Ezekiel 26

King James Version

26 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

²Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:

³Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.

⁴And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

⁵It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

⁶And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

⁷For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.

⁸He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.

⁹And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

¹⁰By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.

¹¹With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.

¹²And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.

¹³And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.

¹⁴And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the Lord have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

¹⁵Thus saith the Lord God to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

¹⁶Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.

¹⁷And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!

¹⁸Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.

¹⁹For thus saith the Lord God; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;

²⁰When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;

²¹I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord God.

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Ezekiel 26

New International Version

A Prophecy Against Tyre

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

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

“‘How you are destroyed, city of renown,
    peopled by men of the sea!
You were a power on the seas,
    you and your citizens;
you put your terror
    on all who lived there.^(AJ)
¹⁸Now the coastlands tremble^(AK)
    on the day of your fall;
the islands in the sea
    are terrified at your collapse.’^(AL)

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

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Ezekiel 26:1 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have month of the twelfth.
Ezekiel 26:7 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, of which Nebuchadnezzar is a variant; here and often in Ezekiel and Jeremiah
Ezekiel 26:20 Septuagint; Hebrew return, and I will give glory

Ezekiel 26

English Standard Version

Prophecy Against Tyre

26 ^(A)In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: ²^(B)“Son of man, because ^(C)Tyre said concerning Jerusalem, ^(D)‘Aha, the gate of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste,’ ³therefore thus says the Lord God: ^(E)Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will bring up ^(F)many nations against you, ^(G)as the sea brings up its waves. ⁴They shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers, and I will scrape her soil from her and ^(H)make her a bare rock. ⁵She ^(I)shall be in the midst of the sea a place for the spreading of nets, ^(J)for I have spoken, declares the Lord God. And she shall become plunder for the nations, ⁶and her daughters on the mainland shall be killed by the sword. ^(K)Then they will know that I am the Lord.

⁷“For thus says the Lord God: ^(L)Behold, I will bring against Tyre ^(M)from the north Nebuchadnezzar^[a] king of Babylon, ^(N)king of kings, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers. ⁸He will kill with the sword ^(O)your daughters on the mainland. ^(P)He will set up a siege wall against you and throw up a mound against you, and raise ^(Q)a roof of shields against you. ⁹^(R)He will direct the shock of his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. ¹⁰His horses will be so many that their dust will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen and wagons and chariots, when he enters your gates as men enter a city that has been breached. ¹¹With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground. ¹²They will plunder ^(S)your riches and loot ^(T)your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. Your stones and timber and ^(U)soil they will cast into the midst of the waters. ¹³^(V)And I will stop the music of your songs, and ^(W)the sound of your lyres shall be heard no more. ¹⁴^(X)I will make you a bare rock. ^(Y)You shall be a place for the spreading of nets. You shall never be rebuilt, ^(Z)for I am the Lord; I have spoken, declares the Lord God.

¹⁵“Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: Will not ^(AA)the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, ^(AB)when the wounded groan, when slaughter is made in your midst? ¹⁶Then all ^(AC)the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones and ^(AD)remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; ^(AE)they will sit on the ground and ^(AF)tremble every moment and ^(AG)be appalled at you. ¹⁷And they will ^(AH)raise a lamentation over you and say to you,

“‘How you have perished,
    you who were inhabited from the seas,
O city renowned,
    ^(AI)who was mighty on the sea;
she and her inhabitants ^(AJ)imposed their terror
    on all her inhabitants!
¹⁸Now the coastlands tremble
    on the day of your fall,
and the coastlands that are on the sea
    are dismayed at your passing.’

¹⁹“For thus says the Lord God: When I make you a city laid waste, like the cities that are not inhabited, ^(AK)when I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters cover you, ²⁰then ^(AL)I will make you go down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you to dwell in the world below, among ruins from of old, ^(AM)with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set beauty ^(AN)in the land of the living. ²¹I will bring you ^(AO)to a dreadful end, and you shall be no more. ^(AP)Though you be sought for, you will never be found again, declares the Lord God.”

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Ezekiel 26:7 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar; so throughout Ezekiel

Ezekiel 26

Christian Standard Bible

The Downfall of Tyre

26 In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: ²“Son of man, because Tyre^(A) said about Jerusalem, ‘Aha!^(B) The gateway to the peoples is shattered. She has been turned over to me.^[a] I will be filled now that she lies in ruins,’ ³therefore this is what the Lord God says: See, I am against you, Tyre!^(C) I will raise up many nations against you, just as the sea raises its waves. ⁴They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and turn her into a bare rock. ⁵She will become a place in the sea to spread nets, for I have spoken.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “She will become plunder for the nations,^(D) ⁶and her villages on the mainland will be slaughtered by the sword.^(E) Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

⁷For this is what the Lord God says: “See, I am about to bring King Nebuchadnezzar^[b] of Babylon, king of kings,^(F) against Tyre from the north with horses, chariots, cavalry, and a huge assembly of troops. ⁸He will slaughter your villages on the mainland with the sword. He will set up siege works,^(G) build a ramp, and raise a wall of shields against you. ⁹He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his iron tools. ¹⁰His horses will be so numerous that their dust will cover you. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots. ¹¹He will trample all your streets with the hooves of his horses.^(H) He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground. ¹²They will take your wealth as spoil and plunder your merchandise.^(I) They will also demolish your walls and tear down your beautiful homes. Then they will throw your stones, timber, and soil into the water. ¹³I will put an end to the noise of your songs,^(J) and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard. ¹⁴I will turn you into a bare rock, and you will be a place to spread nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the Lord, have spoken.”^(K) This is the declaration of the Lord God.

