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The Lord warns Tyre[a]

26 The Lord gave this message to me on the first day of the month, in the 11th year:

‘Son of man, Tyre's people have said, “Good! An enemy has destroyed Jerusalem! Traders from that city went out to many nations. Now we will do that instead of them. We will become rich because Jerusalem is no longer a strong city.”

So this is what the Almighty Lord says: Listen! I have become your enemy, Tyre. I will bring many nations to attack you. They will be like the waves of the sea as they hit you.

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Footnotes

  1. 26:1 Tyre was a city in Phoenicia, which was to the north of Samaria. It was on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Part of Tyre was an island. A lot of rich traders lived there.