Jer 25:15, 22, 47:4, Eze 26:0-28:25, Joe 3:4-8, Amo 1:9-10 | ESV | STEP | Thus the Lord , the God of Israel , said to me: Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath , and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.

15 Thus the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: ^a“Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.

Jeremiah 25:22

22 all the kings of ^bTyre, all the kings of ^cSidon, and the kings of the coastland across ^dthe sea;

Jeremiah 47:4

4 because of the day that is coming to destroy
all ^ethe Philistines,
to cut off from ^fTyre and Sidon
every helper that remains.
For the Lord is destroying the Philistines,
^gthe remnant of the coastland of ^hCaphtor.

Ezekiel 26

Prophecy Against Tyre

1 ⁱIn the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 ^j“Son of man, because ^kTyre said concerning Jerusalem, ^l‘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: ^mBehold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will bring up ⁿmany nations against you, ^oas 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 ^pmake her a bare rock. 5 She ^qshall be in the midst of the sea a place for the spreading of nets, ^rfor 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. ^sThen they will know that I am the Lord.

7 “For thus says the Lord God: ^tBehold, I will bring against Tyre ^ufrom the north Nebuchadnezzar ^{▼▼Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar; so throughout Ezekiel} king of Babylon, ^wking of kings, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers. 8 He will kill with the sword ^xyour daughters on the mainland. ^yHe will set up a siege wall against you and throw up a mound against you, and raise ^za roof of shields against you. 9 ^aaHe 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 ^abyour riches and loot ^acyour merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. Your stones and timber and ^adsoil they will cast into the midst of the waters. 13 ^aeAnd I will stop the music of your songs, and ^afthe sound of your lyres shall be heard no more. 14 ^agI will make you a bare rock. ^ahYou shall be a place for the spreading of nets. You shall never be rebuilt, ^aifor I am the Lord; I have spoken, declares the Lord God.

15 “Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: Will not ^ajthe coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, ^akwhen the wounded groan, when slaughter is made in your midst? 16 Then all ^althe princes of the sea will step down from their thrones and ^amremove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; ^anthey will sit on the ground and ^aotremble every moment and ^apbe appalled at you. 17 And they will ^aqraise a lamentation over you and say to you,

“‘How you have perished,
you who were inhabited from the seas,
O city renowned,
^arwho was mighty on the sea;
she and her inhabitants ^asimposed 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, ^atwhen I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters cover you, 20 then ^auI 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, ^avwith those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set beauty ^awin the land of the living. 21 I will bring you ^axto a dreadful end, and you shall be no more. ^ayThough 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, ^azson of man, ^baraise a lamentation over Tyre, 3 and say to Tyre, who dwells at ^bbthe entrances to the sea, ^bcmerchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord God:

“O Tyre, you have said,
‘I am ^bdperfect in beauty.’
4 Your borders are ^bein the heart of the seas;
your builders made perfect your beauty.
5 They made all your planks
of fir trees from ^bfSenir;
they took ^bga cedar from Lebanon
to make a mast for you.
6 Of ^bhoaks of Bashan
they made your oars;
they made your deck of pines
from ^bithe coasts of Cyprus,
inlaid with ivory.
7 ^bjOf fine embroidered linen from Egypt
was your sail,
serving as your banner;
blue and purple from ^bkthe coasts of Elishah
was your awning.
8 The inhabitants of Sidon and ^blArvad
were your rowers;
your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you;
they were ^bmyour pilots.
9 The elders of ^bnGebal and her skilled men were in you,
^bocaulking your seams;
all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you
to barter for your wares.
10 ^bp“Persia and ^bqLud and ^brPut were in your army as your men of war. ^bsThey hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor. 11 Men of ^btArvad 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 ^buperfect your beauty.

12 ^bv“Tarshish did ^bwbusiness with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your ^bxwares. 13 ^byJavan, ^bzTubal, and ^caMeshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. 14 From ^cbBeth-togarmah they exchanged horses, war horses, and mules ^ccfor your wares. 15 The men of ^cdDedan ^{▼▼Hebrew; Septuagint Rhodes} traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony. 16 Syria ^cfdid business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares ^cgemeralds, ^chpurple, ^ciembroidered work, ^cjfine linen, coral, and ^ckruby. 17 Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise ^clwheat of ^cmMinnith, meal, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown} honey, oil, and ^cobalm. 18 ^cpDamascus did business with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon and ^cqwool 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, ^cscassia, and ^ctcalamus were bartered for your merchandise. 20 Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. 21 Arabia and all the princes of ^cuKedar were your favored dealers ^cvin lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you. 22 The traders of ^cwSheba and ^cxRaamah traded with you; they exchanged ^cyfor your wares ^czthe best of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold. 23 ^daHaran, Canneh, ^dbEden, traders of Sheba, ^dcAsshur, and Chilmad traded with you. 24 In your market these traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of ^ddblue and ^deembroidered work, and in carpets of colored material, bound with cords and made secure. 25 ^dfThe ships of ^dgTarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden ^dhin the heart of the seas.

