1In the eleventh month of the twelfth[1] year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:2‘Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, “Aha! The gate to the nations is broken, and its doors have swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will prosper,”3therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the sea casting up its waves.4They will destroy the walls of Tyre and pull down her towers; I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock.5Out in the sea she will become a place to spread fishing nets, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. She will become plunder for the nations,6and her settlements on the mainland will be ravaged by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.7‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: from the north I am going to bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar[2] king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with horsemen and a great army.8He will ravage your settlements on the mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp up to your walls and raise his shields against you.9He will direct the blows of his battering-rams against your walls and demolish your towers with his weapons.10His horses will be so many that they will cover you with dust. Your walls will tremble at the noise of the warhorses, wagons and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city whose walls have been broken through.11The hooves of his horses will trample all your streets; he will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground.12They will plunder your wealth and loot your merchandise; they will break down your walls and demolish your fine houses and throw your stones, timber and rubble into the sea.13I will put an end to your noisy songs, and the music of your harps will be heard no more.14I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.15‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Tyre: will not the coastlands tremble at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan and the slaughter takes place in you?16Then all the princes of the coast will step down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and take off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled at you.17Then they will take up a lament concerning you and say to you: ‘ “How you are destroyed, city of renown, peopled by men of the sea! You were a power on the seas, you and your citizens; you put your terror on all who lived there.18Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall; the islands in the sea are terrified at your collapse.”19‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: when I make you a desolate city, like cities no longer inhabited, and when I bring the ocean depths over you and its vast waters cover you,20then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of long ago. I will make you dwell in the earth below, as in ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, and you will not return or take your place[3] in the land of the living.21I will bring you to a horrible end and you will be no more. You will be sought, but you will never again be found, declares the Sovereign Lord.’
Ezekiel 26
English Standard Version
Prophecy Against Tyre
1In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: (Eze 20:1)2“Son of man, because Tyre said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Aha, the gate of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste,’ (Isa 23:1; Eze 2:1; Eze 25:3; Eze 36:2)3therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves. (Jer 34:1; La 2:13; Eze 13:8; Eze 32:3)4They shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers, and I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock. (Eze 24:7)5She shall be in the midst of the sea a place for the spreading of nets, for I have spoken, declares the Lord God. And she shall become plunder for the nations, (Eze 17:24; Eze 47:10)6and her daughters on the mainland shall be killed by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord. (Eze 6:7)7“For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar[1] king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers. (Ezr 7:12; Jer 1:14; Eze 29:18; Da 2:37; Ho 8:10)8He will kill with the sword your daughters on the mainland. He will set up a siege wall against you and throw up a mound against you, and raise a roof of shields against you. (2Ki 19:32; Eze 4:2; Eze 26:6)9He will direct the shock of his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. (Eze 4:2; Eze 21:22)10His horses will be so many that their dust will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen and wagons and chariots, when he enters your gates as men enter a city that has been breached.11With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.12They will plunder your riches and loot your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. Your stones and timber and soil they will cast into the midst of the waters. (Eze 26:4; Eze 27:12)13And I will stop the music of your songs, and the sound of your lyres shall be heard no more. (Isa 5:12; Isa 23:16; Isa 24:8; Jer 7:34; Jer 16:9)14I will make you a bare rock. You shall be a place for the spreading of nets. You shall never be rebuilt, for I am the Lord; I have spoken, declares the Lord God. (Eze 26:4; Eze 26:5)15“Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when slaughter is made in your midst? (Jer 51:52; Eze 27:35)16Then all the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones and remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground and tremble every moment and be appalled at you. (Isa 3:26; Isa 23:8; Eze 27:35; Eze 32:10; Jon 3:6)17And they will raise a lamentation over you and say to you, “‘How you have perished, you who were inhabited from the seas, O city renowned, who was mighty on the sea; she and her inhabitants imposed their terror on all her inhabitants! (Isa 23:4; Eze 19:1; Eze 27:2; Eze 27:32; Eze 32:23; Re 18:9)18Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall, and the coastlands that are on the sea are dismayed at your passing.’19“For thus says the Lord God: When I make you a city laid waste, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters cover you, (Eze 26:3; Eze 27:34)20then I will make you go down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you to dwell in the world below, among ruins from of old, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set beauty in the land of the living. (Ps 27:13; Eze 31:14; Eze 31:16; Eze 32:18; Eze 32:23; Eze 32:24; Eze 32:27; Eze 32:32)21I will bring you to a dreadful end, and you shall be no more. Though you be sought for, you will never be found again, declares the Lord God.” (Ps 37:36; Eze 27:36; Eze 28:19)