Reference

Ezekiel 26:14

Literal Fulfillment Destruction / Perishing Language Prophetic Methods of Communication

“And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the Lord have spoken it, saith the Lord God.”

And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.

And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.

And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the Lord have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

Thus saith the Lord God to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.

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Literal Fulfillment

Semantic Discovery

90% relevance

This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Destruction / Perishing Language

Semantic Discovery

90% relevance

This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

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Literal Fulfillment

The imagery of being "like the top of a rock" and a "place to spread nets upon" could be interpreted metaphorically to describe a state of desolation or ruin, rather than a precise physical transformation of the city.

Destruction / Perishing Language

While the verse describes a permanent state of ruin, it does not use any of the specific "destruction/perishing language" terms listed in the theme definition, nor does it explicitly state that the entity will be destroyed or perish.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

This verse describes a future state of a city ("thou shalt be built no more") and attributes this outcome to God's declaration ("for I the Lord have spoken it"), but it does not describe *how* this declaration was communicated to Ezekiel or any other prophet. The verse focuses on the content and authority of the divine message, not the method of its reception.

Literal Fulfillment

Related Verses

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.”

Ezekiel 26:4

“And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.”

Ezekiel 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;”

Ezekiel 26:21

“I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord God.”

Ezekiel 26:13

“And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.”

Thematic Connections

Literal Fulfillment Destruction / Perishing Language Prophetic Methods of Communication

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