Ezekiel 26:1-14

Evangelical Heritage Version

² Son of man, because Tyre said about Jerusalem, “Aha! The gateway to the peoples has been broken. It has been turned over to me. Because of her devastation, I will achieve my goal,” ³ this is what the Lord God says.

I am against you, Tyre, and I will send many nations against you, as the sea sends up its waves. ⁴ They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape away even the dust off her and make her a bare rock. ⁵ In the middle of the sea, she will become nothing but a place where fishing nets are spread out to dry, for I have spoken it, says the Lord God. She will become plunder for the nations, ⁶ and her daughters on the mainland^[b] will be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

⁷ So this is what the Lord God says. I am bringing against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon and king of kings, together with horses, chariots, horsemen, and a vast array of troops from many nations. ⁸ Your daughters on the mainland he will kill with the sword. He will set up a siege wall against you and heap up a ramp against you, and erect a roof of shields^[c] against you. ⁹ He will direct the blows of his battering ram against your walls, and he will demolish your towers with his swords. ¹⁰ His horses will be so numerous that the dust they raise will cover you. Your walls will shake from the noise of the horses’ hoofs, the wheels, and the chariots when he enters your gates, as men enter a breached city. ¹¹ With the hoofs of his horses, he will trample all your streets. He will kill all your people with the sword. Your mighty pillars will topple to the ground. ¹² They will plunder your wealth and take your merchandise as loot. They will tear down your walls and demolish your magnificent houses. Your stones, your timbers, and your rubble they will throw into the water. ¹³ I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will be heard no more. ¹⁴ I will turn you into a bare rock.

She^[d] will become a place where fishing nets are spread out to dry. She will never be rebuilt, for I, the Lord, have spoken, declares the Lord God.