Ezekiel 26-28
Lexham English Bible
Ezekiel Prophesies Against Tyre
26 And it was in the eleventh[a] year, on the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh came[b] to me, saying,[c] 2 “Son of man,[d] because[e] Tyre said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Ah! The gates of the peoples are broken; it has swung open to me; I shall be filled, for it lies in ruins!’ 3 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Look! I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring up against you many nations like the stirring up of the sea stirring up its waves.[f] 4 And I will destroy the walls of Tyre, and they will demolish its towers, and I will scrape away its earthen dirt from it, and I will make it into a bare rock.[g] 5 It will become a place for spreading out dragnets in the midst of the sea; for I have spoken,’ declares[h] the Lord Yahweh. ‘And it will become as plunder for the nations, 6 and its daughters who are in the field with the sword, they will be killed; and they will know that I am Yahweh.’”
7 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Look! I am bringing to Tyre Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, from the north, the king of kings, with horse and with chariot and with horsemen and his assembly and many people. 8 Your daughters he will kill in the field with the sword, and he will place[i] against you siege works, and he will build against you a siege ramp, and he will raise against you a shield, 9 and the thrust of his battering ram he will direct against your walls, and your towers he will break down with his weapons. 10 From the abundance of his horses he will cover you with their fine dust; at the sound of horseman and wheel and chariot your walls will shake, at his coming into your gates like the entrance of a city that is being broken through. 11 With the hooves of his horses he will trample all of your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong stone pillars[j] will tumble down to the earth. 12 And they will plunder your wealth, and they will loot your merchandise, and they will break down your walls, and the houses of your delight they will break down, and your stones and your timbers and your earthen dirt they will cast into the midst of the water. 13 And, I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will not be heard any longer. 14 And I will make you into a bare rock,[k] a place for the spreading out of dragnets. You will not be built again, for I, Yahweh, I have spoken,” declares[l] the Lord Yahweh.
15 Thus says the Lord Yahweh to Tyre, “Will not the coastlands shake from the sound of your downfall, at the groaning of the wounded, at people being killed[m] in the midst of you? 16 And all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones, and they will remove their robes, and their beautiful garments[n] of finished cloth they will take off. With terror they will be clothed, and on the ground they will sit, and they will tremble continually,[o] and they will be appalled over you. 17 And they will raise a lament over you, and they will say to you,
‘How you have been lost who was inhabited from[p] the seas;
the city that was praised, that was strong.
It is located on the sea,
and its inhabitants imposed their terror on all of its inhabitants.[q]
18 Now the coastlands will tremble
at the day of your downfall,
and the islands that are in the sea
will be horrified because of your departure.’”
19 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: “When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when bringing up over you the deep, the great surging waters[r] will cover you. 20 And I will bring you down with those who are going down to the grave,[s] an ancient people,[t] and I will cause you to dwell in the world[u] of the depths, in the ruins from of old with those who are going down to the grave,[v] so that you will not be inhabited and have a place[w] in the land of the living. 21 Sudden terrors I will bring on you, and you shall no longer exist; and you will be sought, and you will not be found again forever,”[x] declares[y] the Lord Yahweh.
A Lament for Doomed Tyre
27 And the word of Yahweh came[z] to me, saying,[aa] 2 “And you, son of man,[ab] raise a lament against Tyre. 3 And you must say to Tyre, the one who sits at the entrance of the sea as the merchant of the peoples to the many coastlands, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Tyre, you yourself said[ac]
“I am perfect in beauty!”[ad]
4 In the heart of the seas are your boundaries;
your builders perfected your beauty.
5 They built with pine trees from Senir
all of your boards for you;
they took cedars from Lebanon
to make a sailing mast for you.[ae]
6 They made your oars
with oaks from Bashan;
your deck they made with inlaid ivory,
with cypress trees from the coastlands of Cyprus.[af]
7 Your sail was fine linen with colorful weaving from Egypt
to serve as a banner for you;[ag]
blue and purple cloth from the coastlands of Cyprus[ah]
was your awning.
8 The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvan
were your rowers;
your skilled men,[ai] O Tyre, were from your own people,[aj]
and they were your seamen.
9 The elders of Gebal and its skilled men[ak] were among you[al]
as the repairers of the seam of your boat;
all of the ships of the sea and their mariners were among you[am]
to barter your wares.
