⁴ “So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Harran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living.^(A)

¹⁸ “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar^(A) king of Babylon drove his army in a hard campaign against Tyre; every head was rubbed bare^(B) and every shoulder made raw.^(C) Yet he and his army got no reward from the campaign he led against Tyre.

⁷ “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: From the north I am going to bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar^[a](A) king of Babylon, king of kings,^(B) with horses and chariots,^(C) with horsemen and a great army. ⁸ He will ravage your settlements on the mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works^(D) against you, build a ramp^(E) up to your walls and raise his shields against you. ⁹ He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and demolish your towers with his weapons.^{(F) 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^(G) when he enters your gates as men enter a city whose walls have been broken through. ¹¹ The hooves^(H) of his horses will trample all your streets; he will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars^(I) will fall to the ground.^{(J) 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.^{(K) 13} I will put an end^(L) to your noisy songs,^(M) and the music of your harps^(N) will be heard no more.^{(O) 14} I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread fishnets. You will never be rebuilt,^(P) for I the Lord have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.

¹⁵ “This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Tyre: Will not the coastlands^(Q) tremble^(R) at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan^(S) 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^(T) garments. Clothed^(U) with terror, they will sit on the ground,^(V) trembling^(W) every moment, appalled^(X) at you. ¹⁷ Then they will take up a lament^(Y) concerning you and say to you:

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^(AC) over you and its vast waters cover you,^{(AD) 20} then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit,^(AE) 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^[b] in the land of the living.^{(AF) 21} I will bring you to a horrible end and you will be no more.^(AG) You will be sought, but you will never again be found, declares the Sovereign Lord.”^(AH)

God’s Judgment on Assyria