Ezekiel 26:2–28:24

^2j“Son of man, because ^kTyre said concerning Jerusalem, ^l‘Aha, the gate of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste,’ ³therefore thus says the Lord God: ^mBehold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will bring up ⁿmany nations against you, ^oas the sea brings up its waves. ⁴They shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers, and I will scrape her soil from her and ^pmake her a bare rock. ⁵She ^qshall be in the midst of the sea a place for the spreading of nets, ^rfor I have spoken, declares the Lord God. And she shall become plunder for the nations, ⁶and her daughters on the mainland shall be killed by the sword. ^sThen they will know that I am the Lord.

⁷“For thus says the Lord God: ^tBehold, I will bring against Tyre ^ufrom the north Nebuchadnezzar¹ king of Babylon, ^vking of kings, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers. ⁸He will kill with the sword ^wyour daughters on the mainland. ^xHe will set up a siege wall against you and throw up a mound against you, and raise ^ya roof of shields against you. ^9zHe will direct the shock of his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. ¹⁰His horses will be so many that their dust will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen and wagons and chariots, when he enters your gates as men enter a city that has been breached. ¹¹With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground. ¹²They will plunder ^ayour riches and loot ^ayour merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. Your stones and timber and ^bsoil they will cast into the midst of the waters. ^13cAnd I will stop the music of your songs, and ^dthe sound of your lyres shall be heard no more. ^14pI will make you a bare rock. ^qYou shall be a place for the spreading of nets. You shall never be rebuilt, ^rfor I am the Lord; I have spoken, declares the Lord God.

¹⁵“Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: Will not ^ethe coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, ^fwhen the wounded groan, when slaughter is made in your midst? ¹⁶Then all ^gthe princes of the sea will step down from their thrones and ^hremove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; ⁱthey will sit on the ground and ^jtremble every moment and ^kbe appalled at you. ¹⁷And they will ^lraise a lamentation over you and say to you,

“ ‘How you have perished,

you who were inhabited from the seas,

O city renowned,

^mwho was mighty on the sea;

she and her inhabitants ⁿimposed their terror

on all her inhabitants!

¹⁸Now the coastlands tremble

on the day of your fall,

and the coastlands that are on the sea

are dismayed at your passing.’

¹⁹“For thus says the Lord God: When I make you a city laid waste, like the cities that are not inhabited, ^owhen I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters cover you, ²⁰then ^pI will make you go down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you to dwell in the world below, among ruins from of old, ^pwith those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set beauty ^qin the land of the living. ²¹I will bring you ^rto a dreadful end, and you shall be no more. ^sThough you be sought for, you will never be found again, declares the Lord God.”

A Lament for Tyre

27The word of the Lord came to me: ²“Now you, ^tson of man, ^uraise a lamentation over Tyre, ³and say to Tyre, who dwells at ^vthe entrances to the sea, ^wmerchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord God:

“O Tyre, you have said,

‘I am ^xperfect in beauty.’

⁴Your borders are ^yin the heart of the seas;

your builders made perfect your beauty.

⁵They made all your planks

of fir trees from ^zSenir;

they took ^aa cedar from Lebanon

to make a mast for you.

⁶Of ^boaks of Bashan

they made your oars;

they made your deck of pines

from ^cthe coasts of Cyprus,

inlaid with ivory.

^7dOf fine embroidered linen from Egypt

was your sail,

serving as your banner;

blue and purple from ^cthe coasts of Elishah

was your awning.

⁸The inhabitants of Sidon and ^eArvad

were your rowers;

your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you;

they were ^fyour pilots.

⁹The elders of ^gGebal and her skilled men were in you,

^hcaulking your seams;

all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you

to barter for your wares.

¹⁰ⁱ“Persia and ^jLud and ⁱPut were in your army as your men of war. ^kThey hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor. ¹¹Men of ^eArvad and Helech were on your walls all around, and men of Gamad were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they made ^xperfect your beauty.