10 Persia and Lud and Put
were among your soldiers;[an]
small shield and helmet hung among you[ao]
and gave to you your adornment.
11 The people[ap] of Arvan and Helech
were on your walls all around,
and Gammadites
were in your towers.
They hung their quivers[aq] on your walls all around;
they perfected your beauty.
12 “‘Tarshish was your trader; from the abundance of all of their wealth, with silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your merchandise. 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders; in exchange for people[ar] and an object of bronze they gave you your wares. 14 From Beth Togarmah they exchanged horses and war horses and mules for your wares. 15 The people[as] of Dedan were trading with you, many coastlands composed the region of your influence;[at] they brought back horns of ivory and ebony as your payment. 16 Edom[au] was trading with you because of the abundance of your products, trading with malachite, purple wool yarn and colorful weaving, and fine white fabric and black corals and rubies; all these they exchange for your merchandise. 17 Judah and the land of Israel were trading with you with wheat from Minnith and millet and honey and olive oil and balm; all these they gave for your wares. 18 Damascus was trading with you because of[av] the abundance of your products, because of the abundance of all of your wealth, trading with the wine of Helbon and white wool. 19 Vedan and Javan from Uzal, they exchanged wrought iron, cinnamon,[aw] and reed spice for your merchandise; all this was for your wares. 20 Dedan was trading with you, with garments of woven material for riding. 21 Arabia and all of the leaders of Kedar were your customers;[ax] with young rams and adult rams and goats they were trading with them with you. 22 The traders of Sheba and Raamah were trading with you, with the finest of every spice and with every precious stone and gold; they exchanged all these for your merchandise. 23 Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traders of Sheba, Assyria, and Kilmad were trading with you. 24 They were trading with you in finery, in mantles of blue cloth and colorful embroidered work and with rugs of variegated cloth in twisted cords and knotted tightly; these were among your merchandise.[ay] 25 The ships of Tarshish were carrying for you your wares, and you were filled, and you became very heavy in the heart of the seas.
26 “‘Into many waters
the rowers brought you;
but the east wind[az] wrecked you
in the heart of the seas.
27 Your wealth and your merchandise, your wares,
your mariners, and your seamen,
your shipwrights[ba] and the barterers of your wares
and all of your soldiers[bb] who are in you,
along[bc] with all of your crew who are in the midst of you,
they will fall in the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.
28 At the sound of the shout[bd] of your seamen,
the pasturelands will shake.
29 And they will go down from their ships,
all of those holding an oar,
mariners, all of the seamen of the sea
will stand on the land,
30 and they will lament[be] over you with their voice,
and they will cry out[bf] bitterly,
and they will throw[bg] dust on their heads,
and they will roll[bh] in the dust.
31 They will shave themselves bald for your sake,[bi]
and they will dress[bj] themselves in sackcloth,
and they will weep[bk] over you with a bitterness of soul[bl]
and with bitter wailing.
32 And they will raise[bm] over you with their wailing a lament,
and they will chant[bn] a lament over you:
‘Who is like Tyre,
like this destruction in the midst of the sea?’
33 When your merchandise went out from the seas,
you satisfied many peoples with the abundance of your wealth,
and by your wares
you made rich the kings of the world.
34 Now you are broken by seas
in the depths of waters;
your wares and all of your crew
in the midst of you have sunk.
35 All of the inhabitants of the coastlands
are appalled over you,
and their kings shudder[bo] in horror;
they distort their faces![bp]
36 The traders among the peoples hiss over you;
you have become a horror,
and you shall be no more forever!’”[bq]
A Prophecy Aimed at the King of Tyre
28 And the word of Yahweh came[br] to me, saying,[bs] 2 “Son of man,[bt] say to the leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
“Because your heart was haughty,
and you said, ‘I am a god;
I sit in the seat of the gods,
I sit in the heart of the seas!’
But[bu] you are a human, not a god,
and you gave your heart to be like the heart of a god.
3 Look, are you wiser than Daniel,
so that no secret[bv] is hidden from you?
4 By your wisdom and by your understanding
you have gained for yourself wealth,
and you have amassed gold and silver
in your treasuries.
5 By the abundance of your wisdom in your trading
you have increased your wealth
and your heart was proud in[bw] your wealth.”’”
