³ Say to the Ammonites, ‘Hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God: ^(A)“Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into captivity,

² Thus says the Lord God: “Because ^(A)the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! ^(B)The ^[a]ancient heights ^(C)have become our possession,’ ” ’

Israel’s Confession and Comfort

⁶ ‘For thus says the Lord God: “Because you ^(A)clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and ^(B)rejoiced in heart with all your disdain for the land of Israel,

¹⁰ “Because you have said, ‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will ^(A)possess them,’ although ^(B)the Lord was there, ¹¹ therefore, as I live,” says the Lord God, “I will do ^(C)according to your anger and according to the envy which you showed in your hatred against them; and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you. ^12 (D)Then you shall know that I am the Lord. I have ^(E)heard all your ^(F)blasphemies which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to consume.’ ¹³ Thus ^(G)with your mouth you have ^[a]boasted against Me and multiplied your ^(H)words against Me; I have heard them.”

¹⁴ ‘Thus says the Lord God: ^(I)“The whole earth will rejoice when I make you desolate. ^15 (J)As you rejoiced because the inheritance of the house of Israel was desolate, ^(K)so I will do to you; you shall be desolate, O Mount Seir, as well as all of Edom—all of it! Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’

² “Son of man, ^(A)because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ^(B)‘Aha! She is broken who was the gateway of the peoples; now she is turned over to me; I shall be filled; she is laid waste.’

³ “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up. ⁴ And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and ^(C)make her like the top of a rock. ⁵ It shall be a place for spreading nets ^(D)in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ says the Lord God; ‘it shall become plunder for the nations. ⁶ Also her daughter villages which are in the fields shall be slain by the sword. ^(E)Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’

⁷ “For thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north ^(F)Nebuchadnezzar^[a] king of Babylon, ^(G)king of kings, with horses, with chariots, and with horsemen, and an army with many people. ⁸ He will slay with the sword your daughter villages in the fields; he will ^(H)heap up a siege mound against you, build a wall against you, and raise a ^[b]defense against you. ⁹ He will direct his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. ¹⁰ Because of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen, the wagons, and the chariots, when he enters your gates, as men enter a city that has been breached. ¹¹ With the hooves of his ^(I)horses he will trample all your streets; he will slay your people by the sword, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground. ¹² They will plunder your riches and pillage your merchandise; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; they will lay your stones, your timber, and your soil in the ^(J)midst of the water. ^13 (K)I will put an end to the sound of ^(L)your songs, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more. ^14 (M)I will make you like the top of a rock; you shall be a place for spreading nets, and you shall never be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken,’ says the Lord God.

¹⁵ “Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: ‘Will the coastlands not ^(N)shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when slaughter is made in the midst of you? ¹⁶ Then all the ^(O)princes of the sea will ^(P)come down from their thrones, lay aside their robes, and take off their embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves with trembling; ^(Q)they will sit on the ground, ^(R)tremble every moment, and ^(S)be astonished at you. ¹⁷ And they will take up a ^(T)lamentation for you, and say to you:

¹⁹ “For thus says the Lord God: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like cities that are not inhabited, when I bring the deep upon you, and great waters cover you, ²⁰ then I will bring you down ^(W)with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in places desolate from antiquity, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you may never be inhabited; and I shall establish glory ^(X)in the land of the living. ^21 (Y)I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; ^(Z)though you are sought for, you will never be found again,’ says the Lord God.”