and its mainland villages will be destroyed 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.
- 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.’ ”
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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 kill your daughters in the field with the sword; and he shall make forts against you, and cast up a mound against you, and raise up the buckler against you.
- Ezek 16:46Your elder sister is Samaria, who dwells at your left hand, she and her daughters; and your younger sister, who dwells at your right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
- Ezek 25:7therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand on you, and will deliver you for a plunder to the nations; and I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you to perish out of the countries: I will destroy you; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezek 25:17I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall lay my vengeance on them.
- Ezek 16:48As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “Sodom your sister has not done, she nor her daughters, as you have done, you and your daughters.
- Ezek 25:11and I will execute judgments on Moab; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezek 25:5I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the children of Ammon a resting place for flocks: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Jer 49:2Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall become a desolate heap, and her daughters will be burned with fire: then Israel will possess those who possessed him,” says Yahweh.
- Ezek 25:14I will lay my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath; and they shall know my vengeance, says the Lord Yahweh.
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