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
,
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
:
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
.
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
.
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
.
And her daughters which are in the field
shall be slain
by the sword
; and they shall know
that I am the LORD
.
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
.
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.
And he shall set engines
of war
against thy walls
, and with his axes
he shall break down
thy towers
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
And I will cause the noise of thy songs
to cease
; and the sound
of thy harps
shall be no more heard
.
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
.
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?
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. \pa
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!
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
.
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;
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
;
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
.