JehovahsWitness wrote:
alexxcJRO wrote:In NWT 1984 Edition Ezekeil 26:14 clearly says Never will you be rebuilt.
The original comment (
posted October 2016 & re-posted in this thread
post#33 ]) wasn't made about
Ezekiel 26:14 (see below)
JehovahsWitness wrote:
TYRE'S DESTRUCTION
Does Ezekiel 26:21 and 27: 36 indicate Tyre would never be rebuilt?
[ul]
Ezekiel 26:21 reads in the New World Translation (NWT): Sudden terrors are what I shall make you, and you will not be; and you will be sought for, but you will no more be found
to time indefinite, is the utterance of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah.
Chapter 27: 36 of the same book reads "As for merchants among the peoples, they will certainly whistle over you. Sudden terrors are what you must become, and you will be no more
to time indefinite." [/ul]
Firstly as noted, Ezekiels prophecy applies to the Babylonian (not the Grecian) conquest which would indeed be a temporary one. Further note the expression as found in the New World Translation (NWT) "time indefinte". While most bible read "forever" or "never", the Hebrew word in the original text oh-lam carries the thought of indefinite or uncertain time (strongs #2759: lasting, long (time)).
Lexicographer Gesenius defines it as meaning
hidden time, i.e. obscure and long, of which the beginning or end is uncertain or indefinite. (A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, translated by E. Robinson, 1836, p. 746). So while ohlam CAN of course mean forever (ie without end, especially when associated with other terms such as "
adh" (everlasting/eternity) or "
netsach" (forever/always))
"ohlam" it is not, in itself, a synonyme of unending or forever; it often refers to things that have an end, but the period of such things existence can be said to be to time indefinite because the time of their end is not then specified. (. (Ex 31:16, 17; Ro 10:4; Ga 5:18; Col 2:16, 17; Heb 9:15, Ex 40:15; Heb 7:11-24; 10:1.)
I provided the link for the 1984 version (here they are
again) and
apologized for any confusion caused. I apologize again if my apology wasn't clear enough.
NWT - 1984 REFERENCE BIBLE (online) Link
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/binav/r1/lp-e/Rbi8/E/1984
Ezekiel 26:21
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/Rbi ... cover&v=21
Ezekiel 27:36
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/Rbi ... cover&v=36
But my posts were always about Ez. 26:14 as you can see:
Post 17, post 20 of the thread Spotting God's Inspiration in the Bible
viewtopic.php?t=32678&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=10
Post 39, 43, 47 of this thread.
viewtopic.php?p=871290#871290
viewtopic.php?t=32735&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=40
Q: So why would keep diverting the attention to Ez. 26:21, 27: 36; when I was talking about Ez. 26:14; huh? Disingenuous much?
Therefore my posts were not in fact rebutted. Therefore the prophesy is dead wrong. (both NWT 1984 and NWT 2014 editions use "never": Never be rebuilt, You will never be rebuilt).
Let's not avoid things.
Please answer this question:
Q: Is the prophesy of the 40 years desolation of Egypt a fulfilled prophesy?
(Yes/No Question)
