Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 26:11

With the hooves of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.

11. thy strong garrisons ] thy strong (or, proud) pillars. The word is almost always used of a pillar having religious meaning, particularly the obelisk dedicated to Baal (2Ki 10:26). The rendering “pillars of thy strength,” those in which Tyre confided and thought her strength to lie (Ges.), is rather out of the way here; more naturally, her proud or majestic pillars, cf. Eze 24:21; Eze 24:25.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

In proud, stately, and menacing posture shall the king of Babylon ride through all the streets of thy city, to the grief and sorrow of the Tyrians; and so shall his troops do too.

He shall slay thy people; in the wars some of thy people shall fall by his sword; but that is no wonder; I rather think that it is meant of giving judgment against some of the most valiant, constant, and active citizens, which were the cause of the citys holding out so long against Nebuchadnezzar, as he did with some of the nobles of Jerusalem.

Strong garrisons; bastions, or forts about the city, or triumphal arches built by Tyrians, or statues erected in honour to some eminent citizens, or to the kings of Egypt, their ancient allies, enemies to the Chaldeans; or the statues of their gods Hercules and Apollo chained, that neither in nature and angry, nor yet charmed with other mens songs, should depart, and leave their pupils without a guard.

Shall go down to the ground; shall be all cast down together.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

11. thy strong garrisonsliterally,”the statutes of thy strength”; so the forts whichare “monuments of thy strength.” MAURERunderstands, in stricter agreement with the literal meaning, “thestatues” or “obelisks erected in honor of the idols, thetutelary gods of Tyre,” as Melecarte, answering to the GrecianHercules, whose temple stood in Old Tyre (compare Jer43:13, Margin).

Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets,…. Such a number of horses running to and fro in the streets, and prancing upon the pavements, shall break them up, and destroy them, so that they shall be mere mire and dirt:

he shall slay thy people by the sword; such as would not lay down their arms and submit; or their principal ones, who encouraged the inhabitants to hold out the siege to such a length of time as they did; which might provoke Nebuchadnezzar to use them with more severity:

and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground: where their soldiers were placed for defence; their citadel and other towers: or, “the statues of thy strengths” k; their strong statues made of marble, c. erected as trophies of victories obtained by them or to the honour of some worthy magistrates, and principal citizens; or of their confederates and allies; or rather of their deities, such as Hercules and Apollo, their tutelar gods; which, though chained as they were, that they might not depart, shall now fall to the ground, unable to protect themselves or their worshippers: all that is here said, concerning the destruction of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar, seems to be understood of old Tyre, which was upon the continent; for this account agrees not with the isle.

k “statuae fortitudinis tuae”, Pagninus, Montanus; “columnas tuas robustas”, Cocceius; “columnas ruboris tui”, Starckius.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(11) Thy strong garrisons.This is the only instance in the Bible in which this common word is so translated, although a word closely akin to it is rendered garrison throughout the Books of Samuel. Both words mean a pillar set up as a monument or memorial. Translate, therefore, the pillars of thy strength. It is probable that the pillars intended are those mentioned by Herodotus (Bk. 2:44) as standing in the Temple of Hercules at Tyre, one of gold and the other of emerald.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

Eze 26:11 With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.

Ver. 11. And thy strong garrisons. ] Or, Statues, or idols. Their chief idols were Apollo, Hercules, and Astarte. a See on Eze 26:3 .

a Curt., lib. iv.; Plut. Probl.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)