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Ezekiel 26:5

It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

KJV

Siccatio sagenarum erit in medio maris, quia ego locutus sum, ait Dominus Deus : et erit in direptionem gentibus.

Vulgate

ψυγμὸς σαγηνῶν ἔσται ἐν μέσῳ θαλάσσης, ὅτι ἐγὼ λελάληκα, λέγει Κύριος. καὶ ἔσται εἰς προνομὴν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν,

LXX

She shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah; and she shall become a spoil to the nations.

ASV

מִשְׁטַ֨ח חֲרָמִ֤ים תִּֽהְיֶה֙ בְּ/ת֣וֹךְ הַ/יָּ֔ם כִּ֚י אֲנִ֣י דִבַּ֔רְתִּי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִ֑ה וְ/הָיְתָ֥ה לְ/בַ֖ז לַ/גּוֹיִֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
בַֽז
bz
noun · 25×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
ה
h
noun · 393×
חֵ֑רֶם
chrm
noun · 37×
י
y
noun · 440×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוִ֔ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 305×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מִשְׁטַ֨ח
mshtch
noun · 3×
נְאֻם
n'm
noun · 374×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 25:7 — Behold, 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 countrie
  • Ezek 26:19 — For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;
  • Ezek 27:32 — And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
  • Ezek 29:19 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be th
  • Ezek 47:10 — And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of