6 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:
“Because of your regarding your mind[bx]
like the mind[by] of a god,
7 therefore look! I am bringing strangers over you,
the most ruthless of the peoples,
and they will draw their swords against the beauty[bz] of your wisdom,
and they will defile your splendor.
8 They will thrust you down to the pit,
and you will die a violent death[ca]
in the heart of the seas.
9 Will you indeed still say[cb] “I am a god!”
before the face of your killers?[cc]
And in fact you are a human[cd] and not a god
in the hand of those who pierce you.[ce]
10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised
by the hand of strangers,
for I myself[cf] have spoken!” declares[cg] the Lord Yahweh.
11 And the word of Yahweh came[ch] to me, saying,[ci] 12 “Son of man,[cj] raise a lament over the king of Tyre, and you must say to him, ‘thus says the Lord Yahweh:
“You were a perfect model of[ck] an example,
full of wisdom and perfect of beauty.
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God,
and every precious stone was your adornment:
carnelian, topaz and moonstone,[cl]
turquoise, onyx and jasper,
sapphire,[cm] malachite and emerald.
And gold was the craftsmanship of your settings
and your mountings in you;
on the day when you were created they were prepared.
14 You were an anointed guardian cherub,
and I placed you on God’s holy mountain;[cn]
you walked in the midst of stones of fire.
15 You were blameless in your ways
from the day when you were created,[co]
until wickedness was found in you.
16 In the abundance of your trading,
they filled the midst of you with violence, and you sinned;
and I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God,
and I expelled you, the guardian[cp] cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty;
you ruined your wisdom because of your splendor.
I threw you on the ground before[cq] kings;
I have exposed you for viewing.[cr]
18 From the abundance of your iniquities
in the dishonesty of your trading,
I profaned your sanctuaries
and I brought fire from your midst;
it consumed you, and I have turned you to ashes on the earth
before the eyes of everyone who sees you.[cs]
19 All who know you[ct] among the peoples
are appalled over you;
you have become as horrors,
and you shall cease to exist forever.”’”[cu]
20 And the word of Yahweh came[cv] to me, saying,[cw] 21 “Son of man,[cx] set your face toward Sidon and prophesy against it, 22 and you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
“Look! I am against you, Sidon,
and I display my glory in the midst of you,
and they will know that I am Yahweh
when I execute my judgments,[cy]
and I will show myself holy within it.
23 And I will send into it a plague,
and blood will be in its streets.
And the dead will fall in the midst of her
by the sword that is against it from all around;
and they will know that I am Yahweh.
24 And there will not be any longer[cz] a painful thorn and a sharp thornbush for[da] the house of Israel from anywhere around them[db] from those who are despising them,[dc] and they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.”’”
25 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples to which they were scattered about in them, and I show myself holy in[dd] them before the eyes of the nations, then they will live on their soil, which I gave to my servant Jacob. 26 And they will live on it in safety, and they will build houses, and they will plant vineyards, and they will live in safety when I execute my judgments on all those who despise them from all around them,[de] and then they will know that I am Yahweh their God.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 26:1 Literally “one ten”
- Ezekiel 26:1 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 26:1 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 26:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 26:2 Hebrew “because that”
- Ezekiel 26:3 Literally “with respect to its waves”
- Ezekiel 26:4 Literally “to barrenness of rock”
- Ezekiel 26:5 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 26:8 Hebrew “give”
- Ezekiel 26:11 Literally “the stone pillars of strength your”
- Ezekiel 26:14 Literally “to barrenness of rock”
- Ezekiel 26:14 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 26:15 Literally “at being killed a killing”
