Ezekiel 26:15-18

New International Version

¹⁵“This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Tyre: Will not the coastlands^(A) tremble^(B) at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan^(C) and the slaughter takes place in you? ¹⁶Then all the princes of the coast will step down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and take off their embroidered^(D) garments. Clothed^(E) with terror, they will sit on the ground,^(F) trembling^(G) every moment, appalled^(H) at you. ¹⁷Then they will take up a lament^(I) 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.^(J)
¹⁸Now the coastlands tremble^(K)
    on the day of your fall;
the islands in the sea
    are terrified at your collapse.’^(L)

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Ezekiel 26:15-18

International Standard Version

Terror at Tyre’s Destruction

¹⁵“This is what the Lord God says to Tyre: ‘When your wounded citizens groan while the slaughter takes place among you, the people who live in the coastlands will tremble in terror as they hear about your fall, will they not? ¹⁶That’s when all the kings of the seafaring nations will abandon their thrones, strip off their fancy clothes, and collapse trembling on the ground. They’ll be so frightened as they observe what has happened to you that they’ll be unable to stop trembling. They will be utterly appalled at you! ¹⁷They’ll sing this mourning song for you:

“How lost you are,
    you inhabited city,
        that was built in the middle of the sea!
How famous you were!
    How strong on the sea!
She and her inhabitants
    inflicted^[a] terror to everyone
        who lived within her.”

¹⁸‘Now the coastland inhabitants
    will tremble on the day that you fall.
The coastland inhabitants,
    who make their living from^[b] the sea,
        will be terrified when you pass away!’