Ezekiel 26:1-21 NASB20 - Bible AI

¹Now in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

²“Son of man, because Tyre has said in regard to Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gateway of the peoples is broken; it has [397]opened to me. I shall be filled, now that she is laid waste,’

³therefore this is what the Lord [398]GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

⁴They will destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down her towers; and I will sweep her debris away from her and make her a bare rock.

⁵She will become a dry place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD; ‘and she will become plunder for the nations.

⁶Also her daughters who are [399]on the mainland will be killed by the sword, and they will know that I am the LORD.’ ”

⁷For the Lord GOD says this: “Behold, I am going to bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses, chariots, cavalry, and [400]a great army.

⁸He will kill your daughters [401]on the mainland with the sword; and he will make siege walls against you, pile up an assault ramp against you, and raise up a large shield against you.

⁹And he will direct the blow of his battering rams against your walls, and he will tear down your towers with his [402]axes.

¹⁰Because of the multitude of his horses, the dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, [403]wagons, and chariots when he enters your gates as warriors enter a city that is breached.

¹¹With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong [404]pillars will go down to the ground.

¹²Also they will take your riches as spoils and plunder your merchandise, tear down your walls and destroy your delightful houses, and [405]throw your stones, your timbers, and your debris into the water.

¹³So I will put an end to the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps will no longer be heard.

¹⁴I will turn you into a bare rock; you will become a dry place for the spreading of nets. You will not be rebuilt, for I the LORD have spoken,” declares the Lord GOD.

¹⁵The Lord GOD says this to Tyre: “Will the coastlands not shake from the sound of your downfall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter takes place in your midst?

¹⁶Then all the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their colorfully woven garments. They will clothe themselves with [406]trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble again and again, and be appalled at you.

¹⁷And they will take up a song of mourning over you and say to you,

¹⁷‘How you have perished, you inhabited one, From the seas, you famous city, Which was mighty on the sea, She and her inhabitants, Who imposed [407]her terror On all her inhabitants!

¹⁸Now the coastlands will tremble On the day of your downfall; Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea Will be horrified at your passing.’ ”

¹⁹For this is what the Lord GOD says: “When I make you a desolate city, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you,

²⁰then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you remain in the lower parts of the earth, like the ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not [408]be inhabited; but I will put glory in the land of the living.

²¹I will [409]cause you sudden terrors and you will no longer exist; though you will be sought, you will never be found again,” declares the Lord GOD.