And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall 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.
- BSB and the villages on her mainland will be slain by the sword. Then they will 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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- Ezek 26:8He 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.
- Ezek 16:46And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
- Ezek 25:7Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
- Ezek 25:17And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
- Ezek 16:48As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.
- Ezek 25:11And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ezek 25:5And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
- Jer 49:2Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.
- Ezek 25:14And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.
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