and the villages on her mainland will be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’
Parallel translations
- WEB Her daughters who are in the field shall be slain with the sword: and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- KJV And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
- NKJV Also her daughter villages which are in the fields shall be slain by the sword. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’
- NASB Also her daughters who are on the mainland will be killed by the sword, and they will know that I am the Lord.’ ”
- NLT and its mainland villages will be destroyed by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
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Quick answer
Tyre's mainland settlements ('daughters') will be slain, and the people will know He is Yahweh. It reaffirms that judgment leads to recognition of the true God.
Overview
The 'daughters in the field' are Tyre's dependent towns on the mainland. Their fall is part of the comprehensive judgment on the whole region. As throughout these oracles, the goal stated is that they 'know that I am Yahweh,' for even acts of judgment reveal the sovereign Lord to those who had ignored Him.
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Cross-references · 9
- Ezek 26:8He will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you.
- Ezek 16:46Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.
- Ezek 25:7therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’
- Ezek 25:17I will execute great vengeance against them with furious reproof. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them.’”
- Ezek 16:48As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.
- Ezek 25:11So I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the LORD.’
- Ezek 25:5I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’
- Jer 49:2Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.
- Ezek 25:14I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’
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