A
Prophecy Against Tyre
In
the eleventh year, on the first day of the month,
The
Word of the Lord came to me:
2
'Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem,
'Aha!
The Gate to the Nations is broken,
And
its doors have swung open to me;
No
that she lies in ruins I will Prosper,'
3
THEREFORE THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS:
I
am against you, O Tyre,
And
I will bring many Nations against you,
Like
the sea casting up its waves.
4
They will destroy the walls of Tyre
And
pull down her towers;
I
will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock.
5
Out in the sea she will become a place to spread fishnets,
For
I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.
She
will become Plunder for the Nations,
And
her settlements on the mainland will be Ravaged by the Sword.
THEN
THEY WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD.
7
FOR THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS:
From
the north I am going to bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar
King
of Babylon, king of kings,
With
horses and chariots with horsemen and a great army.
8
He will Ravage your settlements on the mainland with the Sword;
He
will set up Siege Works against you,
Build
a ramp up to your walls and raise his shields against you.
9
He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls
And
Demolish your towers with with his weapons.
10
His horses will be so may that they will cover you with dust.
Your
walls will tremble at the noise of the war horses,
Wagons
and chariots when he enters your gates
As
men enter a City whose wall have been broken through.
11
The hoofs of his horses will trample all your streets;
He
will Kill your people with the Sword,
And
your strong pillars will fall to the ground.
12
They will Plunder your wealth and loot your merchandise;
They
will break down your walls and Demolish your fine houses
And
throw your stones, timber and rubble into the sea.
13
I will put an End to your noisy songs,
And
the music of ;your harps will be heard no more.
14
I will make you a bare rock,
And
you will become a place to spread fishnets.
You
will never be rebuilt,
FOR
I THE LORD HAVE SPOKEN, DECLARES THE SOVEREIGN LORD.
15
'THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS TO TYRE:
Will
not the coastlands tremble at the sound of your fall,
When
the wounded groan and the slaughter take place in you?
16
Then the Princes of the seacoast
Will
step down from their thrones and lay aside their robes
And
take off their embroidered garments.
Clothed
with Terror, they will sit on the ground,
Trembling
every moment, appalled at you.
17
Then they will take up a lament concerning you
And
say to you:
'How
you are Destroyed, O City of renown,
Peopled
by men of the sea!
You
were a Power on the seas,
You
and your citizens;
You
put your Terror on all who lived there.
18
Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall;
The
islands in the sea are Terrified at your collapse.'
19
THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS:
When
I make you a Desolate City,
Like
cities no longer inhabited,
And
when I bring the ocean depths over you
And
its vast waters cover you,
20
Then I will bring you down with those who go down to the Pit,
To
the people of long ago.
I
will make you Dwell in the Earth Below, as in Ancient Ruins,
With
those who go down to the Pit,
And
you will not return or take your place
In
the land of the living.
21
I will bring you to a Horrible End
And
you will be No More.
You
will be sought, but you will never again be found,
DECLARES
THE SOVEREIGN LORD.”
(Ezekiel
26)
God
Almighty is Absolutely Sovereign over the Nations.
He
raises one up and He tears one down
According
to His Perfect Justice
And
His Plan and Purposes.
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