²⁹ Then the border turned to Ramah and to the fortified city of Tyre; then the border turned to Hosah, and ^[a]it ended at the sea by the region of ^(A)Achzib.

Covenant with Hiram King of Tyre

5 ^[a](A)Then Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for ^(B)Hiram had ^[b]always been one who loved David.

²² and all the kings of ^(A)Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of ^(B)the coastlands which are beyond the sea,

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, ² “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,’ ³ 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. ⁴ 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. ⁵ 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. ⁶ Also her ^(H)daughters who are ^[b]on the mainland will be killed by the sword, and they will know that I am Yahweh.’”

⁷ 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. ⁸ 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. ⁹ 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.

¹⁵ Thus says Lord Yahweh to Tyre, “Shall not the ^(Z)coastlands ^(AA)shake at the sound of your downfall when the wounded groan, when the killing occurs in your midst? ¹⁶ Then all the princes of the sea will ^(AB)go down from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will ^(AC)clothe themselves with ^[f]trembling; they will sit on the ground, ^(AD)tremble every moment, and be appalled at you. ¹⁷ They will take up a ^(AE)lamentation over you and say to you,

¹⁹ For thus says Lord Yahweh, “When I make you a city laid waste, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I ^(AJ)bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, ²⁰ then I will bring you down with those who ^(AK)go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you inhabit the ^(AL)lower parts of the earth, like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not ^[i]be inhabited; but I will set ^(AM)glory in the land of the living. ²¹ I will ^[j]bring ^(AN)terrors on you, and you will be no more; though you will be sought, ^(AO)you will never be found again,” declares Lord Yahweh.

Lament over Tyre

27 Moreover, the word of Yahweh came to me saying, ² “Now as for you, son of man, ^(AP)take up a lamentation over Tyre ³ and say to Tyre, ^(AQ)who inhabits the ^[k]entrance to the sea, a ^(AR)trader of the peoples to many coastlands, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,

¹⁰ “^(BB)Persia and ^(BC)Lud and ^(BD)Put were in your military force, your men of war. They hung shield and helmet in you; they set forth your majesty. ¹¹ The sons of Arvad and your military force were on your walls, all around, and the ^[s]Gammadim were in your towers. They hung their small shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.

¹² “Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your wares. ^13 (BE)Javan, ^(BF)Tubal, and ^(BG)Meshech, they were your traders; with the ^(BH)lives of men and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise. ¹⁴ Those from ^(BI)Beth-togarmah gave horses and war horses and mules for your wares. ¹⁵ The sons of ^(BJ)Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were ^[t]customers at your hand; ^(BK)ivory tusks and ebony they brought as your payment. ^16 (BL)Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your ^[u]goods; they paid for your wares with ^(BM)emeralds, purple, ^(BN)embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies. ¹⁷ Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of ^(BO)Minnith, ^[v]cakes, honey, oil, and balm they paid for your merchandise. ^18 (BP)Damascus was your customer because of the abundance of your ^[w]goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool. ¹⁹ Also Vedan and Javan paid for your wares ^[x]from Uzal; wrought iron, cassia, and ^[y]sweet cane were among your merchandise. ^20 (BQ)Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. ^21 (BR)Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were ^[z]customers at your hand for ^(BS)lambs, rams, and goats; for these, they were your customers. ²² The traders of ^(BT)Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of ^(BU)spices and with all kinds of precious stones and gold. ²³ Haran, Canneh, ^(BV)Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you. ²⁴ They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of ^[aa]blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise. ²⁵ The ^(BW)ships of Tarshish were ^[ab]the carriers for your merchandise.

⁴ Moreover, what are you to Me, O ^(A)Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of ^(B)Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will ^(C)return your recompense on your head. ⁵ Since you have ^(D)taken My silver and My gold, brought My desirable ^[a]treasures to your temples, ⁶ and sold the ^(E)sons of Judah and the sons of Jerusalem to the sons of the ^[b]Greeks in order to remove them far from their borders, ⁷ behold, I am going to ^(F)rouse them from the place where you have sold them and return your recompense on your head. ⁸ Also I will ^(G)sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the ^(H)Sabeans, to a distant nation,” for Yahweh has spoken.

⁹ Thus says Yahweh,