Ezekiel 29:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ezekiel 29:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ezekiel 29:18 is a verse from the book of Ezekiel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made b..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ezekiel 29:18 — KJV
“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:”
— Ezekiel 29:18 (KJV)
Ezekiel 29:18 in Context — About the Book of Ezekiel
Ezekiel saw heaven opened from a refugee camp in Babylon — wheels of fire, a valley of dry bones rattling to life, and a river flowing from God's temple that heals everything it touches. His message: God's glory departs from sin but returns with resurrection power and a brand-new heart.
Cross-References for Ezekiel 29:18
“Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 29:18: son, king, babylon
“Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 29:18: son, nebuchadrezzar, king
“And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 29:18: son, king, babylon
“And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 29:18: son, king, great
“Behold, 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.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 29:18: nebuchadrezzar, king, babylon
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