Ezekiel 29:18
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Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
In other translations
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
Hebrew words
בֶּן־ben-O son ofH1121אָדָם'adamhumankindH120נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרnevukhadretzarNebuchadnezzarH5019מֶלֶךְ־melekh-[the] king ofH4428בָּבֶלbavelBabylonH894הֶעֱבִידhe'evidhe made to laborH5647אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853חֵילוֹcheiloarmy hisH2428עֲבֹדָה'avodahlaborH5656גְדֹלָהgedolahgreatH1419אֶל־'el-againstH413צֹרtzorTyreH6865כָּל־kol-everyH3605רֹאשׁroshheadH7218מֻקְרָחmukrach[was] made baldH7139וְכָל־vekholand everyH3605כָּתֵףkatefshoulderH3802מְרוּטָהmerutah[was] made bareH4803וְשָׂכָרvesakhorand wage[s]H7939לֹא־lo'-notH3808הָיָהhayahit belongedH1961לוֹloto himוּלְחֵילוֹulecheiloand to army hisH2428מִצֹּרmitzorfrom TyreH6865עַל־'al-onH5921הָעֲבֹדָהha'avodahthe laborH5656אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834עָבַד'avadhe had laboredH5647עָלֶיהָ׃ ס'aleihaon itH5921
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 27:6And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.
- Jeremiah 25:9Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
- Ezekiel 26:7-127 For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people. 8 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee. 9 And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. 10 By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.7 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops. 8 He will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you. 9 He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes. 10 His multitude of horses will cover you in their dust. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots.
- Jeremiah 48:37For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
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People: Nebuchadnezzar