Ezekiel 26

Judgment on Tyre

1Now in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2“Son of man, because 1Tyre has said in regard to Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The 2gateway of the peoples is broken; it has 34opened to me. I shall be filled, now that she is laid waste,’ 3therefore this is what the Lord 5God says: ‘Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring up 6many nations against you, as the 7sea brings up its waves. 4They will 8destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down her towers; and I will sweep her debris away from her and make her a bare rock. 5She will become a dry place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ declares the Lord God; ‘and she will become 9plunder for the nations. 6Also her 10daughters who are 11on the mainland will be killed by the sword, and they will know that I am the Lord.’”

7For the Lord God says this: “Behold, I am going to bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, 12king of kings, with horses, 13chariots, cavalry, and 14a great army. 8He will kill your daughters 15on the mainland with the sword; and he will make 16siege walls against you, pile up an 17assault ramp against you, and raise up a large shield against you. 9And he will direct the blow of his battering rams against your walls, and he will tear down your towers with his 18axes. 10Because of the multitude of his 19horses, the dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will 20shake from the noise of cavalry, 21wagons, and chariots when he 22enters your gates as warriors enter a city that is breached. 11With the hoofs of his 23horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong 24pillars will 25go down to the ground. 12Also they will take your riches as spoils and plunder your 26merchandise, 27tear down your walls and destroy your 28delightful houses, and 29throw your stones, your timbers, and your debris 30into the water. 13So I will put an end to the sound of your 31songs, and the sound of your 32harps will no longer be heard. 14I will turn you into a bare rock; you will become a dry place for the spreading of nets. You will not be 33rebuilt, for I the 34Lord have spoken,” declares the Lord God.

15The Lord God says this to Tyre: “Will the 35coastlands not 36shake from the sound of your downfall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter takes place in your midst? 16Then all the princes of the sea will 37descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their colorfully woven garments. They will 38clothe themselves with 39trembling; they will sit on the ground, 40tremble again and again, and be appalled at you. 17And they will take up a 41song of mourning over you and say to you, ‘42How you have perished, you inhabited one, From the seas, you famous city, Which was 43mighty on the sea, She and her inhabitants, Who imposed 44her terror On all her inhabitants!18Now the 45coastlands will tremble On the day of your downfall; Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea Will be horrified at your 46passing.’”

19For this is what the Lord God says: “When I make you a desolate city, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I 47bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, 20then I will bring you down with those who 48go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you remain in the 49lower parts of the earth, like the ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not 50be inhabited; but I will put 51glory in the land of the living. 21I will 52cause you 53sudden terrors and you will no longer exist; though you will be sought, 54you will never be found again,” declares the Lord God.