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What does Ezekiel 26:8 mean?
"He will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will make forts against you, cast up a mound against you, and raise up the buckler against you."
— Ezekiel 26:8 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the middle of the sea; for I have spoken it,’ says the Lord Yahweh. ‘She will become plunder for the nations.
Her daughters who are in the field will be slain with the sword. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.’
“For thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Behold, I will bring on Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, with chariots, with horsemen, and an army with many people.
He will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will make forts against you, cast up a mound against you, and raise up the buckler against you.
He will set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers.
By reason of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen, of the wagons, and of the chariots, when he enters into your gates, as men enter into a city which is broken open.
He will tread down all your streets with the hoofs of his horses. He will kill your people with the sword. The pillars of your strength will go down to the ground.
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