Ezekiel 26:5-15

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,
6 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[a] 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 his weapons.
10 His horses will be so many that they will cover you with dust. Your walls will tremble at the noise of the warhorses, wagons and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city whose walls have been broken through.
11 The hooves 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 takes place in you?

Cross References 23

  • 1. Ezekiel 27:32
  • 2. Ezekiel 47:10
  • 3. S Numbers 14:3; Ezekiel 29:19
  • 4. Zechariah 9:2-4
  • 5. Jeremiah 27:6; Jeremiah 39:1
  • 6. S Ezra 7:12; Daniel 2:37
  • 7. S Ezekiel 23:24; Nahum 2:3-4
  • 8. S Jeremiah 6:6
  • 9. S Jeremiah 33:4; Ezekiel 21:22
  • 10. S Ezekiel 21:22
  • 11. S Jeremiah 4:13; S Jeremiah 46:9; S Ezekiel 23:24
  • 12. Isaiah 5:28
  • 13. S Jeremiah 43:13
  • 14. S Isaiah 26:5
  • 15. Isaiah 23:8; S Jeremiah 4:7; Ezekiel 27:3-27; Ezekiel 28:8; Habakkuk 1:8
  • 16. S Jeremiah 7:34
  • 17. S Isaiah 23:7
  • 18. S Psalms 137:2; S Isaiah 14:11
  • 19. S Job 30:31; S Jeremiah 16:9; S Jeremiah 25:10; Revelation 18:22
  • 20. S Job 12:14; Malachi 1:4
  • 21. Isaiah 41:5; Ezekiel 27:35
  • 22. S Jeremiah 49:21
  • 23. S Job 24:12

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Hebrew "Nebuchadrezzar," of which "Nebuchadnezzar" is a variant; here and often in Ezekiel and Jeremiah
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