Now in the eleventh year
, on the first
of the month
, the word
of the LORD
came
to me saying
,
"Son of man
, because
aTyre
has said
concerning
Jerusalem
, `Aha
, the bgateway
of the peoples
is broken
; it has 1 copened
to me. I shall be filled
, now that she is laid
waste
,'
therefore thus
says
the Lord
1GOD
, `Behold
, I am against
you, O Tyre
, and I will bring
up amany
nations
against
you, as the bsea
brings
up its waves
.
`They will adestroy the walls
of Tyre
and break
down
her towers
; and I will scrape
her debris
from her and make
her a bare
rock
.
`She will be a place for the spreading
of nets
in the midst
of the sea
, for I have spoken
,' declares
the Lord
GOD
, `and she will become
aspoil
for the nations
.
`Also her adaughters who
are 1on the mainland
will be slain
by the sword
, and they will know
that I am the LORD
.' "
For thus says
the Lord
GOD
, "Behold
, I will bring
upon Tyre
from the north
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of Babylon
, aking
of kings
, with horses
, bchariots
, cavalry
and 1a great
army
.
"He will slay your daughters
1on the mainland
with the sword
; and he will make
asiege
walls
against
you, cast
up a bramp
against
you and raise
up a large
shield
against
you.
"The blow of his battering
rams
he will direct
against your walls
, and with his 1axes
he will break
down
your towers
.
"Because of the multitude
of his ahorses
, the dust
raised by them will cover
you; your walls
will bshake
at the noise
of cavalry
and 1wagons
and chariots
when he centers
your gates
as men enter
a city
that is breached
.
"With the hoofs of his ahorses
he will trample
all
your streets
. He will slay
your people
with the sword
; and your strong
pillars
will bcome
down
to the ground
.
"Also they will make a spoil
of your riches
and a prey
of your amerchandise
, bbreak
down
your walls
and destroy
your cpleasant
houses
, and 1throw
your stones
and your timbers
and your debris
dinto the water
.
"So I will 1silence the sound
of your asongs
, and the sound
of your bharps
will be heard
no
more
.
"I will make you a bare
rock
; you will be a place
for the spreading
of nets
. You will be abuilt
no
more
, for I the bLORD
have spoken
," declares
the Lord
GOD
.
Thus says
the Lord
GOD
to Tyre
, "Shall not the acoastlands
bshake
at the sound
of your fall
when the wounded
groan
, when the slaughter
occurs
in your midst
?
"Then all the princes
of the sea
will ago
down
from their thrones
, remove
their robes
and strip
off
their embroidered
garments
. They will bclothe
themselves with 1trembling
; they will sit
on the ground
, ctremble
every moment
and be appalled
at you.
"They will take up a alamentation
over
you and say
to you, ` bHow
you have perished
, O inhabited
one, From the seas
, O renowned
city
, Which
was cmighty
on the sea
, She and her inhabitants
, Who
1imposed
2her terror
On all
her inhabitants
!
`Now the acoastlands
will tremble
On the day
of your fall
; Yes, the coastlands
which
are by the sea
Will be terrified
at your bpassing
.' "
For thus says
the Lord
GOD
, "When I make
you a desolate
city
, like the cities
which
are not inhabited
, when I abring
up the deep
over
you and the great
waters
cover
you,
then I will bring you down
with those who ago
down
to the pit
, to the people
of old
, and I will make you dwell
in the blower
parts
of the earth
, like the ancient
waste
places
, with those who go
down
to the pit
, so
that you will not 1be inhabited
; but I will set
cglory
in the land
of the living
.
"I will 1bring aterrors
on you and you will be no
more
; though you will be sought
, byou will never
be found
again
," declares
the Lord
GOD
.