Ezekiel 26:2–28:24

²“Son of man, ^abecause Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ^b‘Aha! She is broken who was the gateway of the peoples; now she is turned over to me; I shall be filled; she is laid waste.’

³“Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up. ⁴And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and ^cmake her like the top of a rock. ⁵It shall be a place for spreading nets ^din the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ says the Lord God; ‘it shall become plunder for the nations. ⁶Also her daughter villages which are in the fields shall be slain by the sword. ^eThen they shall know that I am the Lord.’

⁷“For thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north ^fNebuchadnezzar ¹king of Babylon, ^gking of kings, with horses, with chariots, and with horsemen, and an army with many people. ⁸He will slay with the sword your daughter villages in the fields; he will ^hheap up a siege mound against you, build a wall against you, and raise a ²defense against you. ⁹He will direct his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. ¹⁰Because of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen, the wagons, and the chariots, when he enters your gates, as men enter a city that has been breached. ¹¹With the hooves of his ⁱhorses he will trample all your streets; he will slay your people by the sword, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground. ¹²They will plunder your riches and pillage your merchandise; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; they will lay your stones, your timber, and your soil in the ^jmidst of the water. ^13kI will put an end to the sound of ^lyour songs, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more. ^14mI will make you like the top of a rock; you shall be a place for spreading nets, and you shall never be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken,’ says the Lord God.

¹⁵“Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: ‘Will the coastlands not ⁿshake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when slaughter is made in the midst of you? ¹⁶Then all the ^oprinces of the sea will ^pcome down from their thrones, lay aside their robes, and take off their embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves with trembling; ^qthey will sit on the ground, ^rtremble every moment, and ^sbe astonished at you. ¹⁷And they will take up a ^tlamentation for you, and say to you:

“How you have perished,

O one inhabited by seafaring men,

O renowned city,

Who was ^ustrong at sea,

She and her inhabitants,

Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!

¹⁸Now ^vthe coastlands tremble on the day of your fall;

Yes, the coastlands by the sea are troubled at your departure.” ’

¹⁹“For thus says the Lord God: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like cities that are not inhabited, when I bring the deep upon you, and great waters cover you, ²⁰then I will bring you down ^wwith those who descend into the Pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in places desolate from antiquity, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you may never be inhabited; and I shall establish glory ^xin the land of the living. ^21yI will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; ^zthough you are sought for, you will never be found again,’ says the Lord God.”

Lamentation for Tyre

27The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, ²“Now, son of man, ^atake up a lamentation for Tyre, ³and say to Tyre, ^b‘You who ¹are situated at the entrance of the sea, ^cmerchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord God:

“O Tyre, you have said,

^d‘I am perfect in beauty.’

⁴Your borders are in the midst of the seas.

Your builders have perfected your beauty.

⁵They ²made all your planks of fir trees from ^eSenir;

They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast.

⁶Of ^foaks from Bashan they made your oars;

The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks

With ivory from ^gthe coasts of ³Cyprus.

⁷Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail;

Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you.

⁸“Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen;

Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you;

They became your pilots.

⁹Elders of ^hGebal and its wise men

Were in you to caulk your seams;

All the ships of the sea

And their oarsmen were in you

To market your merchandise.

¹⁰“Those from Persia, ⁴Lydia, and ⁵Libya

Were in your army as men of war;

They hung shield and helmet in you;

They gave splendor to you.

¹¹Men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around,

And the men of Gammad were in your towers;

They hung their shields on your walls all around;

They made ⁱyour beauty perfect.

