Ezekiel 26
1 In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
2 “Son of man, because Tyre said about Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gates of the peoples are broken; she has turned to me. I will be filled now that she lies in ruins.’
3 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am against you, Tyre. I will bring many nations up against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down her towers. I will scrape away her dust and make her a bare rock.
5 She will be a place for spreading nets in the middle of the sea, because I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD. She will become plunder for the nations.
6 Her villages in the countryside will be killed by the sword, and they will know that I am the LORD.’
7 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am bringing against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses, chariots, horsemen, a great army, and many people.
8 He will kill her villages in the countryside with the sword. He will build a siege wall against you, raise a ramp against you, and lift up a shield against you.
9 He will set his battering ram against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons.
10 The dust raised by his many horses will cover you. Your walls will tremble at the noise of horsemen, wheels, and chariots as he enters your gates, like men entering a breached city.
11 His horses’ hooves will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.’”
12 “‘They will plunder your wealth and loot your goods. They will tear down your walls and demolish your fine houses. They will throw your stones, timber, and dust into the water.
13 I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your harps will be heard no more.
14 I will make you a bare rock. You will be a place for spreading nets, and you will never be rebuilt, because I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.’
15 This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will the coastlands not tremble at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan and slaughter rages within you?
16 All the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones, take off their robes, and strip off their embroidered clothes. They will dress in trembling, sit on the ground, shake every moment, and stare in horror at you.
17 They will raise a lament over you and say to you, “How you have perished, you who were inhabited from the seas! The city praised throughout the lands, once mighty on the sea—she and her people spread terror among all who lived around her!”
18 Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall; the islands in the sea will be terrified at your end.
19 For this is what the Lord GOD says: “When I make you a ruined city, like cities no longer inhabited, and bring the deep waters up over you, the many waters will cover you.
20 I will bring you down with those who descend to the pit, to the people of long ago. I will make you dwell in the depths of the earth, among ancient ruins, with those who descend to the pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited; and I will set glory in the land of the living.
21 I will make you a terror, and you will be no more. Though you are sought, you will never be found again,” declares the Lord GOD.’”
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