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26 At nangyari, nang ikalabing isang taon, nang unang araw ng buwan, na ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,

Anak ng tao, sapagka't ang Tiro ay nagsabi laban sa Jerusalem, Aha, siya na naging pintuan ng mga bayan ay sira; siya'y nabalik sa akin: ako'y mapupuno ngayong siya'y sira:

Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Narito, ako'y laban sa iyo, Oh Tiro, at aking pasasampahin ang maraming bansa laban sa iyo, gaya ng pagpapasampa ng dagat ng kaniyang mga alon.

At kanilang gigibain ang mga kuta ng Tiro, at ibabagsak ang kaniyang mga moog: akin din namang papalisin sa kaniya ang kaniyang alabok, at gagawin ko siyang hubad na bato.

Siya'y magiging dakong ladlaran ng mga lambat sa gitna ng dagat: sapagka't ako ang nagsalita sabi ng Panginoong Dios; at siya'y magiging samsam sa mga bansa.

At ang kaniyang mga anak na babae na nangasa parang ay papatayin ng tabak: at kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Narito, aking dadalhin sa Tiro si Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia, na hari ng mga hari, mula sa hilagaan, na may mga kabayo, at may mga karo, at may mga nangangabayo, at isang pulutong, at maraming tao.

Kaniyang papatayin ng tabak ang iyong mga anak na babae sa parang; at siya'y gagawa ng mga katibayan laban sa iyo, at magtitindig ng isang bunton laban sa iyo, at magtataas ng longki laban sa iyo.

At kaniyang ilalagay ang kaniyang mga pangsaksak laban sa iyong mga kuta, at sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang mga palakol ay kaniyang ibabagsak ang iyong mga moog.

10 Dahil sa kasaganaan ng kaniyang mga kabayo, tatakpan ka ng kaniyang alabok: ang iyong mga kuta ay uuga sa hugong ng mga mangangabayo, at ng mga kariton, at ng mga karo, pagka siya'y papasok sa iyong mga pintuang-bayan, na gaya ng pagpasok ng tao sa isang bayan na pinamutasan.

11 Tutungtungan ng mga paa ng kaniyang mga kabayo ang lahat mong mga lansangan; papatayin niya ng tabak ang iyong bayan; at ang mga haligi ng iyong lakas ay mabubuwal sa lupa.

12 At sila'y magsisisamsam ng iyong mga kayamanan, at lolooban ang iyong kalakal; at kanilang ibabagsak ang iyong mga kuta, at gigibain ang iyong mga masayang bahay; at ilalagay ang iyong mga bato, at ang iyong kahoy at ang iyong alabok sa gitna ng tubig.

13 At aking patitigilin ang tinig ng iyong mga awit; at ang tunog ng iyong mga alpa ay hindi na maririnig.

14 At gagawin kitang hubad na bato: ikaw ay magiging dakong ladlaran ng mga lambat; ikaw ay hindi na matatayo; sapagka't akong Panginoon ang nagsalita, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

15 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios sa Tiro; Hindi baga mayayanig ang mga pulo sa tunog ng iyong pagbagsak, pagka ang nasugatan ay dumadaing, pagka may patayan sa gitna mo?

16 Kung magkagayo'y lahat na prinsipe sa dagat ay magsisibaba mula sa kanilang mga luklukan, at aalisin ang kanilang mga balabal, at huhubuin ang kanilang mga damit na may burda: sila'y dadatnan ng panginginig; sila'y magsisiupo sa lupa, at manginginig sa tuwituwina, at mangatitigilan sa iyo.

17 At pananaghuyan ka nila, at magsasabi sa iyo, Ano't nagiba ka, na tinatahanan ng mga taong dagat, na bantog na bayan na malakas sa dagat, siya at ang mga mananahan sa kaniya, na nagpapangilabot sa lahat na nagsisitahan sa kaniya!

18 Ang mga pulo nga ay mayayanig sa kaarawan ng iyong pagbagsak; oo, ang mga pulo na nangasa dagat ay manganglulupaypay sa iyong pagyaon.

19 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Pagka ikaw ay aking gagawing sirang bayan, na parang mga bayan na hindi tinatahanan, pagka tatabunan kita ng kalaliman, at tatakpan ka ng maraming tubig;

20 Ibababa nga kita na kasama nila na bumababa sa hukay, sa mga tao nang una, at patatahanin kita sa mga malalim na bahagi ng lupa, sa mga dakong sira nang una, na kasama ng nagsibaba sa hukay, upang ikaw ay huwag tahanan; at ako'y maglalagay ng kaluwalhatian sa lupain ng buhay.

21 Gagawin kitang kakilakilabot, at hindi ka na mabubuhay: bagaman ikaw ay hanapin ay hindi ka na masusumpungan pa uli, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

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) “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,’ therefore 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. They 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. Out 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) and her settlements on the mainland will be ravaged by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

“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. He 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. He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and demolish your towers with his weapons.(P) 10 His 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. 11 The 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) 12 They 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) 13 I will put an end(V) to your noisy songs,(W) and the music of your harps(X) will be heard no more.(Y) 14 I 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? 16 Then 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. 17 Then 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)
18 Now 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) 20 then 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) 21 I 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)

Footnotes

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

Proclamation Against Tyre

26 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, (A)because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, (B)‘Aha! She is broken who was the gateway of the peoples; now she is turned over to me; I shall be filled; she is laid waste.’

“Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up. And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and (C)make her like the top of a rock. It shall be a place for spreading nets (D)in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ says the Lord God; ‘it shall become plunder for the nations. Also her daughter villages which are in the fields shall be slain by the sword. (E)Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’

“For thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north (F)Nebuchadnezzar[a] king of Babylon, (G)king of kings, with horses, with chariots, and with horsemen, and an army with many people. He will slay with the sword your daughter villages in the fields; he will (H)heap up a siege mound against you, build a wall against you, and raise a [b]defense against you. He will direct his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. 10 Because of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen, the wagons, and the chariots, when he enters your gates, as men enter a city that has been breached. 11 With the hooves of his (I)horses he will trample all your streets; he will slay your people by the sword, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground. 12 They will plunder your riches and pillage your merchandise; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; they will lay your stones, your timber, and your soil in the (J)midst of the water. 13 (K)I will put an end to the sound of (L)your songs, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more. 14 (M)I will make you like the top of a rock; you shall be a place for spreading nets, and you shall never be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken,’ says the Lord God.

15 “Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: ‘Will the coastlands not (N)shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when slaughter is made in the midst of you? 16 Then all the (O)princes of the sea will (P)come down from their thrones, lay aside their robes, and take off their embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves with trembling; (Q)they will sit on the ground, (R)tremble every moment, and (S)be astonished at you. 17 And they will take up a (T)lamentation for you, and say to you:

“How you have perished,
O one inhabited by seafaring men,
O renowned city,
Who was (U)strong at sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!
18 Now (V)the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall;
Yes, the coastlands by the sea are troubled at your departure.” ’

19 “For thus says the Lord God: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like cities that are not inhabited, when I bring the deep upon you, and great waters cover you, 20 then I will bring you down (W)with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in places desolate from antiquity, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you may never be inhabited; and I shall establish glory (X)in the land of the living. 21 (Y)I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; (Z)though you are sought for, you will never be found again,’ says the Lord God.”

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 26:7 Heb. Nebuchadrezzar, and so elsewhere in the book
  2. Ezekiel 26:8 Lit. a large shield