Ezekiel 26:1-14

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.