Ezekiel 26 - 28 — Legacy Standard Bible

Prophesy Against Tyre

26Now it happened in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me saying, ²“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,’ ³therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up ^amany nations against you, as the ^bsea brings up its waves. ⁴‘They will ^amake the walls of Tyre a ruin and pull down her towers; and I will scrape her dust from her and make her a bare rock. ⁵‘She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ declares Lord Yahweh, ‘and she will become ^aplunder for the nations. ⁶‘Also her ^adaughters who are ¹on the mainland will be killed by the sword, and they will know that I am Yahweh.’”

⁷For thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, ^aking of kings, with horses, ^bchariots, horsemen, and an assembly, a great number of people. ⁸“He will kill 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. ⁹“The blow of his battering rams he will direct against your walls, and with his swords he will tear down your towers. ¹⁰“Because of the abundance of his ^ahorses, the fine dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will ^bshake at the noise of horsemen and ¹wagons and chariots when he ^centers your gates as men enter a city that is breached. ¹¹“With the hoofs of his ^ahorses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword; and your strong pillars will ^bcome down to the ground. ¹²“Also they will make a spoil of your wealth and a plunder of your ^amerchandise, and ^bpull down your walls and tear down your ^cdesirable houses, and ¹throw your stones and your timbers and your debris ^dinto the water. ¹³“So I will cause the tumult of your ^asongs to cease, and the sound of your ^bharps will be heard no more. ¹⁴“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 ^bYahweh have spoken,” declares Lord Yahweh.

¹⁵Thus says Lord Yahweh to Tyre, “Shall not the ^acoastlands ^bshake at the sound of your downfall when the wounded groan, when the killing occurs in your midst? ¹⁶“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. ¹⁷“They will take up a ^alamentation over you and say to you, ‘^bHow you have perished, O inhabited one,From the seas, O city that was praised,Which was ^cstrong on the sea,She and her inhabitants,Who ¹imposed ²her terrorOn all her inhabitants!

¹⁸‘Now the ^acoastlands will trembleOn the day of your downfall;Yes, the coastlands which are by the seaWill be dismayed at your ^bdeparture.’”

¹⁹For thus says Lord Yahweh, “When I make you a city laid waste, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I ^abring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, ²⁰then I will bring you down with those who ^ago down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you inhabit 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. ²¹“I will ¹bring ^aterrors on you, and you will be no more; though you will be sought, ^byou will never be found again,” declares Lord Yahweh.

Lament over Tyre

27Moreover, the word of Yahweh came to me saying, ²“Now as for you, son of man, ^atake up a lamentation over Tyre ³and say to Tyre, ^awho inhabits the ¹entrance to the sea, a ^btrader of the peoples to many coastlands, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’

⁴“Your borders are in the heart of the seas;Your builders have perfected your beauty.⁵“They have ¹made all your planks of fir trees from ^aSenir;They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.⁶“Of ^aoaks from ^bBashan they have made your oars;With ivory they have ¹inlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of ^cCyprus.⁷“Your ¹sail was of fine embroidered linen from EgyptSo that it became your ²standard;Your ³awning was ⁴^,^ablue and purple from the coastlands of ^bElishah.⁸“The inhabitants of Sidon and ^aArvad were your rowers;Your ^bwise men, O Tyre, were ¹aboard; they were your pilots.⁹“The elders of ^aGebal and her wise men were with you repairing your seams;All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you in order to deal in your merchandise.

¹⁰“^aPersia and ^bLud and ^cPut were in your military force, your men of war. They hung shield and helmet in you; they set forth your majesty. ¹¹“The sons of Arvad and your military force were on your walls, all around, and the ¹Gammadim were in your towers. They hung their small shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.

¹²“Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your wares. ¹³“^aJavan, ^bTubal, and ^cMeshech, they were your traders; with the ^dlives of men and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise. ¹⁴“Those from ^aBeth-togarmah gave horses and war horses and mules for your wares. ¹⁵“The sons of ^aDedan were your traders. Many coastlands were ¹customers at your hand; ^bivory tusks and ebony they brought as your payment. ¹⁶“^aAram was your customer because of the abundance of your ¹goods; they paid for your wares with ^bemeralds, purple, ^cembroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies. ¹⁷“Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of ^aMinnith, ¹cakes, honey, oil, and balm they paid for your merchandise. ¹⁸“^aDamascus was your customer because of the abundance of your ¹goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool. ¹⁹“Also Vedan and Javan paid for your wares ¹from Uzal; wrought iron, cassia, and ²sweet cane were among your merchandise. ²⁰“^aDedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. ²¹“^aArabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were ¹customers at your hand for ^blambs, rams, and goats; for these, they were your customers. ²²“The traders of ^aSheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of ^bspices and with all kinds of precious stones and gold. ²³“Haran, Canneh, ^aEden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you. ²⁴“They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of ¹blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise. ²⁵“The ^aships of Tarshish were ¹the carriers for your merchandise. And you were filled and were very ²gloriousIn the heart of the seas.

