Eze 26 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now in the eleventh year , on the first of the month , the word of the Lord came to me, saying ,

Ezekiel 26

Judgment on Tyre

1 Now in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, because ^aTyre has said in regard to Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The ^bgateway of the peoples is broken; it has ^{▼▼Lit turned
,} ^dopened to me. I shall be filled, now that she is laid waste,’ 3 therefore this is what the Lord ^{▼▼Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch}God says: ‘Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring up ^fmany nations against you, as the ^gsea brings up its waves. 4 They will ^hdestroy the walls of Tyre and tear down her towers; and I will sweep her debris away from her and make her a bare rock. 5 She 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 ⁱplunder for the nations. 6 Also her ^jdaughters who are ^{▼▼Lit in the field}on the mainland will be killed by the sword, and they will know that I am the Lord.’”

7 For the Lord God says this: “Behold, I am going to bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, ^lking of kings, with horses, ^mchariots, cavalry, and ^{▼▼Lit an assembly, even many people}a great army. 8 He will kill your daughters ^{▼▼Lit in the field}on the mainland with the sword; and he will make ^psiege walls against you, pile up an ^qassault ramp against you, and raise up a large shield against you. 9 And he will direct the blow of his battering rams against your walls, and he will tear down your towers with his ^{▼▼Or crowbars}axes. 10 Because of the multitude of his ^shorses, the dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will ^tshake from the noise of cavalry, ^{▼▼Lit wheel}wagons, and chariots when he ^venters your gates as warriors enter a city that is breached. 11 With the hoofs of his ^whorses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong ^{▼▼Or memorial stones (in Tyre’s temple)}pillars will ^ygo down to the ground. 12 Also they will take your riches as spoils and plunder your ^zmerchandise, ^aatear down your walls and destroy your ^abdelightful houses, and ^{▼▼Lit put}throw your stones, your timbers, and your debris ^adinto the water. 13 So I will put an end to the sound of your ^aesongs, and the sound of your ^afharps will no longer be heard. 14 I will turn you into a bare rock; you will become a dry place for the spreading of nets. You will not be ^agrebuilt, for I the ^ahLord have spoken,” declares the Lord God.

15 The Lord God says this to Tyre: “Will the ^aicoastlands not ^ajshake from the sound of your downfall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter takes place in your midst? 16 Then all the princes of the sea will ^akdescend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their colorfully woven garments. They will ^alclothe themselves with ^{▼▼Lit tremblings}trembling; they will sit on the ground, ^antremble again and again, and be appalled at you. 17 And they will take up a ^aosong of mourning over you and say to you,

‘ ^apHow you have perished, you inhabited one,
From the seas, you famous city,
Which was ^aqmighty on the sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who imposed ^{▼▼Lit their}her terror
On all her inhabitants!
18 ‘Now the ^ascoastlands will tremble
On the day of your downfall;
Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea
Will be horrified at your ^atpassing.’”
19 For this is what the Lord God says: “When I make you a desolate city, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I ^aubring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, 20 then I will bring you down with those who ^avgo down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you remain in the ^awlower parts of the earth, like the ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not ^{▼▼Another reading is return}be inhabited; but I will put ^ayglory in the land of the living. 21 I will ^{▼▼Lit give}cause you ^basudden terrors and you will no longer exist; though you will be sought, ^bbyou will never be found again,” declares the Lord God.