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THE JUDGMENT
OF TYRE
Ezekiel 26:1 - 28:19
Proclamation Against Tyre
26:1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, on
the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
(2) "Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, 'Aha! She is
broken who was the gateway of the peoples; now she is turned over to me; I shall
be filled; she is laid waste.'
(3) "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Behold, I am
against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the
sea causes its waves to come up. (4) And they shall destroy the
walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her,
and make her like the top of a rock. (5) It shall be a place for
spreading nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,' says the Lord GOD;
'it shall become plunder for the nations. (6) Also her daughter
villages which are in the fields shall be slain by the sword. Then they shall
know that I am the LORD.'
(7) "For thus says the Lord GOD: 'Behold, I will bring
against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with
horses, with chariots, and with horsemen, and an army with many people.
(8) He will slay with the sword your daughter villages in the fields; he
will heap up a siege mound against you, build a wall against you, and raise a
defense against you. (9) He will direct his battering rams against
your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. (10)
Because of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you; your walls
will shake at the noise of the horsemen, the wagons, and the chariots, when he
enters your gates, as men enter a city that has been breached. (11)
With the hooves of his horses he will trample all your streets; he will slay
your people by the sword, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground.
(12) They will plunder your riches and pillage your merchandise; they will
break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; they will lay your
stones, your timber, and your soil in the midst of the water. (13) I
will put an end to the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps shall be
heard no more. (14) I will make you like the top of a rock; you
shall be a place for spreading nets, and you shall never be rebuilt, for I the LORD
have spoken,' says the Lord GOD.
(15) "Thus says the Lord GOD to Tyre: 'Will the coastlands
not shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when slaughter is
made in the midst of you? (16) Then all the princes of the sea will
come down from their thrones, lay aside their robes, and take off their
embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit
on the ground, tremble every moment, and be astonished at you. (17)
And they will take up a lamentation for you, and say to you:
"How you have perished,
O one inhabited by seafaring men,
O renowned city,
Who was strong at sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!
(18) Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall;
Yes, the coastlands by the sea are troubled at your departure."' |
(19) "For thus says the Lord GOD: 'When I make you a
desolate city, like cities that are not inhabited, when I bring the deep upon
you, and great waters cover you, (20) then I will bring you down
with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of old, and I will make you
dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in places desolate from antiquity, with
those who go down to the Pit, so that you may never be inhabited; and I shall
establish glory in the land of the living. (21) I will make you a
terror, and you shall be no more; though you are sought for, you will never be
found again,' says the Lord GOD."
Lamentation for Tyre
27:1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
(2) "Now, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre, (3) and
say to Tyre, 'You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the
peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord GOD:
"O Tyre, you have said,
'I am perfect in beauty.'
(4) Your borders are in the midst of the seas.
Your builders have perfected your beauty.
(5) They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir;
They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast.
(6) Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars;
The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks
With ivory from the coasts of Cyprus.
(7) Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your
sail;
Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you. |
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(8) "Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your
oarsmen;
Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you;
They became your pilots.
(9) Elders of Gebal and its wise men
Were in you to caulk your seams;
All the ships of the sea
And their oarsmen were in you
To market your merchandise. |
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(10) "Those from Persia, Lydia, and Libya
Were in your army as men of war;
They hung shield and helmet in you;
They gave splendor to you.
(11) Men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around,
And the men of Gammad were in your towers;
They hung their shields on your walls all around;
They made your beauty perfect. |
(12) "Tarshish was your merchant because of your many
luxury goods. They gave you silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods.
(13) Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They bartered human
lives and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. (14) Those from
the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses, steeds, and mules.
(15) The men of Dedan were your traders; many isles were the market of
your hand. They brought you ivory tusks and ebony as payment. (16)
Syria was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made. They gave
you for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidery, fine linen, corals, and rubies.
(17) Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded for your
merchandise wheat of Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and balm. (18)
Damascus was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made, because
of your many luxury items, with the wine of Helbon and with white wool.
