CHAPTER 26
In the eleventh month of the twelfth
year,
on the first
day of the month,
the word
of the LORD
came
to me,
saying,
“Son
of man,
because
Tyre
has said
of
Jerusalem,
‘Aha!
The gate
to the nations
is broken;
it has swung open
to me;
now that she lies in ruins
I will be filled,’
therefore
this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘Behold,
O Tyre,
I am against you;
and I will raise up
many
nations
against you,
as the sea
brings up
its waves.
They will destroy
the walls
of Tyre
and demolish
her towers.
I will scrape
the soil
from her
and make
her
a bare
rock.
She will become
a place
to spread
nets
in the sea,
for
I
have spoken,
declares
the Lord
GOD.
She will become
plunder
for the nations,
and the villages
on her mainland
will be slain
by the sword.
Then they will know
that
I
am the LORD.’
For
this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘Behold,
I will bring
against
Tyre
from the north
King
Nebuchadnezzar
of Babylon,
king
of kings,
with horses
and chariots,
with cavalry
and a great
company
of troops.
He will slaughter
the villages
of your mainland
with the sword;
he will set up
siege works
against you,
build
a ramp to your walls,
and raise
his shields
against you.
He will direct
the blows
of his battering rams
against your walls
and tear down
your towers
with his axes.
His multitude
of horses
will cover you
in their dust.
When he enters
your gates
as an army entering
a breached
city,
your walls
will shake
from the noise
of cavalry,
wagons,
and chariots.
The hooves
of his horses
will trample
all
your streets.
He will slaughter
your people
with the sword,
and your mighty
pillars
will fall
to the ground.
They will plunder
your wealth
and pillage
your merchandise.
They will demolish
your walls,
tear down
your beautiful
homes,
and throw
your stones
and timber
and soil
into
the water.
I will make you
a bare
rock,
and you will become
a place to spread
the fishing nets.
You will never
be rebuilt,
for
I,
the LORD,
have spoken,
declares
the Lord
GOD.’
This is what
the Lord
GOD
says
to Tyre:
‘Will not
the coasts and islands
quake
at the sound
of your downfall,
when the wounded
groan
at the slaughter
in your midst?
All
the princes
of the sea
will descend
from
their thrones,
remove
their robes,
and strip off
their embroidered
garments.
Clothed
with terror,
they will sit
on
the ground,
trembling
every moment,
appalled
over you.
Then they will lament
for you,
saying,
“How
you have perished,
O city
of renown,
inhabited
by seafaring men!
She who
was
powerful
on the sea,
along with her people,
who
brought
terror
to all
who lived there.
Now
the coastlands
tremble
on the day
of your downfall;
the islands
in the sea
are dismayed
by your demise.”’
For
this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘When I make
you
a desolate
city
like other deserted
cities,
when I raise up
the deep
against you
so that the mighty
waters
cover you,
then I will bring you down
with
those who descend
to the Pit,
to
the people
of antiquity.
I will make you dwell
in the earth
below
like the ancient
ruins,
with
those who descend
to the Pit,
so that
you will no
longer be inhabited
or set
in splendor
in the land
of the living.
I will make
you an object of horror,
and you will be no more.
You will be sought,
but will never
be found,
declares
the Lord
GOD.’”