All the people of the coastlands are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted.
Parallel translations
- WEB All the inhabitants of the islands are astonished at you, and their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled in their face.
- KJV All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.
- NKJV All the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you; Their kings will be greatly afraid, And their countenance will be troubled.
- NASB ‘All the inhabitants of the coastlands Are appalled at you, And their kings are horribly afraid; They have a troubled look.
- NLT All who live along the coastlands are appalled at your terrible fate. Their kings are filled with horror and look on with twisted faces.
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Quick answer
The coastland peoples are astonished and their kings horrified at Tyre's fall. It shows the fear her ruin strikes into onlookers.
Overview
Those who watched from afar are seized with dread, their faces troubled at the sudden collapse of so great a city. Tyre's fate forces them to reckon with their own vulnerability. The terror of the kings reveals how God's judgment unsettles the confidence of all who trust in earthly power and wealth.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Isa 23:6Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
- Ezek 32:10I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.’
- Ezek 28:17–19Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.
- Rev 18:9–10Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.
- Ezek 26:15–18This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst?
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