Proclamation Against Tyre
1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, on the firstdayof the month,thatthe word of theLordcame to me, saying,
2 “Son of man,because Tyre has said against Jerusalem,‘Aha! She is broken whowasthe gateway of the peoples; now she is turned over to me; I shall be filled; she is laid waste.’
3 “Therefore thus says the LordGod: ‘Behold, Iamagainst you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up.
4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, andmake her like the top of a rock.
5 It shall beaplaceforspreading netsin the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ says the LordGod; ‘it shall become plunder for the nations.
6 Also her daughtervillageswhicharein the fields shall be slain by the sword.Then they shall know that I am theLord.’
7 “For thus says the LordGod: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the northNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,king of kings, with horses, with chariots, and with horsemen, and an army with many people.
8 He will slay with the sword your daughtervillagesin the fields; he willheap up a siege mound against you, build a wall against you, and raise a defense against you.
9 He will direct his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers.
10 Because 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.
11 With the hooves of hishorses he will trample all your streets; he will slay your people by the sword, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground.
12 They 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 themidst of the water.
13 I will put an end to the sound ofyour songs, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more.
14 I will make you like the top of a rock; you shall beaplaceforspreading nets, and you shall never be rebuilt, for I theLordhave spoken,’ says the LordGod.
15 “Thus says the LordGodto Tyre: ‘Will the coastlands notshake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when slaughter is made in the midst of you?
16 Then all theprinces of the sea willcome down from their thrones, lay aside their robes, and take off their embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves with trembling;they will sit on the ground,trembleeverymoment, andbe astonished at you.
17 And they will take up alamentation for you, and say to you:
“How you have perished,
O one inhabited by seafaring men,
O renowned city,
# Who wasstrong at sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who caused their terrortobeon all her inhabitants!
18 Nowthe coastlands tremble on the day of your fall;
Yes, the coastlands by the sea are troubled at your departure.” ’
19 “For thus says the LordGod: ‘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,
20 then I will bring you downwith 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 gloryin the land of the living.
21 I will make you a terror, and youshallbenomore;though you are sought for, you will never be found again,’ says the LordGod.”