Prophecy Against Tyre

Ezekiel 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, a because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, b '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 c make her like the top of a rock. 5 'It shall be a place for spreading nets d 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. e 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 f Nebuchadnezzar 1 king of Babylon, g 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 h heap up a siege mound against you, build a wall against you, and raise a 2 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 i 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 j midst of the water. 13 k 'I will put an end to the sound of l your songs, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more. 14 m '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 n shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when slaughter is made in the midst of you? 16 'Then all the o princes of the sea will p come down from their thrones, lay aside their robes, and take off their embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves with trembling; q they will sit on the ground, r tremble every moment, and s be astonished at you.

17 'And they will take up a t lamentation for you, and say to you:
"How you have perished,
O one inhabited by seafaring men,
O renowned city,
Who was u strong at sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants! 18 Now v 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 w 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 x in the land of the living. 21 y 'I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; z though you are sought for, you will never be found again,' says the Lord GOD."

  1. Cross References
    2 Samuel 5:11
    Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters and masons. And they built David a house.
    Isaiah 23:1
    The burden against Tyre. Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, So that there is no house, no harbor; From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them.
    Jeremiah 25:22
    All the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are across the sea.
    Amos 1:9
    Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, And did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.
    Zechariah 9:2
    Also against Hamath, which borders on it, And against Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 25:3
    Say to the Ammonites, 'Hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you said, 'Aha!' against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into captivity.
  3. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:14
    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.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:32
    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?
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 25:5
    "And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels and Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you shall know that I am the LORD."
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 27:3 - 6
    And send them to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
    Ezekiel 29:18
    Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder rubbed raw; yet neither he nor his army received wages from Tyre, for the labor which they expended on it.
  7. Cross References
    Ezra 7:12
    Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, a scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Perfect peace, and so forth.
    Isaiah 10:8
    For he says, ' Are not my princes altogether kings?
    Jeremiah 52:32
    And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon.
    Daniel 2:37
    You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory.
    Daniel 2:47
    The king answered Daniel, and said, "Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret.
  8. Cross References
    Jeremiah 52:4
    Now it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around.
    Ezekiel 21:22
    In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem: to set up battering rams, to call for a slaughter, to lift the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a siege mound, and to build a wall.
  9. Cross References
    Habakkuk 1:8
    Their horses also are swifter than leopards, And more fierce than evening wolves. Their chargers charge ahead; Their cavalry comes from afar; They fly as the eagle that hastens to eat.
  10. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:27
    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.
    Ezekiel 27:32
    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?
  11. Cross References
    Isaiah 14:11
    Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, And the sound of your stringed instruments; The maggot is spread under you, And worms cover you.
    Isaiah 24:8
    The mirth of the tambourine ceases, The noise of the jubilant ends, The joy of the harp ceases.
    Jeremiah 7:34
    Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. For the land shall be desolate.
    Jeremiah 25:10
    Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.
    Amos 6:5
    Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments, And invent for yourselves musical instruments like David.
  12. Cross References
    Isaiah 23:16
    "Take a harp, go about the city, You forgotten harlot; Make sweet melody, sing many songs, That you may be remembered."
    Ezekiel 28:13
    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.
    Revelation 18:22
    The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore.
  13. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:4
    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.
    Ezekiel 26:5
    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.
  14. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:21
    The earth shakes at the noise of their fall; At the cry its noise is heard at the Red Sea.
    Ezekiel 27:28
    The common-land will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.
  15. Cross References
    Isaiah 23:8
    Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, Whose merchants are princes, Whose traders are the honorable of the earth?
  16. Cross References
    Jonah 3:6
    Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes.
  17. Cross References
    Job 2:13
    So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
  18. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:10
    'Yes, I will make many peoples astonished at you, and their kings shall be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and they shall tremble every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall.'
    Hosea 11:10
    They shall walk after the LORD. He will roar like a lion. When He roars, Then His sons shall come trembling from the west.
  19. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:35
    All the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you; Their kings will be greatly afraid, And their countenance will be troubled.
  20. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:2 - 36
    Now, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre.
    Revelation 18:9
    The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning.
  21. Cross References
    Joshua 19:29
    And the border turned to Ramah and to the fortified city of Tyre; then the border turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea by the region of Achzib.
    Isaiah 23:4
    Be ashamed, O Sidon; For the sea has spoken, The strength of the sea, saying, "I do not labor, nor bring forth children; Neither do I rear young men, Nor bring up virgins.
  22. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:15
    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?
  23. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:18
    Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, And cast them down to the depths of the earth, Her and the daughters of the famous nations, With those who go down to the Pit:
  24. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:23
    Her graves are set in the recesses of the Pit, And her company is all around her grave, All of them slain, fallen by the sword, Who caused terror in the land of the living.
  25. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:36
    The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever.' " '
    Ezekiel 28:19
    All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you; You have become a horror, And shall be no more forever." '
  26. Cross References
    Psalms 37:10
    For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, But it shall be no more.
    Psalms 37:36
    Yet he passed away, and behold, he was no more; Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.
    Ezekiel 28:19
    All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you; You have become a horror, And shall be no more forever."
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