³ Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you said “Aha!^(A)” over my sanctuary when it was desecrated^(B) and over the land of Israel when it was laid waste and over the people of Judah when they went into exile,^(C)

² This is what the Sovereign Lord says:^(A) The enemy said of you, “Aha!^(B) The ancient heights^(C) have become our possession.^(D)”’

Israel Will Rise

⁶ For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you have clapped your hands^(A) and stamped your feet, rejoicing with all the malice of your heart against the land of Israel,^(B)

Saying 28

¹⁰ “‘Because you have said, “These two nations and countries will be ours and we will take possession^(A) of them,” even though I the Lord was there, ¹¹ therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will treat you in accordance with the anger^(B) and jealousy you showed in your hatred of them and I will make myself known among them when I judge you.^{(C) 12} Then you will know that I the Lord have heard all the contemptible things you have said against the mountains of Israel. You said, “They have been laid waste and have been given over to us to devour.^(D)” ¹³ You boasted^(E) against me and spoke against me without restraint, and I heard it.^{(F) 14} This is what the Sovereign Lord says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.^{(G) 15} Because you rejoiced^(H) when the inheritance of Israel became desolate, that is how I will treat you. You will be desolate, Mount Seir,^(I) you and all of Edom.^(J) Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”

² “Son of man, because Tyre^(A) has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha!^(B) The gate to the nations is broken, and its doors have swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will prosper,’ ³ therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the sea^(C) casting up its waves. ⁴ They will destroy^(D) the walls of Tyre^(E) and pull down her towers; I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock. ⁵ Out in the sea^(F) she will become a place to spread fishnets,^(G) for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. She will become plunder^(H) for the nations,^{(I) 6} and 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^[a](J) king of Babylon, king of kings,^(K) with horses and chariots,^(L) with horsemen and a great army. ⁸ He will ravage your settlements on the mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works^(M) against you, build a ramp^(N) up to your walls and raise his shields against you. ⁹ He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and demolish your towers with his weapons.^{(O) 10} His 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^(P) when he enters your gates as men enter a city whose walls have been broken through. ¹¹ The hooves^(Q) of his horses will trample all your streets; he will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars^(R) will fall to the ground.^{(S) 12} They 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.^{(T) 13} I will put an end^(U) to your noisy songs,^(V) and the music of your harps^(W) will be heard no more.^{(X) 14} I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread fishnets. You will never be rebuilt,^(Y) for I the Lord have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.

¹⁵ “This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Tyre: Will not the coastlands^(Z) tremble^(AA) at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan^(AB) and the slaughter takes place in you? ¹⁶ Then all the princes of the coast will step down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and take off their embroidered^(AC) garments. Clothed^(AD) with terror, they will sit on the ground,^(AE) trembling^(AF) every moment, appalled^(AG) at you. ¹⁷ Then they will take up a lament^(AH) concerning you and say to you:

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^(AL) over you and its vast waters cover you,^{(AM) 20} then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit,^(AN) 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^[b] in the land of the living.^{(AO) 21} I will bring you to a horrible end and you will be no more.^(AP) You will be sought, but you will never again be found, declares the Sovereign Lord.”^(AQ)