Judgment on Tyre

26 Now in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ² “Son of man, because ^(A)Tyre has said in regard to Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The ^(B)gateway of the peoples is broken; it has ^[a](C)opened to me. I shall be filled, now that she is laid waste,’ ³ therefore this is what the Lord ^[b]God says: ‘Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring up ^(D)many nations against you, as the ^(E)sea brings up its waves. ⁴ They will ^(F)destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down her towers; and I will sweep her debris away from her and make her a bare rock. ⁵ She will become a dry place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ declares the Lord God; ‘and she will become ^(G)plunder for the nations. ⁶ Also her ^(H)daughters who are ^[c]on the mainland will be killed by the sword, and they will know that I am the Lord.’”

⁷ For the Lord God says this: “Behold, I am going to bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, ^(I)king of kings, with horses, ^(J)chariots, cavalry, and ^[d]a great army. ⁸ He will kill your daughters ^[e]on the mainland with the sword; and he will make ^(K)siege walls against you, pile up an ^(L)assault ramp against you, and raise up a large shield against you. ⁹ And he will direct the blow of his battering rams against your walls, and he will tear down your towers with his ^[f]axes. ¹⁰ Because of the multitude of his ^(M)horses, the dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will ^(N)shake from the noise of cavalry, ^[g]wagons, and chariots when he ^(O)enters your gates as warriors enter a city that is breached. ¹¹ With the hoofs of his ^(P)horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong ^[h]pillars will ^(Q)go down to the ground. ¹² Also they will take your riches as spoils and plunder your ^(R)merchandise, ^(S)tear down your walls and destroy your ^(T)delightful houses, and ^[i]throw your stones, your timbers, and your debris ^(U)into the water. ¹³ So I will put an end to the sound of your ^(V)songs, and the sound of your ^(W)harps will no longer be heard. ¹⁴ I will turn you into a bare rock; you will become a dry place for the spreading of nets. You will not be ^(X)rebuilt, for I the ^(Y)Lord have spoken,” declares the Lord God.

¹⁵ The Lord God says this to Tyre: “Will the ^(Z)coastlands not ^(AA)shake from the sound of your downfall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter takes place in your midst? ¹⁶ Then all the princes of the sea will ^(AB)descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their colorfully woven garments. They will ^(AC)clothe themselves with ^[j]trembling; they will sit on the ground, ^(AD)tremble again and again, and be appalled at you. ¹⁷ And they will take up a ^(AE)song of mourning over you and say to you,

¹⁹ For this is what the Lord God says: “When I make you a desolate city, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I ^(AJ)bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, ²⁰ then I will bring you down with those who ^(AK)go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you remain in the ^(AL)lower parts of the earth, like the ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not ^[l]be inhabited; but I will put ^(AM)glory in the land of the living. ²¹ I will ^[m]cause you ^(AN)sudden terrors and you will no longer exist; though you will be sought, ^(AO)you will never be found again,” declares the Lord God.

An Appeal against the Devastation of the Land by the Enemy.

A ^[a]Maskil of Asaph.