King James Version
Ezekiel 26:18 in the King James Version says “Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departur...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.”
Ezekiel 26:18 · KJV
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. trembling: Heb. tremblings
And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it! of: Heb. of the seas
Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
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;
When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;
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“tremble”
H2729to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)
“Now shall the isles”
H339properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island
“in the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“of thy fall”
H4658fall, i.e., decadence; concretely, a ruin; specifically a carcase
“shall be troubled”
H926to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e., (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
“Now shall the isles”
H339properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that are in the sea”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
“at thy departure”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
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