¹⁵This is what the Lord God says to Tyre: “Won’t the coasts and islands quake at the sound of your downfall,^(L) when the wounded groan and slaughter occurs within you? ¹⁶All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones,^(M) remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble continually, and be appalled^(N) at you. ¹⁷Then they will lament^(O) for you and say of you,

‘How you have perished, city of renown,
you who were populated from the seas!^[c]
She who was powerful on the sea,
she and all of her inhabitants
inflicted their terror.^[d]
¹⁸Now the coastlands tremble^(P)
on the day of your downfall;
the islands in the sea
are alarmed by your demise.’”

¹⁹For this is what the Lord God says: “When I make you a ruined city like other deserted cities, when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you, ²⁰then I will bring you down to be with those who descend to the Pit,^(Q) to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the underworld^[e] like^[f] the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or display your splendor^[g] in the land of the living.^(R) ²¹I will make you an object of horror, and you will no longer exist.^(S) You will be sought but will never be found again.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

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26:2 Or It has swung open for me
26:7 Lit Nebuchadrezzar
26:17 Some LXX mss read ‘How you were destroyed from the seas, city of renown!
26:17 Lit and all her inhabitants who put their terror on all her inhabitants; Hb obscure
26:20 Lit the lower parts of the earth
26:20 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss, Syr read in
26:20 LXX reads or appear

Ezekiel 26

New American Standard Bible 1995

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 concerning 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,’ ³therefore thus says the Lord ^[b]God, ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up ^(D)many nations against you, as the ^(E)sea brings up its waves. ⁴They will ^(F)destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; and I will scrape her debris from her and make her a bare rock. ⁵She will be a 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)spoil for the nations. ⁶Also her ^(H)daughters who are ^[c]on the mainland will be slain by the sword, and they will know that I am the Lord.’”

⁷For thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, ^(I)king of kings, with horses, ^(J)chariots, cavalry and ^[d]a great army. ⁸He will slay your daughters ^[e]on the mainland with the sword; and he will make ^(K)siege walls against you, cast up a ^(L)ramp against you and raise up a large shield against you. ⁹The blow of his battering rams he will direct against your walls, and with his ^[f]axes he will break down your towers. ¹⁰Because of the multitude of his ^(M)horses, the dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will ^(N)shake at the noise of cavalry and ^[g]wagons and chariots when he ^(O)enters your gates as men enter a city that is breached. ¹¹With the hoofs of his ^(P)horses he will trample all your streets. He will slay your people with the sword; and your strong pillars will ^(Q)come down to the ground. ¹²Also they will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your ^(R)merchandise, ^(S)break down your walls and destroy your ^(T)pleasant houses, and ^[h]throw your stones and your timbers and your debris ^(U)into the water. ¹³So I will ^[i]silence the sound of your ^(V)songs, and the sound of your ^(W)harps will be heard no more. ¹⁴I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be ^(X)built no more, for I the ^(Y)Lord have spoken,” declares the Lord God.

¹⁵Thus says the Lord God to Tyre, “Shall not the ^(Z)coastlands ^(AA)shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter occurs in your midst? ¹⁶Then all the princes of the sea will ^(AB)go down from their thrones, remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will ^(AC)clothe themselves with ^[j]trembling; they will sit on the ground, ^(AD)tremble every moment and be appalled at you. ¹⁷They will take up a ^(AE)lamentation over you and say to you,

‘^(AF)How you have perished, O inhabited one,
From the seas, O renowned city,
Which was ^(AG)mighty on the sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who ^[k]imposed ^[l]her terror
On all her inhabitants!
¹⁸‘Now the ^(AH)coastlands will tremble
On the day of your fall;
Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea
Will be terrified at your ^(AI)passing.’”

¹⁹For thus says the Lord God, “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, ²⁰then I will bring you down with those who ^(AK)go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the ^(AL)lower parts of the earth, like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not ^[m]be inhabited; but I will set ^(AM)glory in the land of the living. ²¹I will ^[n]bring ^(AN)terrors on you and you will be no more; though you will be sought, ^(AO)you will never be found again,” declares the Lord God.

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Ezekiel 26:2 Lit turned
Ezekiel 26:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
Ezekiel 26:6 Lit in the field
Ezekiel 26:7 Lit an assembly, even many people
Ezekiel 26:8 Lit in the field
Ezekiel 26:9 Lit swords
Ezekiel 26:10 Lit wheels
Ezekiel 26:12 Lit put
Ezekiel 26:13 Lit cause to cease
Ezekiel 26:16 Lit tremblings
Ezekiel 26:17 Lit put
Ezekiel 26:17 Lit their
Ezekiel 26:20 Or return
Ezekiel 26:21 Lit give you terrors

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Ezekiel 26

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