26 “Your rowers have brought you out
into the high seas.
^diThe east wind has wrecked you
in the heart of the seas.
27 Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,
your mariners and ^djyour pilots,
^dkyour 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
^dlon the day of your fall.
28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots
^dmthe countryside shakes,
29 and down from their ships
^dncome all who handle the oar.
The mariners and all the pilots of the sea
stand on the land
30 ^doand shout aloud over you
and cry out bitterly.
^dpThey cast dust on their heads
^dqand wallow in ashes;
31 they ^drmake 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 ^dsraise a lamentation for you
and lament over you:
^dt‘Who is like Tyre,
like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?
33 When your wares came from the seas,
^duyou satisfied many peoples;
with your abundant wealth and merchandise
^dvyou enriched the kings of the earth.
34 Now ^dwyou 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 ^dxAll the inhabitants of the coastlands
are appalled at you,
and ^dythe hair of their kings bristles with horror;
their faces are convulsed.
36 ^dzThe merchants among the peoples ^eahiss at you;
^ebyou have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever.’”

Ezekiel 28:1-25

Prophecy Against the Prince of Tyre

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

^ee“Because your heart is proud,
and ^efyou have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,’
yet ^egyou are but a man, and no god,
^ehthough you make your heart like the heart of a god—
3 ^eiyou are indeed wiser ^ejthan ^ekDaniel;
no secret is hidden from you;
4 by your wisdom and your understanding
^elyou 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 ^emyour heart has become proud in your wealth—
6 therefore thus says the Lord God:
^enBecause you make your heart
like the heart of a god,
7 therefore, behold, I will bring ^eoforeigners upon you,
the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against ^epthe beauty of your wisdom
and defile ^eqyour splendor.
8 ^erThey shall thrust you down into the pit,
^esand you shall die the death of the slain
in the heart of the seas.
9 ^etWill you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill you,
though ^euyou are but a man, and no god,
in the hands of those who slay you?
10 ^evYou shall die the death of the uncircumcised
by the hand of foreigners;
^ewfor 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 ^ex“Son of man, ^eyraise a lamentation over ^ezthe 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}
^fbfull of wisdom and ^fcperfect in beauty.
13 You were in ^fdEden, the garden of God;
^feevery precious stone was your covering,
^ffsardius, topaz, and diamond,
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire, ^{▼▼Or lapis lazuli} ^fhemerald, and carbuncle;
and crafted in gold were your settings
and your engravings. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain}
^fjOn the day that you were created
they were prepared.
14 You were an anointed ^fkguardian cherub.
I placed you; ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain} you were on ^fmthe holy mountain of God;
in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
15 You were blameless in your ways
^fnfrom the day you were created,
till unrighteousness was found in you.
16 In the abundance of ^foyour trade
you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from ^fpthe mountain of God,
and I destroyed you, ^{▼▼Or banished you} ^frO guardian cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 ^fsYour heart was proud because of ^ftyour 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 ^fuI brought fire out from your midst;
it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
^fvin the sight of all who saw you.
19 All who know you among the peoples
are appalled at you;
^fwyou 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 ^fx“Son of man, ^fyset your face toward ^fzSidon, and ^gaprophesy against her 22 and say, Thus says the Lord God:

“Behold, ^gbI am against you, O Sidon,
and ^gcI will manifest my glory in your midst.
And ^gdthey shall know that I am the Lord
^gewhen I execute judgments in her
and ^gfmanifest my holiness in her;
23 for I will send ^ggpestilence 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 ^ghthere shall be no more a brier to prick or ^gia thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors ^gjwho have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.

Israel Gathered in Security

25 “Thus says the Lord God: ^gkWhen I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and ^glmanifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, ^gmthen they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob.

Joel 3:4-8

4 “What are you to me, ^gnO Tyre and Sidon, and all ^gothe regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, ^gpI will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily. 5 For ^gqyou have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples. ^{▼▼Or palaces} 6 You have sold ^gsthe people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their own border. 7 Behold, I will stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and ^gtI will return your payment on your own head. 8 I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the ^guSabeans, to a nation far away, for the Lord has spoken.”

Amos 1:9-10

9 Thus says the Lord:

^gv“For three transgressions of ^gwTyre,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they delivered up a whole people to Edom,
and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.
10 So I will send a fire upon the wall of ^gxTyre,
and it shall devour her strongholds.”