- Ezekiel 26:16 Literally “the garments of beautiful finished cloth”
- Ezekiel 26:16 Literally “for moments”
- Ezekiel 26:17 Or “on”
- Ezekiel 26:17 Literally “to all of its inhabitants”
- Ezekiel 26:19 Literally “the waters the many”
- Ezekiel 26:20 Or “pit”
- Ezekiel 26:20 Literally “a people of eternity/endless ages”
- Ezekiel 26:20 Or “land”
- Ezekiel 26:20 Or “pit”
- Ezekiel 26:20 Hebrew “and I will give beauty in the land of the living”
- Ezekiel 26:21 Literally “to eternity/endless ages”
- Ezekiel 26:21 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 27:1 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 27:1 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 27:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 27:3 Literally “you you said”
- Ezekiel 27:3 Literally “of beauty”
- Ezekiel 27:5 Literally “on you”
- Ezekiel 27:6 According to the reading tradition (Qere)
- Ezekiel 27:7 Literally “to be for you as a banner”
- Ezekiel 27:7 Or “Elishah”
- Ezekiel 27:8 Literally “wise men”
- Ezekiel 27:8 Literally “in you”
- Ezekiel 27:9 Literally “wise men”
- Ezekiel 27:9 Literally “in you”
- Ezekiel 27:9 Literally “in you”
- Ezekiel 27:10 Literally “in your army as the men of war your”
- Ezekiel 27:10 Literally “in you”
- Ezekiel 27:11 Or “children,” or “sons”
- Ezekiel 27:11 Or “shields” (cf. NJPS; NIV)
- Ezekiel 27:13 Or “for a human person/soul”
- Ezekiel 27:15 Or “children”
- Ezekiel 27:15 Literally “hand”
- Ezekiel 27:16 Reading Edom for Aram
- Ezekiel 27:18 Literally “for”
- Ezekiel 27:19 Or “cassia”
- Ezekiel 27:21 Literally “traders of your hand”
- Ezekiel 27:24 Literally “in your trading/marketplace” (cf. NET)
- Ezekiel 27:26 Literally “the wind of the east”
- Ezekiel 27:27 Literally “the repairers/strengtheners of your seams”
- Ezekiel 27:27 Literally “the men of your war”
- Ezekiel 27:27 Hebrew “and”
- Ezekiel 27:28 Or “cry”
- Ezekiel 27:30 Hebrew “lamented”
- Ezekiel 27:30 Hebrew “cried out”
- Ezekiel 27:30 Hebrew “threw”
- Ezekiel 27:30 Hebrew “rolled”
- Ezekiel 27:31 Literally “And they made bald for you with baldness”
- Ezekiel 27:31 Hebrew “dressed”
- Ezekiel 27:31 Hebrew “wept”
- Ezekiel 27:31 Or “of their inner self”
- Ezekiel 27:32 Hebrew “raised”
- Ezekiel 27:32 Hebrew “chanted”
- Ezekiel 27:35 Literally “they have bristling hair”
- Ezekiel 27:35 Literally “they are distorted as to faces”
- Ezekiel 27:36 Literally “there is not you until eternity/endless ages” (cf. NRSV)
- Ezekiel 28:1 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 28:1 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 28:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 28:2 Or “And”
- Ezekiel 28:3 Literally “all of hidden/secret”
- Ezekiel 28:5 Or “by/through”
- Ezekiel 28:6 Literally “heart”
- Ezekiel 28:6 Literally “heart”
- Ezekiel 28:7 Or “splendor”
- Ezekiel 28:8 Literally “a death of a slain”
- Ezekiel 28:9 Literally “Will you say, will you say”
- Ezekiel 28:9 Or “slayers”
- Ezekiel 28:9 Or “man”
- Ezekiel 28:9 Literally “piercers/slayers of you”
- Ezekiel 28:10 Hebrew “I, I”
- Ezekiel 28:10 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 28:11 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 28:11 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 28:12 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 28:12 Or “for”
- Ezekiel 28:13 Meaning of Hebrew uncertain
- Ezekiel 28:13 Or “lapis lazuli”
- Ezekiel 28:14 Literally “on the mountain of the holiness of God”
- Ezekiel 28:15 Literally “being created you”
- Ezekiel 28:16 Or “guarding”
- Ezekiel 28:17 Literally “in the face of”
- Ezekiel 28:17 Literally “to look at you”
- Ezekiel 28:18 Literally “before the eyes of all seeing you”
- Ezekiel 28:19 Literally “all of the knowers of you”
- Ezekiel 28:19 Literally “there is not you until eternity”
- Ezekiel 28:20 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 28:20 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 28:21 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 28:22 Literally “in/at doing in her judgments”
- Ezekiel 28:24 Literally “and not it will be again”
- Ezekiel 28:24 Or “against”
- Ezekiel 28:24 Literally “from all of all around them”
- Ezekiel 28:24 Literally “the ones despising them”
- Ezekiel 28:25 Or “among”
- Ezekiel 28:26 Literally “the ones despising them”
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