(KJV) Ezekiel 26¹

⥃A Prophecy against Tyre ^{[ Isaiah 23:1–18 ]}

[1] And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first [day] of the month, [that] the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,² [2] Son of man, because that Tyrus³ hath said against Jerusalem, Aha⁴, she is broken [that was] the gates⁵ of the people: she is⁶ turned unto me: I shall be replenished, [now] she is laid waste: [3] Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold⁷, I [am⁸] against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many⁹ nations to come up against thee, as the sea¹⁰ causeth his waves to come up. [4] And they shall destroy¹¹ the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I¹² will also scrape her dust from her, and make¹³ her like the top of a rock. [5] It shall be [a place for] the spreading¹⁴ of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken [it], saith the Lord God: and it¹⁵ shall become a spoil to the nations. [6] And her daughters¹⁶ which [are] in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they¹⁷ shall know that I [am] the Lord.

[7] [¶]For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will¹⁸ bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king¹⁹ of kings, from the north, with horses²⁰, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people. [8] He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make²¹ a fort against thee, and cast a mount²² against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee. [9] And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.²³ [10] By reason of the abundance²⁴ of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake²⁵ at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter²⁶ into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach²⁷. [11] With the hoofs²⁸ of his horses shall he tread down all thy²⁹ streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground. [12] And they shall make a spoil³⁰ of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise³¹: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses³²: and they shall lay³³ thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water. [13] And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.³⁴ [14] And I will³⁵ make thee like³⁶ the top of a rock: thou shalt be [a place] to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built³⁷ no more: for I³⁸ the Lord have spoken [it], saith the Lord God.

[15] Thus saith the Lord God to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake³⁹ at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee? [16] Then all the princes⁴⁰ of the sea shall come⁴¹ down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe⁴² themselves with trembling⁴³; they shall sit⁴⁴ upon the ground, and shall tremble⁴⁵ at [every] moment, and be astonished⁴⁶ at thee. [17] And they shall take⁴⁷ up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art⁴⁸ thou destroyed, [that wast] inhabited of seafaring men⁴⁹, the renowned city, which wast strong⁵⁰ in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror [to be] on all that haunt it! [18] Now shall the isles tremble⁵¹ in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that [are] in the sea shall be troubled at thy⁵² departure. [19] For thus saith the Lord God; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring⁵³ up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee; [20] When I shall bring⁵⁴ thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places⁵⁵ desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set⁵⁶ glory in the land⁵⁷ of the living; [21] I will make thee a terror⁵⁸, and thou [shalt be] no [more]: though⁵⁹ thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord God.