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The Downfall of Tyre

¹ In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: ² “Son of man, because Tyre^(C1) said about Jerusalem, ‘Aha!^(C2) The gateway to the peoples is shattered. She has been turned over to me.^(F1) I will be filled now that she lies in ruins,’ ³ therefore this is what the Lord God says: See, I am against you, Tyre!^(C1) I will raise up many nations against you, just as the sea raises its waves. ⁴ They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and turn her into a bare rock. ⁵ She will become a place in the sea to spread nets, for I have spoken.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “She will become plunder for the nations,^{(C1) 6} and her villages on the mainland will be slaughtered by the sword.^(C1) Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

⁷ For this is what the Lord God says: “See, I am about to bring King Nebuchadnezzar^(F1) of Babylon, king of kings,^(C1) against Tyre from the north with horses, chariots, cavalry, and a huge assembly of troops. ⁸ He will slaughter your villages on the mainland with the sword. He will set up siege works,^(C1) build a ramp, and raise a wall of shields against you. ⁹ He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his iron tools. ¹⁰ His horses will be so numerous that their dust will cover you. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots. ¹¹ He will trample all your streets with the hooves of his horses.^(C1) He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground. ¹² They will take your wealth as spoil and plunder your merchandise.^(C1) They will also demolish your walls and tear down your beautiful homes. Then they will throw your stones, timber, and soil into the water. ¹³ I will put an end to the noise of your songs,^(C1) and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard. ¹⁴ I will turn you into a bare rock, and you will be a place to spread nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the Lord, have spoken.”^(C1) This is the declaration of the Lord God.

¹⁵ This is what the Lord God says to Tyre: “Won’t the coasts and islands quake at the sound of your downfall,^(C1) when the wounded groan and slaughter occurs within you? ¹⁶ All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones,^(C1) remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble continually, and be appalled^(C2) at you. ¹⁷ Then they will lament^(C1) for you and say of you,

¹⁹ For this is what the Lord God says: “When I make you a ruined city like other deserted cities, when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you, ²⁰ then I will bring you down to be with those who descend to the Pit,^(C1) to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the underworld^(F1) like^(F2) the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or display your splendor^(F3) in the land of the living.^{(C2) 21} I will make you an object of horror, and you will no longer exist.^(C1) You will be sought but will never be found again.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.