All who knew you are appalled at your fate. You have come to a terrible end, and you will exist no more.”
Parallel translations
- WEB All those who know you among the peoples shall be astonished at you: you have become a terror, and you shall exist no more.
- KJV All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
- BSB All the nations who know you are appalled over you. You have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
- NKJV All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you; You have become a horror, And shall be no more forever.” ’ ”
- NASB “All who know you among the peoples Are appalled at you; You have become terrified And you will cease to be forever.” ’ ”
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Quick answer
All who knew the king will be appalled at his sudden end; he becomes a terror and ceases to exist. His glory ends in horror and oblivion.
Overview
The lament closes with the nations astonished at Tyre's ruler vanishing into nothingness, a fearful spectacle. What was once admired becomes a warning to all. The finality, "you shall exist no more," underscores that earthly grandeur built on pride has no lasting future, in contrast to the everlasting kingdom of God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ezek 26:21I will make you a terror, and you shall no more have any being; though you are sought for, yet you will never be found again, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Rev 18:21A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all.
- Rev 18:15–19The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, will stand far away for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning;
- Ps 76:12He will cut off the spirit of princes. He is feared by the kings of the earth.
- Jer 51:63–64It shall be, when you have finished reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the middle of the Euphrates.
- Isa 14:16–19Those who see you will stare at you. They will ponder you, saying, “Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms;
- Ezek 26:14I will make you a bare rock; you shall be a place for the spreading of nets; you shall be built no more: for I Yahweh have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Rev 18:9–10The kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived wantonly with her, will weep and wail over her, when they look at the smoke of her burning,
- Ezek 27:35–36All the inhabitants of the islands are astonished at you, and their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled in their face.
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