^12j“Tarshish was your merchant because of your many luxury goods. They gave you silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods. ^13kJavan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They bartered ^lhuman lives and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. ¹⁴Those from the house of ^mTogarmah traded for your wares with horses, steeds, and mules. ¹⁵The men of ⁿDedan were your traders; many isles were the market of your hand. They brought you ivory tusks and ebony as payment. ¹⁶Syria was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made. They gave you for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidery, fine linen, corals, and rubies. ¹⁷Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded for your merchandise wheat of ^oMinnith, millet, honey, oil, and ^pbalm. ¹⁸Damascus was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made, because of your many luxury items, with the wine of Helbon and with white wool. ¹⁹Dan and Javan paid for your wares, ⁶traversing back and forth. Wrought iron, cassia, and cane were among your merchandise. ^20qDedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding. ²¹Arabia and all the princes of ^rKedar were your regular merchants. They traded with you in lambs, rams, and goats. ²²The merchants of ^sSheba and Raamah were your merchants. They traded for your wares the choicest spices, all kinds of precious stones, and gold. ^23tHaran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of ^uSheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants. ²⁴These were your merchants in choice items—in purple clothes, in embroidered garments, in chests of multicolored apparel, in sturdy woven cords, which were in your marketplace.

²⁵“The ^vships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise.

You were filled and very glorious ^win the midst of the seas.

²⁶Your oarsmen brought you into many waters,

But ^xthe east wind broke you in the midst of the seas.

²⁷“Your ^yriches, wares, and merchandise,

Your mariners and pilots,

Your caulkers and merchandisers,

All your men of war who are in you,

And the entire company which is in your midst,

Will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin.

²⁸The ^zcommon-land ⁷will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.

²⁹“All ^awho handle the oar,

The mariners,

All the pilots of the sea

Will come down from their ships and stand on the ⁸shore.

³⁰They will make their voice heard because of you;

They will cry bitterly and ^bcast dust on their heads;

They ^cwill roll about in ashes;

³¹They will ^dshave themselves completely bald because of you,

Gird themselves with sackcloth,

And weep for you

With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

³²In their wailing for you

They will ^etake up a lamentation,

And lament for you:

^f‘What city is like Tyre,

Destroyed in the midst of the sea?

³³‘When ^gyour wares went out by sea,

You satisfied many people;

You enriched the kings of the earth

With your many luxury goods and your merchandise.

³⁴But ^hyou are broken by the seas in the depths of the waters;

ⁱYour merchandise and the entire company will fall in your midst.

^35jAll the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you;

Their kings will be greatly afraid,

And their countenance will be troubled.

³⁶The merchants among the peoples ^kwill hiss at you;

^lYou will become a horror, and be no ^mmore forever.’ ” ’ ”

Proclamation Against the King of Tyre

28The word of the Lord came to me again, saying, ²“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

“Because your heart is ^alifted ¹up,

And ^byou say, ‘I am a god,

I sit in the seat of gods,

^cIn the midst of the seas,’

^dYet you are a man, and not a god,

Though you set your heart as the heart of a god

³(Behold, ^eyou are wiser than Daniel!

There is no secret that can be hidden from you!

⁴With your wisdom and your understanding

You have gained ^friches for yourself,

And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;

^5gBy your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches,

And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),”

⁶‘Therefore thus says the Lord God:

“Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god,

⁷Behold, therefore, I will bring ^hstrangers against you,

ⁱThe most terrible of the nations;

And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom,

And defile your splendor.

⁸They shall throw you down into the ^jPit,

And you shall die the death of the slain

In the midst of the seas.

⁹“Will you still ^ksay before him who slays you,

‘I am a god’?

But you shall be a man, and not a god,

In the hand of him who slays you.

¹⁰You shall die the death of ^lthe uncircumcised

By the hand of aliens;

For I have spoken,” says the Lord God.’ ”

Lamentation for the King of Tyre

¹¹Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ¹²“Son of man, ^mtake up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

ⁿ“You were the seal of perfection,

Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

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

Every precious stone was your covering:

The sardius, topaz, and diamond,

Beryl, onyx, and jasper,

Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold.

The workmanship of ^pyour timbrels and pipes

Was prepared for you on the day you were created.

¹⁴“You were the anointed ^qcherub who covers;

I established you;

You were on ^rthe holy mountain of God;

You walked back and forth in the…