Chapter 26

And it came to pass in the eleventh ⁶²⁴⁰ year, in the first [day] of the month, [that] the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,²

Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said¹ against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken⁸ [that was] the gates of the people: she is turned⁸ unto me: I shall be replenished,¹¹ [now] she is laid waste:⁹⁰

Therefore thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up⁵² against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.⁵³

And they shall destroy¹⁴ the walls of Tyrus, and break down¹ her towers: I will also scrape¹⁴ her dust from her, and make¹ her like the top of a rock.

It shall be [a place for] the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken¹⁴ [it], saith⁷ the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

And her daughters which [are] in the field shall be slain¹¹ by the sword; and they shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD.

For thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring⁵⁶ upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.

He shall slay⁴ with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make¹ a fort against thee, and cast¹ a mount against thee, and lift up⁵² the buckler against thee.

And he shall set⁴ engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down⁴ thy towers.

By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover¹⁷ thee: thy walls shall shake⁴ at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter² into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.³⁰

With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down⁴ all thy streets: he shall slay⁴ thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down⁴ to the ground.

And they shall make a spoil¹ of thy riches, and make a prey¹ of thy merchandise: and they shall break down¹ thy walls, and destroy⁴ thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay⁴ thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.

And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease;⁵² and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.¹¹

And I will make¹ thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be [a place] to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built¹¹ no more: for I the LORD have spoken¹⁴ [it], saith⁷ the Lord GOD.

Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake⁴ at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry,² when the slaughter is made⁹ in the midst of thee?

Then all the princes of the sea shall come down¹ from their thrones, and lay away⁵² their robes, and put off⁴ their broidered garments: they shall clothe⁴ themselves with trembling; they shall sit⁴ upon the ground, and shall tremble¹ at [every] moment, and be astonished¹ at thee.

And they shall take up¹ a lamentation for thee, and say¹ to thee, How art thou destroyed,¹ [that wast] inhabited¹² of seafaring men, the renowned³⁰ city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants,⁶ which cause¹ their terror [to be] on all that haunt⁶ it!

Now shall the isles tremble⁴ in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that [are] in the sea shall be troubled⁸ at thy departure.²

For thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; When I shall make² thee a desolate¹² city, like the cities that are not inhabited;⁸ when I shall bring up⁵³ the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover¹⁴ thee;

When I shall bring thee down⁵² with them that descend⁶ into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set⁵² thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down⁶ to the pit, that thou be not inhabited;⁴ and I shall set¹ glory in the land of the living;

I will make⁴ thee a terror, and thou [shalt be] no [more]: though thou be sought for,²⁹ yet shalt thou never ⁵⁷⁶⁹ be found¹¹ again, saith⁷ the Lord GOD.