Prophecy Against Tyre

Ezekiel 26

1 i In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 j "Son of man, because k Tyre said concerning Jerusalem, l 'Aha, the gate of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste,' 3 therefore thus says the Lord God: m Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will bring up n many nations against you, o as the sea brings up its waves. 4 They shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers, and I will scrape her soil from her and p make her a bare rock. 5 She q shall be in the midst of the sea a place for the spreading of nets, r for I have spoken, declares the Lord God. And she shall become plunder for the nations, 6 and her daughters on the mainland shall be killed by the sword. s Then they will know that I am the Lord.

7 "For thus says the Lord God: t Behold, I will bring against Tyre u from the north Nebuchadnezzar 1 king of Babylon, v king of kings, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers. 8 He will kill with the sword w your daughters on the mainland. x He will set up a siege wall against you and throw up a mound against you, and raise y a roof of shields against you. 9 z He will direct the shock of his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. 10 His horses will be so many that their dust will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen and wagons and chariots, when he enters your gates as men enter a city that has been breached. 11 With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground. 12 They will plunder a your riches and loot a your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. Your stones and timber and b soil they will cast into the midst of the waters. 13 c And I will stop the music of your songs, and d the sound of your lyres shall be heard no more. 14 p I will make you a bare rock. q You shall be a place for the spreading of nets. You shall never be rebuilt, r for I am the Lord; I have spoken, declares the Lord God.

15 "Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: Will not e the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, f when the wounded groan, when slaughter is made in your midst? 16 Then all g the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones and h remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; i they will sit on the ground and j tremble every moment and k be appalled at you.

17 And they will l raise a lamentation over you and say to you,
"'How you have perished,
you who were inhabited from the seas,
O city renowned,
m who was mighty on the sea;
she and her inhabitants n imposed their terror
on all her inhabitants!
 18 Now the coastlands tremble
on the day of your fall,
and the coastlands that are on the sea
are dismayed at your passing.'

19 "For thus says the Lord God: When I make you a city laid waste, like the cities that are not inhabited, o when I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters cover you, 20 then p I will make you go down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you to dwell in the world below, among ruins from of old, p with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set beauty q in the land of the living. 21 I will bring you r to a dreadful end, and you shall be no more. s Though you be sought for, you will never be found again, declares the Lord God."

