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1 In
the eleventh year,
in the first of
the month, the
LORD’s word came
to me, saying,
2 “Son
of man, because
Tyre has said
against Jerusalem, ‘Aha! She is broken!
She who was
the gateway of
the peoples has
been returned to
me. I will
be replenished,
now that she
is laid waste;’
3 therefore
the Lord GOD
says, ‘Behold, I
am against you,
Tyre, and will
cause many nations
to come up
against you, as
the sea causes its
waves to come
up.
4 They
will destroy the
walls of Tyre,
and break down
her towers. I
will also scrape
her dust from
her, and make
her a bare
rock.
5 She
will be a
place for the
spreading of nets
in the middle
of the sea;
for I have
spoken it,’ says
the Lord GOD. ‘She
will become plunder
for the nations.
6 Her
daughters who are
in the field
will be slain
with the sword.
Then they will
know that I
am the LORD.’
7 “For
the Lord GOD
says: ‘Behold, I
will bring on Tyre
Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon, king
of kings, from
the north, with
horses, with
chariots, with
horsemen, and an
army with many
people.
8 He
will kill your
daughters in the
field with the
sword. He will
make forts against
you, cast up
a mound against
you, and raise
up the buckler
against you.
9 He
will set his
battering engines
against your walls,
and with his
axes he will
break down your
towers.
10 By reason
of the abundance
of his horses,
their dust will
cover you. Your
walls will shake
at the noise
of the horsemen,
of the wagons,
and of the
chariots, when
he enters into
your gates, as men
enter into a
city which is
broken open.
11 He
will tread down
all your streets
with the hoofs
of his horses.
He will kill
your people with
the sword. The
pillars of your
strength will go
down to the ground.
12 They
will make a
plunder of your
riches and make
a prey of
your merchandise.
They will break
down your walls
and destroy your
pleasant houses.
They will lay
your stones, your
timber, and your
dust in the
middle of the
waters.
13 I
will cause the
noise of your
songs to cease.
The sound of
your harps won’t
be heard any
more.
14 I
will make you
a bare rock.
You will be
a place for
the spreading of
nets. You will
be built no
more; for I
the LORD have
spoken it,’ says
the Lord GOD.
15 “The
Lord GOD says
to Tyre: ‘Won’t
the islands shake
at the sound
of your fall,
when the
wounded groan, when
the slaughter is
made within you?
16 Then
all the princes
of the sea
will come down
from their thrones,
and lay aside
their robes, and
strip off their
embroidered garments. They
will clothe
themselves with
trembling. They
will sit on
the ground, and
will tremble every
moment, and be
astonished at you.
17 They
will take up
a lamentation over
you, and tell
you,
“How you are destroyed,
who were
inhabited by seafaring
men,
the renowned city,
who was strong
in the sea,
she and her
inhabitants,
who caused their
terror to be
on all who
lived there!”
18 Now
the islands will
tremble in the
day of your
fall.
Yes, the islands that
are in the
sea will
be dismayed at
your departure.’
19 “For
the Lord GOD
says: ‘When I
make you a
desolate city,
like the cities
that are not
inhabited, when I
bring up the
deep on you,
and the great
waters cover you,
20 then
I will bring
you down with
those who descend
into the pit, to
the people of
old time, and
will make you
dwell in the
lower parts of
the earth, in the
places that are
desolate of old,
with those who
go down to
the pit, that you
be not inhabited;
and I will
set glory in
the land of the
living.
21 I
will make you
a terror, and
you will no
more have any
being. Though you
are sought for,
yet you will
never be found
again,’ says the
Lord GOD.”