^12l“Tarshish did ^mbusiness with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your ⁿwares. ^13oJavan, ^pTubal, and ^pMeshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. ¹⁴From ^qBeth-togarmah they exchanged horses, war horses, and mules ^rfor your wares. ¹⁵The men of ^sDedan¹ traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony. ¹⁶Syria ^tdid business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares ^uemeralds, ^upurple, ^vembroidered work, ^wfine linen, coral, and ^xruby. ¹⁷Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise ^ywheat of ^zMinnith, meal,² honey, oil, and ^abalm. ^18bDamascus did business with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon and ^cwool of Sahar ¹⁹and casks of wine³ from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, ^dcassia, and ^ecalamus were bartered for your merchandise. ²⁰Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. ²¹Arabia and all the princes of ^fKedar were your favored dealers ^fin lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you. ²²The traders of ^gSheba and ^gRaamah traded with you; they exchanged ^hfor your wares ⁱthe best of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold. ^23jHaran, Canneh, ^jEden, traders of Sheba, ^kAsshur, and Chilmad traded with you. ²⁴In your market these traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of ^lblue and ^lembroidered work, and in carpets of colored material, bound with cords and made secure. ^25mThe ships of ⁿTarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden ^oin the heart of the seas.

²⁶“Your rowers have brought you out

into the high seas.

^pThe east wind has wrecked you

in the heart of the seas.

²⁷Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,

your mariners and ^qyour pilots,

^ryour caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,

and all your men of war who are in you,

with all your crew

that is in your midst,

sink into the heart of the seas

^son the day of your fall.

²⁸At the sound of the cry of your pilots

^tthe countryside shakes,

²⁹and down from their ships

^ucome all who handle the oar.

The mariners and all the pilots of the sea

stand on the land

^30uand shout aloud over you

and cry out bitterly.

^vThey cast dust on their heads

^wand wallow in ashes;

³¹they ^xmake themselves bald for you

and put sackcloth on their waist,

and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,

with bitter mourning.

³²In their wailing they ^yraise a lamentation for you

and lament over you:

^z‘Who is like Tyre,

like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?

³³When your wares came from the seas,

^ayou satisfied many peoples;

with your abundant wealth and merchandise

^ayou enriched the kings of the earth.

³⁴Now ^byou are wrecked by the seas,

in the depths of the waters;

your merchandise and all your crew in your midst

have sunk with you.

^35cAll the inhabitants of the coastlands

are appalled at you,

and ^dthe hair of their kings bristles with horror;

their faces are convulsed.

^36eThe merchants among the peoples ^fhiss at you;

^gyou have come to a dreadful end

and shall be no more forever.’ ”

Prophecy Against the Prince of Tyre

28The word of the Lord came to me: ^2h“Son of man, say to ⁱthe prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:

^j“Because your heart is proud,

and ^kyou have said, ‘I am a god,

I sit in the seat of the gods,

in the heart of the seas,’

yet ^lyou are but a man, and no god,

^mthough you make your heart like the heart of a god—

³ⁿyou are indeed wiser ^othan ^pDaniel;

no secret is hidden from you;

⁴by your wisdom and your understanding

^qyou have made wealth for yourself,

and have gathered gold and silver

into your treasuries;

⁵by your great wisdom in your trade

you have increased your wealth,

and ^jyour heart has become proud in your wealth—

⁶therefore thus says the Lord God:

^rBecause you make your heart

like the heart of a god,

⁷therefore, behold, I will bring ^sforeigners upon you,

the most ruthless of the nations;

and they shall draw their swords against ^tthe beauty of your wisdom

and defile ^tyour splendor.

^8uThey shall thrust you down into the pit,

^vand you shall die the death of the slain

in the heart of the seas.

^9wWill you still say, ‘I am a god,’

in the presence of those who kill you,

though ^lyou are but a man, and no god,

in the hands of those who slay you?

^10xYou shall die the death of the uncircumcised

by the hand of foreigners;

^yfor I have spoken, declares the Lord God.”

A Lament over the King of Tyre

¹¹Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me: ^12z“Son of man, ^araise a lamentation over ^bthe king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:

“You were the signet of perfection,¹

^cfull of wisdom and ^dperfect in beauty.

¹³You were in ^eEden, the garden of God;

^fevery precious stone was your covering,

^gsardius, topaz, and diamond,

beryl, onyx, and jasper,

sapphire,^{2 f}emerald, and carbuncle;

and crafted in gold were your settings

and your engravings.³

ⁱOn the day that you were created

they were prepared.

¹⁴You were an anointed ^jguardian cherub.

I placed you;⁴ you were on ^k…