Ezekiel 26
American Standard Version
26 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, because that Tyre hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gate of the peoples; she is turned unto me; I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste: 3 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I am against thee, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth 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 make her a bare rock. 5 She shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah; and she shall become a spoil to the nations. 6 And her daughters that are in the field shall be slain with the sword: and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
7 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring upon Tyre Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and a company, and much people. 8 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field; and he shall make forts against thee, and cast up a mound against thee, and raise up the buckler against thee. 9 And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his [a]axes he shall break down thy towers. 10 By 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 [b]wagons, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. 11 With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets; he shall slay thy people with the sword; and the [c]pillars of thy strength shall go down to the ground. 12 And 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 waters. 13 And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard. 14 And I will make thee a bare rock; thou shalt be a place for the spreading of nets; thou shalt be built no more: for I Jehovah have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
15 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to Tyre: shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee? 16 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with [d]trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be astonished at thee. 17 And they shall take up a lamentation over thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited [e]by seafaring men, the renowned city, that was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, that caused their terror to be on all that [f]dwelt there! 18 Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be dismayed at thy departure.
19 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: 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 the great waters shall cover thee; 20 then will I bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, to the people of old time, and will make thee to dwell in the nether parts of the earth, [g]in the places that are desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; [h]and I will set glory in the land of the living. 21 I will make thee [i]a terror, and thou shalt no more have any being; though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 26:9 Hebrew swords.
- Ezekiel 26:10 Or, wheels
- Ezekiel 26:11 Or, obelisks
- Ezekiel 26:16 Hebrew tremblings.
- Ezekiel 26:17 Or, being won from the seas
- Ezekiel 26:17 Or, inhabited her
- Ezekiel 26:20 Another reading is, like.
- Ezekiel 26:20 Or, as otherwise read, nor set thy glory etc.
- Ezekiel 26:21 Or, a destruction. Hebrew terrors.
Ezekiel 26
Lexham English Bible
Ezekiel Prophesies Against Tyre
26 And it was in the eleventh[a] year, on the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh came[b] to me, saying,[c] 2 “Son of man,[d] because[e] Tyre said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Ah! The gates of the peoples are broken; it has swung open to me; I shall be filled, for it lies in ruins!’ 3 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Look! I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring up against you many nations like the stirring up of the sea stirring up its waves.[f] 4 And I will destroy the walls of Tyre, and they will demolish its towers, and I will scrape away its earthen dirt from it, and I will make it into a bare rock.[g] 5 It will become a place for spreading out dragnets in the midst of the sea; for I have spoken,’ declares[h] the Lord Yahweh. ‘And it will become as plunder for the nations, 6 and its daughters who are in the field with the sword, they will be killed; and they will know that I am Yahweh.’”
7 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Look! I am bringing to Tyre Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, from the north, the king of kings, with horse and with chariot and with horsemen and his assembly and many people. 8 Your daughters he will kill in the field with the sword, and he will place[i] against you siege works, and he will build against you a siege ramp, and he will raise against you a shield, 9 and the thrust of his battering ram he will direct against your walls, and your towers he will break down with his weapons. 10 From the abundance of his horses he will cover you with their fine dust; at the sound of horseman and wheel and chariot your walls will shake, at his coming into your gates like the entrance of a city that is being broken through. 11 With the hooves of his horses he will trample all of your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong stone pillars[j] will tumble down to the earth. 12 And they will plunder your wealth, and they will loot your merchandise, and they will break down your walls, and the houses of your delight they will break down, and your stones and your timbers and your earthen dirt they will cast into the midst of the water. 13 And, I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will not be heard any longer. 14 And I will make you into a bare rock,[k] a place for the spreading out of dragnets. You will not be built again, for I, Yahweh, I have spoken,” declares[l] the Lord Yahweh.
15 Thus says the Lord Yahweh to Tyre, “Will not the coastlands shake from the sound of your downfall, at the groaning of the wounded, at people being killed[m] in the midst of you? 16 And all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones, and they will remove their robes, and their beautiful garments[n] of finished cloth they will take off. With terror they will be clothed, and on the ground they will sit, and they will tremble continually,[o] and they will be appalled over you. 17 And they will raise a lament over you, and they will say to you,
‘How you have been lost who was inhabited from[p] the seas;
the city that was praised, that was strong.
It is located on the sea,
and its inhabitants imposed their terror on all of its inhabitants.[q]
18 Now the coastlands will tremble
at the day of your downfall,
and the islands that are in the sea
will be horrified because of your departure.’”
19 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: “When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when bringing up over you the deep, the great surging waters[r] will cover you. 20 And I will bring you down with those who are going down to the grave,[s] an ancient people,[t] and I will cause you to dwell in the world[u] of the depths, in the ruins from of old with those who are going down to the grave,[v] so that you will not be inhabited and have a place[w] in the land of the living. 21 Sudden terrors I will bring on you, and you shall no longer exist; and you will be sought, and you will not be found again forever,”[x] declares[y] the Lord Yahweh.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 26:1 Literally “one ten”
- Ezekiel 26:1 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 26:1 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 26:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 26:2 Hebrew “because that”
- Ezekiel 26:3 Literally “with respect to its waves”
- Ezekiel 26:4 Literally “to barrenness of rock”
- Ezekiel 26:5 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 26:8 Hebrew “give”
- Ezekiel 26:11 Literally “the stone pillars of strength your”
- Ezekiel 26:14 Literally “to barrenness of rock”
- Ezekiel 26:14 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 26:15 Literally “at being killed a killing”
- Ezekiel 26:16 Literally “the garments of beautiful finished cloth”
- Ezekiel 26:16 Literally “for moments”
- Ezekiel 26:17 Or “on”
- Ezekiel 26:17 Literally “to all of its inhabitants”
- Ezekiel 26:19 Literally “the waters the many”
- Ezekiel 26:20 Or “pit”
- Ezekiel 26:20 Literally “a people of eternity/endless ages”
- Ezekiel 26:20 Or “land”
- Ezekiel 26:20 Or “pit”
- Ezekiel 26:20 Hebrew “and I will give beauty in the land of the living”
- Ezekiel 26:21 Literally “to eternity/endless ages”
- Ezekiel 26:21 Literally “declaration of”
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