²⁶“Your rowers have brought youInto ^agreat waters;The ^beast wind has broken youIn the heart of the seas.²⁷“Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise,Your sailors and your pilots,Your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise,And all your men of war who are in you,With all your assembly that is in your midst,Will fall into the heart of the seasOn the day of your downfall.²⁸“At the sound of the cry of your pilotsThe pasture lands will ^ashake.²⁹“All who handle the oar,The ^asailors and all the pilots of the sea,Will come down from their ships;They will stand on the land,³⁰And they will ^amake their voice heard over youAnd will cry bitterly.They will ^bcast dust on their heads;They will ^cwallow in ashes.³¹“Also they will make themselves ^abald for youAnd ^bgird themselves with sackcloth;And they will ^cweep for you in bitterness of soulWith bitter mourning.³²“Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a ^alamentation for youAnd lament over you:‘Who is like Tyre,Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea?³³‘When your wares went out from the seas,You satisfied a great number of peoples;With the ^agreatness of your wealth and your merchandiseYou enriched the kings of earth.³⁴‘¹Now that you are ^abroken by the seasIn the depths of the waters,Your ^bmerchandise and all your assemblyHave fallen in the midst of you.³⁵‘All the ^ainhabitants of the coastlandsAre appalled at you,And their kings are horribly horrified;They are troubled in countenance.³⁶‘The merchants among the peoples ^ahiss at you;You have become ¹terrified,And you ^bwill cease to be forever.’”’”

Prophesy Against the King of Tyre

28The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying, ²“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Because your heart is loftyAnd you have said, ‘^aI am a god;I sit enthroned in the seat of ¹godsIn the heart of the seas’;Yet you are a ^bman and not God,Although you make your heart like the heart of God—

³Behold, you are wiser than ^aDaniel;There is no secret that is a match for you.⁴“By your wisdom and understandingYou have acquired ^awealth for yourselfAnd have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.⁵“By your great wisdom, by your ^atradeYou have increased your wealth,And your ^bheart is lofty because of your wealth—

⁶Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Because you have ^amade your heartLike the heart of God,

⁷Therefore, behold, I will bring ^astrangers upon you,The ^bmost ruthless of the nations.And they will draw their swordsAgainst the beauty of your wisdomAnd defile your splendor.⁸‘They will bring you down to the pit,And you will die the ^adeath of those who are slainIn the heart of the seas.⁹‘Will you still say, “I am a god,”In the presence of the one who kills you,Though you are a man and not God,In the hands of those who slay you?¹⁰‘You will die the death of the ^auncircumcisedBy the hand of strangers,For I have spoken!’ declares Lord Yahweh!”’”

Lament over the King of Tyre

¹¹Again the word of Yahweh came to me saying, ¹²“Son of man, ^atake up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “You ¹had the seal of perfection,Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

¹³“You were in ^aEden, the garden of God;^bEvery precious stone was your covering:The ^cruby, the topaz, and the diamond;The beryl, the onyx, and the jasper;The ¹lapis lazuli, the turquoise, and the emerald;And the gold, the workmanship of your ²^,^dsettings and ³sockets,Was in you.On the day that you were createdThey were prepared.¹⁴“You were the ^aanointed cherub who ¹covers,And I placed you there.You were on the holy ^bmountain of God;You walked in the midst of the ^cstones of fire.¹⁵“You were ^ablameless in your waysFrom the day you were createdUntil ^bunrighteousness was found in you.¹⁶“By the ^aabundance of your trade¹You were internally ^bfilled with violence,And you sinned;Therefore I have cast you as profaneFrom the mountain of God.And I have destroyed you, O ²covering cherub,From the midst of the stones of fire.¹⁷“Your heart was lofty because of your ^abeauty;You ^bcorrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor.I cast you to the ground;I put you before ^ckings,That they may see you.¹⁸“By the abundance of your iniquities,In the unrighteousness of your tradeYou profaned your sanctuaries.Therefore I have brought out ^afire from the midst of you;It has consumed you,And I have turned you to ^bashes on the earthIn the eyes of all who see you.¹⁹“All who know you among the peoplesAre appalled at you;You have become ¹^,^aterrified,And you will cease to be ^bforever.”’”

Prophesy Against Sidon

²⁰And the word of Yahweh came to me saying, ²¹“Son of man, ^aset your face toward ^bSidon, prophesy against her ²²and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,And I will ¹be glorified in your midst.Then they will know that I am Yahweh when I ^aexecute judgments in her,And I will manifest My holiness in her.

²³“For ^aI will send pestilence to herAnd blood to her streets,And the ^bwounded will ¹fall in her midstBy the sword upon her on every side;Then they will know that I am Yahweh.

²⁴“And there will be no more for the house of Israel a ^aprickling brier or a painful thorn from any round about them who scorned them; then they will know that I am Lord Yahweh.”

Israel Regathered

²⁵‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “When I ^agather the house of Israel from the peoples, among whom they are scattered, and will manifest My holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they will ^blive in their ¹land which I gave to My servant Jacob. ²⁶“They will ^alive in it securely; and they will ^bbuild houses, plant vineyards, and live securely when I ^cexecute judgments upon all who scorn them all around them. Then they will know that I am Yahweh their God.”’”