who did will know that He is God.