[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 said concerning Jerusalem,
`Aha, the gate of the peoples is broken, it has swung open to me; I shall
be replenished, now that she is laid waste,' [3] therefore thus says the
Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will bring up many nations
against you, as the sea brings up its waves. [4] They shall destroy the
walls of Tyre, and break down her towers; and I will scrape her soil from
her, and make her a bare rock. [5] She shall be in the midst of the sea a
place for the spreading of nets; for I have spoken, says the Lord GOD; and
she shall become a spoil to the nations; [6] and her daughters on the
mainland shall be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the
LORD. [7] "For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will bring upon Tyre from
the north Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and
chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers. [8] He will slay
with the sword your daughters on the mainland; he will set up a siege wall
against you, and throw up a mound against you, and raise a roof of shields
against you. [9] He will direct the shock of his battering rams against
your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. [10] His
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 one enters a city which has been breached. [11] With the
hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets; he will slay your
people with the sword; and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.
[12] They will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise;
they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; your
stones and timber and soil they will cast into the midst of the waters.
[13] And I will stop the music of your songs, and the sound of your lyres
shall be heard no more. [14] I will make you a bare rock; you shall be a
place for the spreading of nets; you shall never be rebuilt; for I the LORD
have spoken, says the Lord GOD. [15] "Thus says the Lord GOD to Tyre: Will
not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan,
when slaughter is made in the midst of you? [16] Then all the princes of
the sea will step down from their thrones, and remove their robes, and
strip off their embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves with
trembling; they will sit upon the ground and tremble every moment, and be
appalled at you. [17] And they will raise a lamentation over you, and say
to you, `How you have vanished from the seas, O city renowned, that was
mighty on the sea, you and your inhabitants, who imposed your terror on all
the mainland! [18] Now the isles tremble on the day of your fall; yea, the
isles that are in 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, when I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters
cover you, [20] then I will thrust you down with those who descend into the
Pit, to the people of old, and I will make you to dwell in the nether
world, among primeval ruins, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you
will not be inhabited or have a place in the land of the living. [21] I
will bring you to a dreadful end, and you shall be no more; though you be
sought for, you will never be found again, says the Lord GOD."
