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Verse 1

And it came to pass in the eleventh{H6249} year,{H8141} in the first{H259} [day] of the month,{H2320} that the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came unto me, saying,{H559}

Verse 2

Son{H1121} of man,{H120} because that Tyre{H6865} hath said{H559} against Jerusalem,{H3389} Aha,{H1889} she is broken{H7665} [that was] the gate{H1817} of the peoples;{H5971} she is turned{H5437} unto me; I shall be replenished,{H4390} now that she is laid waste:{H2717}

Verse 3

therefore thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3069} Behold, I am against thee, O Tyre,{H6865} and will cause many{H7227} nations{H1471} to come up{H5927} against thee, as the sea{H3220} causeth its waves{H1530} to come up.{H5927}

Verse 4

And they shall destroy{H7843} the walls{H2346} of Tyre,{H6865} and break down{H2040} her towers:{H4026} I will also scrape{H5500} her dust{H6083} from her, and make{H5414} her a bare{H6706} rock.{H5553}

Verse 5

She shall be a place for the spreading{H4894} of nets{H2764} in the midst{H8432} of the sea;{H3220} for I have spoken{H1696} it, saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah;{H3069} and she shall become a spoil{H957} to the nations.{H1471}

Verse 6

And her daughters{H1323} that are in the field{H7704} shall be slain{H2026} with the sword:{H2719} and they shall know{H3045} that I am Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 7

For thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Behold, I will bring{H935} upon Tyre{H6865} Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} king{H4428} of kings,{H4428} from the north,{H6828} with horses,{H5483} and with chariots,{H7393} and with horsemen,{H6571} and a company,{H6951} and much{H7227} people.{H5971}

Verse 8

He shall slay{H2026} with the sword{H2719} thy daughters{H1323} in the field;{H7704} and he shall make{H5414} forts{H1785} against thee, and cast{H8210} up a mound{H5550} against thee, and raise up{H6965} the buckler{H6793} against thee.

Verse 9

And he shall set{H5414} his battering{H6904} engines{H4239} against thy walls,{H2346} and with his axes{H2719} he shall break down{H5422} thy towers.{H4026}

Verse 10

By reason of the abundance{H8229} of his horses{H5483} their dust{H80} shall cover{H3680} thee: thy walls{H2346} shall shake{H7493} at the noise{H6963} of the horsemen,{H6571} and of the wagons,{H1534} and of the chariots,{H7393} when he shall enter{H935} into thy gates,{H8179} as men enter{H3996} into a city{H5892} wherein is made a breach.{H1234}

Verse 11

With the hoofs{H6541} of his horses{H5483} shall he tread down{H7429} all thy streets;{H2351} he shall slay{H2026} thy people{H5971} with the sword;{H2719} and the pillars{H4676} of thy strength{H5797} shall go down{H3381} to the ground.{H776}

Verse 12

And they shall make a spoil{H7997} of thy riches,{H2428} and make a prey{H962} of thy merchandise;{H7404} and they shall break down{H2040} thy walls,{H2346} and destroy{H5422} thy pleasant{H2532} houses;{H1004} and they shall lay{H7760} thy stones{H68} and thy timber{H6086} and thy dust{H6083} in the midst{H8432} of the waters.{H4325}

Verse 13

And I will cause the noise{H1995} of thy songs{H7892} to cease;{H7673} and the sound{H6963} of thy harps{H3658} shall be no more heard.{H8085}

Verse 14

And I will make{H5414} thee a bare{H6706} rock;{H5553} thou shalt be a place{H4894} for the spreading{H4894} of nets;{H2764} thou shalt be built{H1129} no more: for I Jehovah{H3068} have spoken{H1696} it, saith{H5002} the Lord{H3068} Jehovah.{H136}

Verse 15

Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah{H3069} to Tyre:{H6865} shall not the isles{H339} shake{H7493} at the sound{H6963} of thy fall,{H4658} when the wounded{H2491} groan,{H602} when the slaughter{H2027} is made{H2026} in the midst{H8432} of thee?

Verse 16

Then all the princes{H5387} of the sea{H3220} shall come down{H3381} from their thrones,{H3678} and lay aside{H5493} their robes,{H4598} and strip off{H6584} their broidered{H7553} garments:{H899} they shall clothe{H3847} themselves with trembling;{H2731} they shall sit{H3427} upon the ground,{H776} and shall tremble{H2729} every moment,{H7281} and be astonished{H8074} at thee.

Verse 17

And they shall take up{H5375} a lamentation{H7015} over thee, and say{H559} to thee, How art thou destroyed,{H6} that wast inhabited{H3427} by seafaring men,{H3220} the renowned{H1984} city,{H5892} that was strong{H2389} in the sea,{H3220} she and her inhabitants,{H3427} that caused{H5414} their terror{H2851} to be on all that dwelt{H3427} there!

Verse 18

Now shall the isles{H339} tremble{H2729} in the day{H3117} of thy fall;{H4658} yea, the isles{H339} that are in the sea{H3220} shall be dismayed{H926} at thy departure.{H3318}

Verse 19

For thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H136} When I shall make{H5414} thee a desolate{H2717} city,{H5892} like the cities{H5892} that are not inhabited;{H3427} when I shall bring up{H5927} the deep{H8415} upon thee, and the great{H7227} waters{H4325} shall cover{H3680} thee;

Verse 20

then will I bring thee down{H3381} with them that descend{H3381} into the pit,{H953} to the people{H5971} of old time,{H5769} and will make thee to dwell in the nether parts{H8482} of the earth,{H776} in the places{H8482} that are desolate{H2723} of old,{H5769} with them that go down{H3381} to the pit,{H953} that thou be not inhabited;{H3427} and I will set{H5414} glory{H6643} in the land{H776} of the living.{H2416}

Verse 21

I will make{H5414} thee a terror,{H1091} and thou shalt no more have any being; though thou be sought for,{H1245} yet shalt thou never{H5769} be found{H4672} again, saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}

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