Ezekiel 26 · Grade 5
A Bare Rock in the Sea
Read and Think
Ezekiel 26 begins three chapters about Tyre, the great Phoenician seaport. Tyre had a mainland city and a fortress island about half a mile offshore. It controlled trade across the Mediterranean. When Jerusalem fell, Tyre said Aha! and called Jerusalem the gate of the peoples, now broken. Tyre expected to gain trade once Jerusalem was gone.
God answered with a picture of the sea itself rising against Tyre: many nations would come up like waves. God named Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon as one who would come against Tyre. God said Tyre's stones and timber would be laid in the water and the site would become a bare rock for drying nets.
The chapter ends with a lament. The noise of Tyre's songs would cease, and its harps would fall silent. The princes of the sea would tremble, astonished that the great city was gone. Tyre's pride rested on wealth and location, both of which seemed secure. In the New Testament, Revelation 18 echoes this lament over a proud trading city. In the New Testament, 1 Timothy 6:17 tells the rich not to be arrogant and not to set their hope on riches, but on the living God.
Show What You Know
What made Tyre powerful?
How did Tyre react to Jerusalem's fall?
Whom did God name as coming against Tyre?
Which New Testament verse warns against hope set on riches?
Crossword
Across
- I will make you a ____ rock
- Won’t the ____ shake at the sound of your fall
Down
- And will cause many ____ to come up against you
- And break down her ____
- To the ____ of old time
Think About It
Tyre felt secure because of its wealth and walls. What things do people today trust instead of God?
1 Timothy 6:17 says to set hope on the living God. What does that look like in daily life?
Memory Verse
“I will cause the noise of your songs to cease. The sound of your harps won’t be heard any more.”
Ezekiel 26:13 (WEB)
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Prayer
Dear God, thank You for being greater than any city. Help me . Amen.
Take It Home
For families: talk about these together.
- What do you feel proud of that could pull you away from God?
- How does 1 Timothy 6:17 connect to Ezekiel 26?
- What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?
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