Ezekiel 26:1-28:26 It happened, that in the eleventh year, and the first day of the Month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

MSTC⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ It happened, that in the eleventh year, and the first day of the Month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, ² "Thou son of man, because that Tyre hath spoken upon Jerusalem, 'Aha, now I trow the ports of the people be broken, and she turned unto me, for I have destroyed my belly full.' ³ Yea therefore sayeth the LORD God: Behold O Tyre, I will upon thee, I will bring a great multitude of people against thee, like as when the sea ariseth with his waves: ⁴ These shall break the walls of Tyre, and cast down her towers. I will scrape the ground from her, and make her a bare stone. ⁵ Yea, as the drying place, where the fishers hang up their nets by the seaside. Even I have spoken it, sayeth the LORD God. The Gentiles shall spoil her: ⁶ her daughters upon the field shall perish with the sword, that they may know how that I am the LORD. ⁷ For thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will bring hither Nebuchadnezzar, which is the king of Babylon and a king of kings, from the North upon Tyre: with horses, chariots, horsemen, and with a great multitude of people. ⁸ Thy daughters that are in the land shall he slay with the sword: but against thee, he shall make bulwarks and grave up ditches about thee, and lift up his shield against thee. ⁹ His slings and battle-rams shall he prepare for thy walls, and with his weapons break down thy towers. ¹⁰ The dust of his horses shall cover thee, they shall be so many: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, chariots and wheels when he cometh to thy ports, as men do into an open city. ¹¹ With the hoofs of his horses' feet shall he tread down all thy streets. He shall slay thy people with the sword, and break down the pillars of thy strength. ¹² They shall waste away thy riches, and spoil thy merchandise. Thy walls shall they break down, and destroy thy houses of pleasure. Thy stones, thy timber and foundations shall they cast in the water. ¹³ Thus will I bring the melody of thy songs, and the voice of thy minstrelsy to an end, so that they shall no more be heard. ¹⁴ I will make a bare stone of thee; yea, a drying place for nets, and shall never be builded again: For even I the LORD have spoken it, sayeth the LORD God. ¹⁵ "Thus hath the LORD God spoken concerning Tyre: The isles shall be moved at the noise of thy fall, and at the cry of the slain that shall be murdered in thee. ¹⁶ All kings of the sea shall come down from their seats regal: they shall lay away their robes, and put off their costly clothing. Yea, with trembling shall they be clothed, they shall sit upon the ground: they shall be afraid at thy sudden fall, and be abashed at thee. ¹⁷ They shall mourn for thee, and say unto thee, 'O thou noble city, that hast been so greatly occupied of old, thou that hast been the strongest upon the sea with thine inhabiters of whom all men stood in fear: How art thou now so utterly destroyed?' ¹⁸ Now at the time of thy fall the inhabiters of the Isles, Yea, and the Isles themselves, shall stand in fear at thine end. ¹⁹ For thus sayeth the LORD God: when I make thee a desolate city, as other cities be, that no man dwell in, and when I bring the deep upon thee, that great waters may cover thee: ²⁰ Then will I cast thee down unto them, that descend into the pit, unto a people that hath been long dead, and set thee in a land that is beneath, like the old wilderness, with them which go down to their graves, so that no man shall dwell more in thee. And I will make thee to be no more in honor, in the land of the living. ²¹ I will make an end of thee, and thou shalt be gone. Though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou not be found for evermore, sayeth the LORD God." ²⁷ ¹ The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, ² "O thou son of man, make a lamentable complaint upon Tyre, ³ and say unto Tyre, which is a port of the sea that occupieth with much people and many Isles, 'Thus speaketh the LORD God: O Tyre, thou hast said, 'What, I am a noble city.' ⁴ Thy borders are in the midst of the