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:1
    In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 23:1 - 18
    The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor! From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them.
  4. 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!' over my sanctuary when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and over the house of Judah when they went into exile.
    Ezekiel 36:2
    Thus says the Lord God : Because the enemy said of you, 'Aha!' and, 'The ancient heights have become our possession.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 13:8
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : "Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, I am against you, declares the Lord God.
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:3
    Thus says the Lord God : I will throw my net over you with a host of many peoples, and they will haul you up in my dragnet.
    Jeremiah 34:1
    The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army and all the kingdoms of the earth under his dominion and all the peoples were fighting against Jerusalem and all of its cities:
  7. Cross References
    Lamentations 2:13
    What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is vast as the sea; who can heal you?
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 24:7
    For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on the bare rock; she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust.
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 47:10
    Fishermen will stand beside the sea. From Engedi to Eneglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets. Its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.
  10. Cross References
    Ezekiel 17:24
    And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord ; I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am the Lord ; I have spoken, and I will do it.
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:7
    And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 29:18
    Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was rubbed bare, yet neither he nor his army got anything from Tyre to pay for the labor that he had performed against her.
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 1:14
    Then the Lord said to me, "Out of the north disaster shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land.
  14. Cross References
    Ezra 7:12
    Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven. Peace. And now
    Daniel 2:37
    You, O king, the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory.
    Hosea 8:10
    Though they hire allies among the nations, I will soon gather them up. And the king and princes shall soon writhe because of the tribute.
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:6
    And her daughters on the mainland shall be killed by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 4:2
    And put siegeworks against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it. Set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.
  17. Cross References
    2 Kings 19:32
    Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it.
  18. Cross References
    Ezekiel 4:2
    And put siegeworks against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it. Set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.
    Ezekiel 21:22
    Into his right hand comes the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth with murder, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build siege towers.
  19. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:12 - 24
    Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your wares.
  20. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:12 - 24
    Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your wares.
  21. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:4
    They shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers, and I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock.
  22. Cross References
    Isaiah 24:8
    The mirth of the tambourines is stilled, the noise of the jubilant has ceased, the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
    Jeremiah 7:34
    And I will silence in the cities of Judah and in 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 become a waste.
    Jeremiah 16:9
    For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will silence in this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
  23. Cross References
    Isaiah 5:12
    They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord, or see the work of his hands.
    Isaiah 23:16
    "Take a harp; go about the city, O forgotten prostitute! Make sweet melody; sing many songs, that you may be remembered."
  24. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:4
    They shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers, and I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock.
  25. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:5
    She shall be in the midst of the sea a place for the spreading of nets, for I have spoken, declares the Lord God. And she shall become plunder for the nations.
  26. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:5
    She shall be in the midst of the sea a place for the spreading of nets, for I have spoken, declares the Lord God. And she shall become plunder for the nations.
  27. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:35
    All the inhabitants of the coastlands are appalled at you, and the hair of their kings bristles with horror; their faces are convulsed.
  28. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:52
    Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will execute judgment upon her images, and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
  29. Cross References
    Isaiah 23:8
    Who has purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
  30. Cross References
    Jonah 3:6
    The word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
  31. Cross References
    Isaiah 3:26
    And her gates shall lament and mourn; empty, she shall sit on the ground.
  32. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:10
    I will make many peoples appalled at you, and the hair of their kings shall bristle with horror because of you, when I brandish my sword before them. They shall tremble every moment, every one for his own life, on the day of your downfall.
  33. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:35
    All the inhabitants of the coastlands are appalled at you, and the hair of their kings bristles with horror; their faces are convulsed.
  34. Cross References
    Ezekiel 19:1
    And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel.
    Ezekiel 27:2
    Now you, son of man, raise a lamentation over Tyre.
    Ezekiel 27:32
    In their wailing they raise a lamentation for you and lament over you: 'Who is like Tyre, like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?
    Revelation 18:9
    And the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning.
  35. Cross References
    Isaiah 23:4
    Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying: "I have neither labored nor given birth, I have neither reared young men nor brought up young women.
  36. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:23
    Whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit; and her company is all around her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who spread terror in the land of the living.
  37. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:3
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
    Ezekiel 27:34
    Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your crew in your midst have sunk with you.
  38. Cross References
    Ezekiel 31:14
    All this is in order that no trees by the waters may grow to towering height or set their tops among the clouds, and that no trees that drink water may reach up to them in height. For they are all given over to death, to the world below, among the children of man, with those who go down to the pit.
    Ezekiel 31:16
    I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit. And all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the world below.
    Ezekiel 32:18
    Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, and send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit:
    Ezekiel 32:24
    Elam is there, and all her multitude around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into the world below, who spread their terror in the land of the living; and they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.
  39. Cross References
    Ezekiel 31:14
    All this is in order that no trees by the waters may grow to towering height or set their tops among the clouds, and that no trees that drink water may reach up to them in height. For they are all given over to death, to the world below, among the children of man, with those who go down to the pit.
    Ezekiel 31:16
    I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit. And all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the world below.
    Ezekiel 32:18
    Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, and send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit:
    Ezekiel 32:24
    Elam is there, and all her multitude around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into the world below, who spread their terror in the land of the living; and they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.
  40. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:23
    Whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit; and her company is all around her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who spread terror in the land of the living.
    Ezekiel 32:27
    And they do not lie with the mighty, the fallen from among the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were laid under their heads, and whose iniquities are upon their bones; for the terror of the mighty men was in the land of the living.
    Ezekiel 32:32
    For I spread terror in the land of the living; and he shall be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord God.
    Psalms 27:13
    I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living!
  41. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:36
    The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more forever.'
    Ezekiel 28:19
    All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more forever.
  42. Cross References
    Psalms 37:36
    But he passed away, and behold, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found.
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