Ezekiel:26

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* In the eleventh year , on the first day of the month , the word of the LORD came to me : * "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 ,' * 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 . * 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 . * 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 ; * and her daughters on the mainland shall be slain by the sword . Then they will know that I am the LORD . * "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 . * 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 . * He will direct the shock of his battering rams against your walls , and with his axes he will break down your towers . * 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 one enters a city which has been breached . * With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets ; he will slay your people with the sword ; and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground . * They will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise ; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses ; your stones and timber and soil they will cast into the midst of the waters . * And I will stop the music of your songs , and the sound of your lyres shall be heard no more . * I will make you a bare rock ; you shall be a place for the spreading of nets ; you shall never be rebuilt ; for I the LORD have spoken , says the Lord GOD . * "Thus says the Lord GOD to Tyre : Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall , when the wounded groan , when slaughter is made in the midst of you ? * Then all the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones , and remove their robes , and strip off their embroidered garments ; they will clothe themselves with trembling ; they will sit upon the ground and tremble every moment , and be appalled at you . * And they will raise a lamentation over you , and say to you , `How you have vanished from the seas , O city renowned , that was mighty on the sea , you and your inhabitants , who imposed your terror on all the mainland ! * Now the isles tremble on the day of your fall ; yea , the isles that are in the sea are dismayed at your passing .' * "For thus says the Lord GOD : When I make you a city laid waste , like the cities that are not inhabited , when I bring up the deep over you , and the great waters cover you , * then I will thrust you down with those who descend into the Pit , to the people of old , and I will make you to dwell in the nether world , among primeval ruins , with those who go down to the Pit , so that you will not be inhabited or have a place in the land of the living . * I will bring you to a dreadful end , and you shall be no more ; though you be sought for , you will never be found again , says the Lord GOD ."

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