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In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
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"Son of man, because Tyre said concerning Jerusalem, 'Aha, the gate of the peoples is broken, it has swung open to me; I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste,'
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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.
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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.
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She shall be in the midst of the sea a place for the spreading of nets; for I have spoken, says the Lord GOD; and she shall become a spoil to the nations;
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and her daughters on the mainland shall be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
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"For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers.
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He will slay with the sword your daughters on the mainland; he will set up a siege wall against you, and throw up a mound against you, and raise a roof of shields against you.
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He will direct the shock of his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers.