Eze 26:16-17 | NETfull | STEP | All the princes of the sea will vacate their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered clothes; they will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground; they will tremble continually and be shocked at what has happened to you.

Ezekiel 26:16-17

16 All the princes of the sea will vacate ^{▼▼ Heb “descend from.”} their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered clothes; they will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground; they will tremble continually and be shocked at what has happened to you. ^{▼▼ Heb “and they will be astonished over you.”} 17 They will sing this lament over you: ^{▼▼ Heb “and they will lift up over you a lament and they will say to you.”}

“‘How you have perished – you have vanished ^{▼▼ Heb “O inhabitant.” The translation follows the LXX and understands a different Hebrew verb, meaning “cease,” behind the consonantal text. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 2:72, and D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:43.} from the seas,
O renowned city, once mighty in the sea,
she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror! ^{▼▼ Heb “she and her inhabitants who placed their terror to all her inhabitants.” The relationship of the final prepositional phrase to what precedes is unclear. The preposition probably has a specifying function here, drawing attention to Tyre’s inhabitants as the source of the terror mentioned prior to this. In this case, one might paraphrase verse 17b: “she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror; yes, her inhabitants (were the source of this terror).”}