(19) Dan and Javan paid for your wares, traversing back and forth. Wrought
iron, cassia, and cane were among your merchandise. (20) Dedan was
your merchant in saddlecloths for riding. (21) Arabia and all the
princes of Kedar were your regular merchants. They traded with you in lambs,
rams, and goats. (22) The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were your
merchants. They traded for your wares the choicest spices, all kinds of precious
stones, and gold. (23) Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba,
Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants. (24) These were your
merchants in choice items — in purple clothes, in embroidered garments, in
chests of multicolored apparel, in sturdy woven cords, which were in your
marketplace.
(25) "The ships of Tarshish were carriers of your
merchandise.
You were filled and very glorious in the midst of the seas.
(26) Your oarsmen brought you into many waters,
But the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas. |
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(27) "Your riches, wares, and merchandise,
Your mariners and pilots,
Your caulkers and merchandisers,
All your men of war who are in you,
And the entire company which is in your midst,
Will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin.
(28) The common-land will shake at the sound of the cry of your
pilots. |
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(29) "All who handle the oar,
The mariners,
All the pilots of the sea
Will come down from their ships and stand on the shore.
(30) They will make their voice heard because of you;
They will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads;
They will roll about in ashes;
(31) They will shave themselves completely bald because of you,
Gird themselves with sackcloth,
And weep for you
With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
(32) In their wailing for you
They will take up a lamentation,
And lament for you:
'What city is like Tyre,
Destroyed in the midst of the sea? |
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(33) 'When your wares went out by sea,
You satisfied many people;
You enriched the kings of the earth
With your many luxury goods and your merchandise.
(34) But you are broken by the seas in the depths of the waters;
Your merchandise and the entire company will fall in your midst.
(35) All the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you;
Their kings will be greatly afraid,
And their countenance will be troubled.
(36) The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you;
You will become a horror, and be no more forever.'"'" |
Proclamation Against the King of Tyre
28:1 The word of the LORD
came to me again, saying, (2) "Son of man, say to the prince of
Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD:
"Because your heart is lifted up,
And you say, 'I am a god,
I sit in the seat of gods,
In the midst of the seas,'
Yet you are a man, and not a god,
Though you set your heart as the heart of a god
(3) (Behold, you are wiser than Daniel!
There is no secret that can be hidden from you!
(4) With your wisdom and your understanding
You have gained riches for yourself,
And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
(5) By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches,
And your heart is lifted up because of your riches)," |
(6) 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
"Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god,
(7) Behold, therefore, I will bring strangers against you,
The most terrible of the nations;
And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom,
And defile your splendor.
(8) They shall throw you down into the Pit,
And you shall die the death of the slain
In the midst of the seas. |
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(9) "Will you still say before him who slays you,
'I am a god'?
But you shall be a man, and not a god,
In the hand of him who slays you.
(10) You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
By the hand of aliens;
For I have spoken," says the Lord GOD.'" |
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Lamentation for the King of Tyre
(11) Moreover the word of the LORD came to
me, saying, (12) "Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of
Tyre, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord GOD:
"You were the seal of perfection,
Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
(13) You were in Eden, the garden of God;
Every precious stone was your covering:
The sardius, topaz, and diamond,
Beryl, onyx, and jasper,
Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold.
The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes
Was prepared for you on the day you were created. |
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(14) "You were the anointed cherub who covers;
I established you;
You were on the holy mountain of God;
You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.
(15) You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created,
Till iniquity was found in you. |
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(16) "By the abundance of your trading
You became filled with violence within,
And you sinned;
Therefore I cast you as a profane thing
Out of the mountain of God;
And I destroyed you, O covering cherub,
From the midst of the fiery stones. |
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(17) "Your heart was lifted up because of your
beauty;
You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor;
I cast you to the ground,
I laid you before kings,
That they might gaze at you. |
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(18) "You defiled your sanctuaries
By the multitude of your iniquities,
By the iniquity of your trading;
Therefore I brought fire from your midst;
It devoured you,
And I turned you to ashes upon the earth
In the sight of all who saw you.
(19) All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you;
You have become a horror,
And shall be no more forever."'" |
(NKJV)
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