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Prophesy Against Tyre

26 Now it happened in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “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,’ therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘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. They will (F)make the walls of Tyre a ruin and pull down her towers; and I will scrape her dust from her and make her a bare rock. She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ declares Lord Yahweh, ‘and she will become (G)plunder for the nations. Also her (H)daughters who are [b]on the mainland will be killed by the sword, and they will know that I am Yahweh.’”

For thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, (I)king of kings, with horses, (J)chariots, horsemen, and an assembly, a great number of people. He will kill your daughters [c]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. The blow of his battering rams he will direct against your walls, and with his swords he will tear down your towers. 10 Because of the abundance of his (M)horses, the fine dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will (N)shake at the noise of horsemen and [d]wagons and chariots when he (O)enters your gates as men enter a city that is breached. 11 With the hoofs of his (P)horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword; and your strong pillars will (Q)come down to the ground. 12 Also they will make a spoil of your wealth and a plunder of your (R)merchandise, and (S)pull down your walls and tear down your (T)desirable houses, and [e]throw your stones and your timbers and your debris (U)into the water. 13 So I will cause the tumult of your (V)songs to cease, and the sound of your (W)harps will be heard no more. 14 I 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 (Y)Yahweh have spoken,” declares Lord Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 26:2 Lit turned
  2. Ezekiel 26:6 Lit in the field
  3. Ezekiel 26:8 Lit in the field
  4. Ezekiel 26:10 Lit wheels
  5. Ezekiel 26:12 Lit put

Against Tyre

26 In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the Lord’s word came to me:

Human one, because Tyre laughed at Jerusalem:
“The gate of the peoples is broken,
    she lies open before me,
    she is destroyed, but I will succeed!”

The Lord God now proclaims:

Tyre, I’m now against you!
    Just as the sea hurls up its waves,
    I will bring many nations up against you.
When they destroy the walls of Tyre
        and throw down its towers,
    I will scrape off all its dirt
    and make it into a bare rock,
        a place for drying nets
        in the middle of the sea.
I have spoken! This is what the Lord God says.
It will become prey for the nations,
    and its towns around it
    will be put to the sword.
        Then they will know that I am the Lord.

The Lord God proclaims:
I’m bringing Nebuchadrezzar against Tyre,
    the king of Babylon from the north,
    the greatest of all kings,
    with horses, chariots, and charioteers,
    an assembly, a great army.
The towns around you he will destroy with the sword.
    Then he will build towers against you,
    erect siege ramps against you,
        and set up shields.
He will pound his battering ram against your walls;
    with crowbars he will tear down your towers.
10 The dust from all his horses will cover you
    when he enters your gates
    as one who enters a breached city.
        Your walls will quake
        at the thundering of the charioteers and chariot wheels.
11 His horses’ hooves will trample all your courtyards;
    he will cut down your people with the sword,
        and the monuments to your strength he will bring down[a] to the ground.
12 They will destroy your wealth, plunder your goods,
    tear down your walls, and raze your fine houses.
    Your stone, lumber, and rubble they will dump into the sea.

13 I will bring an end to your cacophonous songs;
    the sound of your lyres will never be heard again.
14 I will make you into a bare rock, a place for drying nets,
    and you will never be rebuilt.
I, the Lord, have spoken.
    This is what the Lord God says.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 26:11 LXX; MT it will fall