¶¹And 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,

Son of man, because that Tyrus² hath said against Jerusalem, Aha³, she is broken that was the gates⁴ of the people: she is⁵ turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold,⁶ I am⁷ against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many⁸ nations to come up against thee, as the sea⁹ causeth his waves to come up.

And they shall destroy¹⁰ the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I¹¹ will also scrape her dust from her, and make¹² her like the top of a rock.

It shall be a place for the spreading¹³ of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it¹⁴ shall become a spoil to the nations.

And her daughters¹⁵ which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they¹⁶ shall know that I am the LORD.

For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will¹⁷ bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king¹⁸ of kings, from the north, with horses¹⁹, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.

He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make²⁰ a fort against thee, and cast a mount²¹ against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.

²²And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

¶ By reason of the abundance²³ of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake²⁴ at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter²⁵ into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach²⁶.

With the hoofs²⁷ of his horses shall he tread down all thy²⁸ streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.

And they shall make a spoil²⁹ of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise³⁰: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses³¹: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.

³³And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.

And I will³⁴ make thee like³⁵ the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built³⁶ no more: for I³⁷ the LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake³⁸ at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

Then all the princes³⁹ of the sea shall come⁴⁰ down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe⁴¹ themselves with trembling⁴²; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble⁴³ at every moment, and be astonished⁴⁴ at thee.

And they shall take⁴⁵ up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art⁴⁶ thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men⁴⁷, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!

Now shall the isles tremble⁴⁸ in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy⁴⁹ departure.

For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring⁵⁰ up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;

¶ When I shall bring⁵¹ 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 places⁵² desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set⁵³ glory in the land⁵⁴ of the living;

I will make thee a terror⁵⁵, and thou shalt be no more: though⁵⁶ thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.