Ezekiel 25:15-27:11

New International Version

A Prophecy Against Philistia

¹⁵“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because the Philistines^(A) acted in vengeance and took revenge with malice^(B) in their hearts, and with ancient hostility sought to destroy Judah, ¹⁶therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines,^(C) and I will wipe out the Kerethites^(D) and destroy those remaining along the coast.^(E) ¹⁷I will carry out great vengeance^(F) on them and punish^(G) them in my wrath. Then they will know that I am the Lord,^(H) when I take vengeance on them.^(I)’”

A Prophecy Against Tyre

26 In the eleventh month of the twelfth^[a] year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:^(J) ²“Son of man, because Tyre^(K) has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha!^(L) 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^(M) casting up its waves. ⁴They will destroy^(N) the walls of Tyre^(O) and pull down her towers; I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock. ⁵Out in the sea^(P) she will become a place to spread fishnets,^(Q) for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. She will become plunder^(R) for the nations,^(S) 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^[b]^(T) king of Babylon, king of kings,^(U) with horses and chariots,^(V) with horsemen and a great army. ⁸He will ravage your settlements on the mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works^(W) against you, build a ramp^(X) 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.^(Y) 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^(Z) when he enters your gates as men enter a city whose walls have been broken through. ¹¹The hooves^(AA) of his horses will trample all your streets; he will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars^(AB) will fall to the ground.^(AC) 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.^(AD) ¹³I will put an end^(AE) to your noisy songs,^(AF) and the music of your harps^(AG) will be heard no more.^(AH) ¹⁴I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread fishnets. You will never be rebuilt,^(AI) for I the Lord have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.

¹⁵“This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Tyre: Will not the coastlands^(AJ) tremble^(AK) at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan^(AL) 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^(AM) garments. Clothed^(AN) with terror, they will sit on the ground,^(AO) trembling^(AP) every moment, appalled^(AQ) at you. ¹⁷Then they will take up a lament^(AR) 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.^(AS)
¹⁸Now the coastlands tremble^(AT)
    on the day of your fall;
the islands in the sea
    are terrified at your collapse.’^(AU)

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^(AV) over you and its vast waters cover you,^(AW) ²⁰then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit,^(AX) 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^[c] in the land of the living.^(AY) ²¹I will bring you to a horrible end and you will be no more.^(AZ) You will be sought, but you will never again be found, declares the Sovereign Lord.”^(BA)

A Lament Over Tyre

27 The word of the Lord came to me: ²“Son of man, take up a lament^(BB) concerning Tyre. ³Say to Tyre,^(BC) situated at the gateway to the sea,^(BD) merchant of peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘You say, Tyre,
    “I am perfect in beauty.^(BE)”
⁴Your domain was on the high seas;
    your builders brought your beauty to perfection.^(BF)
⁵They made all your timbers
    of juniper from Senir^[d];^(BG)
they took a cedar from Lebanon^(BH)
    to make a mast for you.
⁶Of oaks^(BI) from Bashan
    they made your oars;
of cypress wood^[e] from the coasts of Cyprus^(BJ)
    they made your deck, adorned with ivory.
⁷Fine embroidered linen^(BK) from Egypt was your sail
    and served as your banner;
your awnings were of blue and purple^(BL)
    from the coasts of Elishah.^(BM)
⁸Men of Sidon and Arvad^(BN) were your oarsmen;
    your skilled men, Tyre, were aboard as your sailors.^(BO)
⁹Veteran craftsmen of Byblos^(BP) were on board
    as shipwrights to caulk your seams.
All the ships of the sea^(BQ) and their sailors
    came alongside to trade for your wares.

¹⁰“‘Men of Persia,^(BR) Lydia^(BS) and Put^(BT)
    served as soldiers in your army.
They hung their shields^(BU) and helmets on your walls,
    bringing you splendor.
¹¹Men of Arvad and Helek
    guarded your walls on every side;
men of Gammad
    were in your towers.
They hung their shields around your walls;
    they brought your beauty to perfection.^(BV)

Notas al pie

Ezekiel 26:1 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have month of the twelfth.
Ezekiel 26:7 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, of which Nebuchadnezzar is a variant; here and often in Ezekiel and Jeremiah
Ezekiel 26:20 Septuagint; Hebrew return, and I will give glory
Ezekiel 27:5 That is, Mount Hermon
Ezekiel 27:6 Targum; the Masoretic Text has a different division of the consonants.