Ezekiel 26:2-21

2  a “Son of man, because b Tyre said concerning Jerusalem c ‘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: d Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will bring up e many nations against you, f 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 g make her a bare rock. 5 She h shall be in the midst of the sea a place for the spreading of nets, i for I have spoken, declares the Lord  God. And she shall become plunder for the nations, 6 and her daughters on the mainland shall be killed by the sword. j Then they will know that I am the  Lord.

7 “For thus says the Lord  God: k Behold, I will bring against Tyre l from the north Nebuchadnezzar ▼
▼ Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar; so throughout Ezekiel
 king of Babylon n king of kings, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers. 8 He will kill with the sword o your daughters on the mainland. p He will set up a siege wall against you and throw up a mound against you, and raise q a roof of shields against you. 9  r 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 men enter a city that has been breached. 11 With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground. 12 They will plunder s your riches and loot t your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. Your stones and timber and u soil they will cast into the midst of the waters. 13  v And I will stop the music of your songs, and w the sound of your lyres shall be heard no more. 14  x I will make you a bare rock. y You shall be a place for the spreading of nets. You shall never be rebuilt z for I am the  Lord; I have spoken, declares the Lord  God.

15 “Thus says the Lord  God to Tyre: Will not aa the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall ab when the wounded groan, when slaughter is made in your midst? 16 Then all ac the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones and ad remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; ae they will sit on the ground and af tremble every moment and ag be appalled at you. 17 And they will ah raise a lamentation over you and say to you,

“‘How you have perished,
you who were inhabited from the seas,
O city renowned,
ai who was mighty on the sea;
she and her inhabitants aj imposed their terror
on all her inhabitants!
 18 Now the coastlands tremble
on the day of your fall,
and the coastlands that are on 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 ak when I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters cover you, 20 then al I will make you go down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you to dwell in the world below, among ruins from of old, am with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set beauty an in the land of the living. 21 I will bring you ao to a dreadful end, and you shall be no more. ap Though you be sought for, you will never be found again, declares the Lord  God.”

Ezekiel 27

A Lament for Tyre

1 The word of the  Lord came to me: 2 “Now you, aq son of man ar raise a lamentation over Tyre, 3 and say to Tyre, who dwells at as the entrances to the sea, at merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord  God:

“O Tyre, you have said,
‘I am au perfect in beauty.’
 4 Your borders are av in the heart of the seas;
your builders made perfect your beauty.
 5 They made all your planks
of fir trees from aw Senir;
they took ax a cedar from Lebanon
to make a mast for you.
 6 Of ay oaks of Bashan
they made your oars;
they made your deck of pines
from az the coasts of Cyprus,
inlaid with ivory.
 7  ba Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
was your sail,
serving as your banner;
blue and purple from bb the coasts of Elishah
was your awning.
 8 The inhabitants of Sidon and bc Arvad
were your rowers;
your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you;
they were bd your pilots.
 9 The elders of be Gebal and her skilled men were in you,
bf caulking your seams;
all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you
to barter for your wares.

10  bg “Persia and bh Lud and bi Put were in your army as your men of war. bj They hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor. 11 Men of bk Arvad and Helech were on your walls all around, and men of Gamad were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they made bl perfect your beauty.

12  bm “Tarshish did bn business with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your bo wares. 13  bp Javan bq Tubal, and br Meshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. 14 From bs Beth-togarmah they exchanged horses, war horses, and mules bt for your wares. 15 The men of bu Dedan ▼
▼ Hebrew; Septuagint Rhodes
 traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony. 16 Syria bw did business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares bx emeralds by purple bz embroidered work ca fine linen, coral, and cb ruby. 17 Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise cc wheat of cd Minnith, meal ▼
▼ The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown
 honey, oil, and cf balm. 18  cg Damascus did business with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon and ch wool of Sahar 19 and casks of wine ▼
▼ Probable reading; Hebrew  wool of Sahar, Vedan, and Javan
 from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, cj cassia, and ck calamus were bartered for your merchandise. 20 Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. 21 Arabia and all the princes of cl Kedar were your favored dealers cm in lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you. 22 The traders of cn Sheba and co Raamah traded with you; they exchanged cp for your wares cq the best of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold. 23  cr Haran, Canneh cs Eden, traders of Sheba ct Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you. 24 In your market these traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of cu blue and cv embroidered work, and in carpets of colored material, bound with cords and made secure. 25  cw The ships of cx Tarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden cy in the heart of the seas.

