VIN(i)
1 Now in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
2 Son of man, because Tyre hath said of Jerusalem: Aha, the gates of the people are broken, she is turned to me: I shall be filled, now she is laid waste.
3 "Therefore the Sovereign LORD says: 'I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
4 "'They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her debris from her and make her a bare rock.
5 She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the middle of the sea; for I have spoken it,' says the Sovereign LORD. 'She will become plunder for the nations.
6 "'Her daughters on the mainland will be killed by the sword. They will know that I am the LORD.'
7 For thus says the Sovereign LORD: Behold, I will bring on Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, with chariots, with horsemen and a company, and many people.
8 '"He will slay your daughters on the mainland with the sword. He will make siege walls against you, cast up a ramp against you and raise up a large shield against you.
9 "'He will direct the blow of his battering rams against your walls. He will break down your towers with his axes.
10 By reason of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen, of the wagons, and of the chariots, when he enters into your gates, as men enter into a city which is broken open.
11 "'The hoofs of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slay your people with the sword and your strong pillars will come down to the ground.
12 "'They will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. They will throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water.'
13 "'So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps 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 built no more, for I the LORD have spoken,' declares the Sovereign LORD.
15 "The Sovereign LORD says to Tyre: 'Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter occurs in your midst?
16 '"Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones and remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground, tremble every moment and be appalled at you.
17 And they shall take up a lament for you and say to you, How you are perished, who lived by the seas, the city well praised, which was strong in the sea, she and her dwellers, who put their terror on all her dwellers!
18 Now the islands tremble in the day of your ruin; yes, the islands in the sea terrify at your departure.
19 "The Sovereign LORD says: 'When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you,
20 then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit (grave), to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth. It will be like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit (grave), so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set glory in the land of the living.
21 "I will bring terrors on you and you will be no more. Though you will be sought, you will never be found again,' declares the Sovereign LORD."