The daughters in the field are, according to the usual symbolism of prophecy, the subject or allied cities on the mainland.
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Ezekiel 26:6
The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 26:6
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commentaryMatthew Henry on Ezekiel 26:1-14To be secretly pleased with the death or decay of others, when we are likely to get by it; or with their fall, when we may thrive upon it, is a sin that easily besets us, yet is not thought so bad as really it is. But i…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Burden of Tyre. (b. c. 588.)THE BURDEN OF TYRE. (B. C. 588.) This prophecy is dated in the eleventh year, which was the year that Jerusalem was taken, and in the first day of the month, but it is not said what month, some think the month in which…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 26:1-6Collision between man's plans and God's plans. Appearance is never a safe guide. It might seem to a carnal eye as if the downfall of Israel would bring worldly advantage to Tyre. But that prospect was soon overcast. Rig…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 26:1-21EXPOSITION The prophetic messages against Ammon, Moab, Edom, and the Philistines were comparatively short. That against Tyre spreads over three chapters (Eze 26:1-29:18). The special prominence thus given to the latter…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 26:1-21The sin and doom of Tyre. "And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying," etc. I. THE SIN OF TYRE. "Son of man, because that Tyre hath said agai…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 26:3-6The fate of Type. From such obscure peoples as the Ammonites, Moabites, and Edomites, who—except for their occasional association with Israel—are quite aside from the world's history, the prophet passes to deal with Tyr…Joseph S. Exell and contributors