sea, and thy builders have made thee marvelous goodly. ⁵ All thy tables have they made of Cypress trees of the mount Senir. From Lebanon have they taken Cedar trees, to make the masts: ⁶ and the Oaks of Bashan to make the rowers. Thy boards have they made of ivory, and of costly wood out of the Isle of Chittim. ⁷ Thy sail was of white small needle work out of the land of Egypt, to hang upon thy mast: and thy hangings of yellow silk and purple, out of the Isles of Elishah. ⁸ They of Sidon and Arvad were thy mariners, and the wisest in Tyre were thy shipmasters. ⁹ The eldest and wisest at Gebal were they, that mended and stopped thy ships. All ships of the sea with their shipment occupied their merchandise in thee. ¹⁰ The Persians, Lydians and Libyans were in thine host, and helped thee to fight: these hanged up their shields and helmets with thee; these set forth thy beauty. ¹¹ They of Arvad were with thine host round about thy walls, and were thy watchmen upon thy towers, these hanged up their shields round about thy walls, and made thee marvelous goodly. ¹² Tarshish occupied with thee in all manner of wares: in silver, iron, tin and lead, and made thy market great. ¹³ Javan, Tubal and Meshech were thy merchants, which brought the men, and ornaments of metal for thy occupying. ¹⁴ They of the house of Togarmah brought unto thee at the time of thy mart, horse, horsemen and mules. ¹⁵ They of Dedan were thy merchants: and many other Isles that occupied with thee, brought thee wethers, elephant bones and Peacocks for a present. ¹⁶ The Syrians occupied with thee, because of thy divers works, and increased thy merchandise, with Smaragdus, with scarlet, with needle work, with white linen cloth, with silk and with Crystal. ¹⁷ Judah and the land of Israel occupied with thee, and brought unto thy markets, wheat, balm, honey, oil and treacle. ¹⁸ Damascus also used merchandises with thee, in the best wine and white wool: because thy occupying was so great, and thy wares so many. ¹⁹ Dan, Javan, and Mevsall have brought unto thy markets, iron ready made, with Cassia, and Calamus, according to thine occupying. ²⁰ Dedan occupied with thee, in fair tapestry work and cushions. ²¹ Arabia and all the princes of Cedar have occupied with thee, in sheep, wethers, and goats. ²² The merchants of Sheba and Raamah have occupied also with thee, in all costly spices, in all precious stones and gold, which they brought unto thy markets. ²³ Haran, Cannah, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad, were all doers with thee ²⁴ and occupied with thee: In costly raiment of yellow silk and needle work - very precious, and therefore packed and bound together with ropes - Yea and in Cedar wood, at the time of thy markets. ²⁵ The ships of Tarshish were the chief of thy occupying. Thus thou art full, and in great worship, even in the midst of the sea. ²⁶ "'Thy mariners were ever bringing unto thee out of many waters. But the east wind shall overbear thee into the midst of the sea: ²⁷ so that thy wares, thy merchandise, thy riches, thy mariners, thy shipmasters, thy helpers, thy occupiers that brought the things necessary, the men of war that are in thee: Yea, and all thy commons shall perish in the midst of the sea, in the day of thy fall. ²⁸ The suburbs shall shake at the loud cry of thy shipmen. ²⁹ All whirry men, and all mariners upon the sea, shall leap out of their boats and set themselves upon the land. ³⁰ They shall lift up their voice because of thee, and make a lamentable cry. They shall cast dust upon their heads, and lie down in the ashes. ³¹ They shall shave themselves, and put sackcloth upon them for thy sake. They shall mourn for thee with heartful sorrow ³² and heavy lamentation; yea, their children also shall weep for thee. Alas, what city hath so been destroyed in the sea, as Tyre is? ³³ When thy wares and merchandise came from the seas, thou gavest all people enough. The kings of the earth hast thou made rich, through the multitude of thy wares and occupying: ³⁴ But now art thou cast down in to the deep of the sea, all thy resort of people is perished with thee. ³⁵ All they that dwell in the Isles are abashed at thee, and all their kings are afraid; yea, their faces have changed colour. ³⁶ The merchants of the nations wonder at thee, in that thou art so clean brought to naught, and comest no more up.'" ²⁸ ¹ The word of the LORD came unto me saying, ² "Thou son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Because thou hast a proud heart and hast said, 'I am a God, I have my seat in the midst of the sea like a God,' whereas thou art but a man, and not God, and yet standest in thine own conceit, that thou art God: ³ Behold, thou thinkest thyself wiser than Daniel, that there is no secrets hid from thee. ⁴ With thy wisdom and thy understanding, thou hast gotten thee great wealthiness, and gathered treasure of silver and gold. ⁵ With thy great wisdom and occupying, hast thou increased thy power, and because of thy great riches, thy heart is proud. ⁶ Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: Forsomuch as thou hast lift up thine heart, as though thou were God: ⁷ behold, I will bring enemies upon thee, even the tyrants of the Heathen. These shall draw out their swords upon thy beauty and wisdom, and shall defile thy glory. ⁸ They shall cast thee down to the pit, so that thou shalt die in the midst of the sea, ⁹ as they that be slain. Let see, if thou wilt say then, before them that slay thee, 'I am God' - whereas thou art but a man and not God, in the hands of them that slayeth thee. ¹⁰ Die shalt thou, even as the uncircumcised in the hands of the enemies: for I myself have spoken it, sayeth the LORD God.'" ¹¹ Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, ¹² "Thou son of man, make a lamentable complaint over the king of Tyre, and tell him, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Thou art a seal of a likeness, full of wisdom and excellent beauty. ¹³ Thou hast been in the pleasure garden of God; thou art decked with all manner of precious stones: with Ruby, Topaz, Crystal, Jacinth, Onyx, Jasper, Sapphire, Smaragdus, Carbuncle, and gold. Thy beauty and the holes that be in thee were set forth in the day of thy creation. ¹⁴ Thou art a fair Cherub, stretched wide out for to cover. I have set thee upon the holy mount of God, there hast thou been, and walked among the fair glistering stones. ¹⁵ From the time of thy creation thou hast been right excellent, till wickedness was found in thee. ¹⁶ Because of thy great merchandise, thy heart is full of wickedness, and thou hast offended. Therefore will I cast thee from the mount of God, O thou covering Cherub, and destroy thee among the glistering stones. ¹⁷ Thy heart was proud in thy fair beauty, and through thy beauty thou hast destroyed thy wisdom. I will cast thee down to the ground, and that in the sight of kings. ¹⁸ Thou hast defiled thy Sanctuary, with the great wickedness of thy unrighteous occupying. I will bring a fire from the midst of thee, to consume thee: and will make thee to ashes, in the sight of all them that look upon thee. ¹⁹ All they that have been acquainted with thee among the Heathen, shall be abashed at thee: seeing thou art so clean brought to naught, and comest no more up.'" ²⁰ And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, ²¹ "Thou son of man, set thy face against Sidon. Prophesy upon it, ²² and speak, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God Behold O Sidon, I will upon thee, and get me honour in thee: that it may be known how that I am the LORD, when I punish her, and get me honour in her. ²³ For I will send pestilence and blood shedding into her streets, so that those which be slain with the sword shall lie round about in the midst of her: and they shall know, that I am the LORD. ²⁴ She shall no more be a pricking thorn, and a hurting brier unto the house of Israel, nor unto them that lie round about her and hate her: and they shall know that I am the LORD. ²⁵ Thus sayeth the LORD God: When I gather the household of Israel together again from the nations among whom they be scattered: then shall I be sanctified in them in the sight of the Gentiles, and they shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob. ²⁶ They shall dwell safely therein, build houses, and plant vineyards. Yea, safely shall they dwell therein, when I have punished all those that despise them round about: and then shall they know that I am the LORD their God.