26  “Your rowers have brought you out
into the high seas.
cz The east wind has wrecked you
in the heart of the seas.
 27 Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,
your mariners and da your pilots,
db your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,
and all your men of war who are in you,
with all your crew
that is in your midst,
sink into the heart of the seas
dc on the day of your fall.
 28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots
dd the countryside shakes,
 29 and down from their ships
de come all who handle the oar.
The mariners and all the pilots of the sea
stand on the land
 30  df and shout aloud over you
and cry out bitterly.
dg They cast dust on their heads
dh and wallow in ashes;
 31 they di make themselves bald for you
and put sackcloth on their waist,
and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,
with bitter mourning.
 32 In their wailing they dj raise a lamentation for you
and lament over you:
dk ‘Who is like Tyre,
like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?
 33 When your wares came from the seas,
dl you satisfied many peoples;
with your abundant wealth and merchandise
dm you enriched the kings of the earth.
 34 Now dn you are wrecked by the seas,
in the depths of the waters;
your merchandise and all your crew in your midst
have sunk with you.
 35  do All the inhabitants of the coastlands
are appalled at you,
and dp the hair of their kings bristles with horror;
their faces are convulsed.
 36  dq The merchants among the peoples dr hiss at you;
ds you have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever.’”

Ezekiel 28:1-24

Prophecy Against the Prince of Tyre

1 The word of the  Lord came to me: 2  dt “Son of man, say to du the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord  God:

dv “Because your heart is proud,
and dw you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,’
yet dx you are but a man, and no god,
dy though you make your heart like the heart of a god—
 3  dz you are indeed wiser ea than eb Daniel;
no secret is hidden from you;
 4 by your wisdom and your understanding
ec you have made wealth for yourself,
and have gathered gold and silver
into your treasuries;
 5 by your great wisdom in your trade
you have increased your wealth,
and ed your heart has become proud in your wealth—
 6 therefore thus says the Lord  God:
ee Because you make your heart
like the heart of a god,
 7 therefore, behold, I will bring ef foreigners upon you,
the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against eg the beauty of your wisdom
and defile eh your splendor.
 8  ei They shall thrust you down into the pit,
ej and you shall die the death of the slain
in the heart of the seas.
 9  ek Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill you,
though el you are but a man, and no god,
in the hands of those who slay you?
 10  em You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
by the hand of foreigners;
en for I have spoken, declares the Lord  God.”

A Lament over the King of Tyre

11 Moreover, the word of the  Lord came to me: 12  eo “Son of man ep raise a lamentation over eq the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord  God:

“You were the signet of perfection ▼
▼ The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain

es full of wisdom and et perfect in beauty.
 13 You were in eu Eden, the garden of God;
ev every precious stone was your covering,
ew sardius, topaz, and diamond,
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire ▼
▼ Or lapis lazuli
 ey emerald, and carbuncle;
and crafted in gold were your settings
and your engravings. ▼
▼ The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain

fa On the day that you were created
they were prepared.
 14 You were an anointed fb guardian cherub.
I placed you; ▼
▼ The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain
 you were on fd the holy mountain of God;
in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
 15 You were blameless in your ways
fe from the day you were created,
till unrighteousness was found in you.
 16 In the abundance of ff your trade
you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from fg the mountain of God,
and I destroyed you, ▼
▼ Or banished you
 fi O guardian cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.
 17  fj Your heart was proud because of fk your beauty;
you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I exposed you before kings,
to feast their eyes on you.
 18 By the multitude of your iniquities,
in the unrighteousness of your trade
you profaned your sanctuaries;
so fl I brought fire out from your midst;
it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
fm in the sight of all who saw you.
 19 All who know you among the peoples
are appalled at you;
fn you have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever.”

Prophecy Against Sidon

20 The word of the  Lord came to me: 21  fo “Son of man fp set your face toward fq Sidon, and fr prophesy against her 22 and say, Thus says the Lord  God:

“Behold, fs I am against you, O Sidon,
and ft I will manifest my glory in your midst.
And fu they shall know that I am the  Lord
fv when I execute judgments in her
and fw manifest my holiness in her;
 23 for I will send fx pestilence into her,
and blood into her streets;
and the slain shall fall in her midst,
by the sword that is against her on every side.
Then they will know that I am the  Lord.

24 “And for the house of Israel fy there shall be no more a brier to prick or fz a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors ga who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord  God.

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