Judgment on Tyre
Ezekiel 26, verse 1. Again it came to pass in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Ezekiel 26, verse 2. “Son of man, because Tyre spoke against Jerusalem, saying, ‘Good, well done!’ she is crushed; the nations destroyed her; she is turned to Me; she who was full is made desolate! Ezekiel 26, verse 3. Therefore, thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to crash the shore. Ezekiel 26, verse 4. They will knock down your walls, O Tyre, and break down your towers. I shall scrape her dust from her and make her like a smooth rock. Ezekiel 26, verse 5. It will be a drying-place for fishing nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ says the Lord. ‘It shall be as a place of plunder for the nations. Ezekiel 26, verse 6. Also her daughters which are on the plain will be killed by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’ Ezekiel 26, verse 7. “For thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, from the north I will bring Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon against you, O Tyre. He is king of kings, with horses, chariots, horsemen, and an army of very many nations. Ezekiel 26, verse 8. He will kill your daughters with the sword in the plain; he will establish outposts and build forts around you. He will establish a barricade and warlike works against you all around, and array his spears against you. Ezekiel 26, verse 9. Your walls and towers will be struck down with his swords. Ezekiel 26, verse 10. Because of the great number of his horses, their dust clouds will cover you, and because of the sound of his horsemen and the wheels of his chariots, your walls will shake when he enters your gates, like one who enters a city from the plain. Ezekiel 26, verse 11. With the hooves of his horses, they will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and bring down to the ground the substance of your strength. Ezekiel 26, verse 12. He will plunder your army and strip your possessions. He will break down your walls and pull down your desirable houses. He will throw your stones, your timber, and your soil into the sea. Ezekiel 26, verse 13. He will destroy the multitude of your musicians, and the sound of your harps will be heard no more. Ezekiel 26, verse 14. I shall make you bare like the top of a rock, a place for spreading nets; you will never be rebuilt, for I have spoken,’ says the Lord. Ezekiel 26, verse 15. “For thus says the Lord and Master to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when the sword is unsheathed in your midst? Ezekiel 26, verse 16. Then all the rulers of the nations along the seacoast will step down from their thrones, lay aside their crowns, and take off their embroidered garments. They will be beside themselves as they sit on the ground. They will tremble with fear at their destruction and groan over you. Ezekiel 26, verse 17. They will take up a lamentation for you and say to you, “How were you destroyed from out of the sea, O renowned city that caused her fear to be on all her inhabitants?” Ezekiel 26, verse 18. From the day of your fall, the coastlands will also be afraid.’ Ezekiel 26, verse 19. “For thus says the Lord and Master: ‘When I make you a wasted city, like cities not to be inhabited, and when I bring the abyss upon you, and much water covers you, Ezekiel 26, verse 20. then I shall bring you down to those who descend into the pit, to the people of old, and I shall make you dwell in the depths of the earth, like an eternal desert, with those who go down into the pit, that you may never be inhabited, nor raised up to the land of the living. Ezekiel 26, verse 21. I shall give you over to destruction, and you will never exist again,’ says the Lord and Master.”