Ezekiel 26

1 In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 “Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’

3 therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.

5 She will become a place to spread nets in the sea, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD. She will become plunder for the nations,

6 and the villages on her mainland will be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’

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.

11 The hooves of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.

12 They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.

13 So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.

14 I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.’

15 This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst?

16 All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you.

17 Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!

18 Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.”’

19 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,

20 then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.

21 I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

1 ¶ And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first [day] of the month, [that] the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

2 Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken [that was] the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, [now] she is laid waste:

3 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.

4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

5 It shall be [a place for] the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken [it], saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

6 And her daughters which [are] in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.

7 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.

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.

12 And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.

13 And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.

14 And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be [a place] to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken [it], saith the Lord GOD.

15 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

16 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at [every] moment, and be astonished at thee.

17 And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, [that wast] inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror [to be] on all that haunt it!

18 Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that [are] in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.

19 For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;

20 When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;

21 I will make thee a terror, and thou [shalt be] no [more]: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.

1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the first month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

2 Son of man, because Tyre saith concerning Jerusalem, Heh, the gates of the nations are broken, it is turned unto me; I will now be filled, because she is desolate:

3 Therefore thus saith the LORD GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyre; and I will bring up many nations against thee, as the sea riseth up with the waves thereof.

4 They shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down the towers thereof: yea, I will also sweep away the dust from before her, and will make her a mere rock.

5 And for a value in the sea, whereon they stretch out the fishes' yarns: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD, and it shall be a prey to the heathen.

6 And their daughters that lie in the field shall be slain with the sword: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

7 For thus saith the LORD GOD; Behold, I will cause Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to come upon Tyre from the north, a king of kings, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and with a great multitude of people.

8 And he shall slay thy daughters that lie in the field with the sword: but against thee shall he pitch a fortress, and make a ruin, and prepare shields against thee.

9 He shall break down thy walls with goats, and shall overthrow thy towers with his weapons.

10 The dust of the multitude of his horses shall cover thee: thy walls also shall shake with the tumult of his horses, and of his wheels, and of his horsemen, when he cometh in at thy gates, as one cometh in at a broken city.

11 He shall tread down all thy streets with the feet of his horses. Thy people shall he slay with the sword, and thy strong pillars shall he pull down to the ground.

12 They shall spoil thy goods, and plunder thy commerce. Thy walls shall they break down, and thy fine houses shall they overthrow; and they shall cast thy stones and thy timber and thy dust into the waters.

13 So will I make an end of the sound of thy singing, that the sound of thy harps shall be heard no more.

14 And I will make of thee a mere rock, and a rock for a fish twine, and thou shalt not be built any more: for I am the LORD that speaketh these things, saith the LORD GOD.

15 Thus saith the LORD against Tyre, What matter, the isles shall tremble, when thou shalt be cut down so vilely, and thy wounded shall groan, when they shall be slain in thee.

16 All the princes of the sea shall sit down from off their seats, and shall put off their robes, and shall put off their embroidered garments, and shall walk in mourning, and shall sit upon the earth, and shall be afraid, and shall be astonished at thy sudden falling.

17 And they shall lament thee, and say of thee, Alas, how art thou become desolate, thou great city, which was by the sea, and so mighty upon the sea, with thy inhabitants, that all the land was afraid of thee.

18 Oh, how the isles are dismayed at thy fall! Yea, the isles of the sea are dismayed at thy fall.

19 Thus saith the LORD GOD; I will make thee a desolate city, as other cities, where no man dwelleth therein; and I will bring upon thee a great flood, and great waters shall cover thee.

20 And I will cast thee down with them that go down to the pit, even with the dead. I will cast thee under the earth, and make thee as an everlasting desolation with them that go down to the pit; that no man dwell in thee. I will make thee, O tender one, in the land of the living,

21 Yea, I will make thee a terror, that thou shalt be nothing: and if any man inquire of thee, he shall never find thee, saith the Lord GOD.