Ezekiel 26
1. And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying * ,
2. Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said * against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken * that was the gates of the people: she is turned * unto me: I shall be replenished * , now she is laid waste * :
3. Therefore thus saith * the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up * against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up * .
4. And they shall destroy * the walls of Tyrus, and break down * her towers:I will also scrape * her dust from her, and make * her like the top of a rock.
5. It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken * it, saith * the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.
6. And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain * by the sword; and they shall know * that I am the LORD.
7. For thus saith * the Lord GOD;Behold, I will bring * upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen,and companies, and much people.
8. He shall slay * with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make * a fort against thee, and cast * a mount against thee, and lift up * the buckler against thee.
9. And he shall set * engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down * thy towers.
10. By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover * thee: thy walls shall shake * at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter * into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach * .
11. With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down * all thy streets: he shall slay * thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down * to the ground.
12. And they shall make a spoil * of thy riches, and make a prey * of thy merchandise: and they shall break down * thy walls, and destroy * thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay * thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
13. And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease * ; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard * .
14. And I will make * thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread * nets upon; thou shalt be built * no more: for I the LORD have spoken * it, saith * the Lord GOD.
15. Thus saith * the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake * at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry * , when the slaughter is made * in the midst of thee?
16. Then all the princes of the sea shall come down * from their thrones, and lay away * their robes, and put off * their broidered garments: they shall clothe * themselves with trembling; they shall sit * upon the ground, and shall tremble * at every moment, and be astonished * at thee.
17. And they shall take up * a lamentation for thee, and say * to thee, How art thou destroyed * , that wast inhabited * of seafaring men, the renowned * city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants * , which cause * their terror to be on all that haunt * it!
18. Now shall the isles tremble * in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled * at thy departure * .
19. For thus saith * the Lord GOD;When I shall make * thee a desolate * city, like the cities that are not inhabited * ; when I shall bring up * the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover * thee;
20. When I shall bring thee down * with them that descend * into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set * thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down * to the pit, that thou be not inhabited * ; and I shall set * glory in the land of the living;
21. I will make * thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for * , yet shalt thou never be found * again, saith * the Lord GOD.
