2* Son of man, because Tyre said of Jerusalem:

“Aha! The gateway of the peoples is smashed!

It has been turned over to me;

I will be enriched by its ruin!”a

3therefore thus says the Lord God:

See! I am coming against you, Tyre;

I will churn up against you many nations,

just as the sea churns up its waves.

4They will destroy the walls of Tyre

and tear down its towers;

I will scrape off its debris

and leave it a bare rock.*

5It will become a place for drying nets

in the midst of the sea.

For I have spoken—oracle of the Lord God:

she will become plunder for the nations.

6Her daughter cities* on the mainland

will be slaughtered by the sword;

then they shall know that I am the Lord.

7Indeed thus says the Lord God:

I am bringing up against Tyre

from the north, Nebuchadnezzar,

King of Babylon, king of kings,

with horses and chariots, with cavalry,

and a mighty horde of troops.b

8Your daughter cities on the mainland

he shall slay with the sword.

He shall build a siege wall around you,

throw up a ramp against you,

and raise his shields about you.

9He shall pound your walls with battering-rams

and break down your towers with his axes.

10From the surging of his horses

he will cover you with dust;

from the noise of warhorses,

wheels and chariots.

Your walls will shake

when he enters your gates,

even as one enters a city that is breached.

11With the hooves of his horses

he will trample all your streets;

Your people he will slay by the sword;

your mighty pillars will collapse.c

12They shall plunder your wealth

and pillage your goods;

They will tear down your walls

and demolish your splendid houses.

Your stones, timbers, and debris

they will cast into the sea.

13I will bring an end to the noise of your songs;

the music of your lyres will be heard no more.

14I will turn you into bare rock,

you will become a place for drying nets.

You shall never be rebuilt,

for I the Lord have spoken—

oracle of the Lord God.

15Thus says the Lord God to Tyre:

At the sound of your downfall,

at the groaning of the wounded,

When victims are slain within you,

will the islands not quake?

16All the princes of the sea*

will step down from their thrones,

Lay aside their robes,

and strip off their embroidered garments.

Clothed in mourning,

they will sit on the ground

And tremble, horror-struck

and appalled at you.d

17They will raise lament* over you

and say to you:

How you have perished,

gone from the seas,

Renowned City!

Once she was mighty on the sea,

she and her inhabitants,

Those who spread their terror

to all who dwelt nearby.e

18On this, the day of your fall,

the islands quake!

The islands in the sea

are terrified at your passing.

19Indeed thus says the Lord God:

When I make you a ruined city

like cities no longer inhabited,

When I churn up the deep

and its mighty waters cover you,

20Then I will thrust you down

with those who go down to the pit,*

to those of the bygone age;

I will make you dwell in the netherworld,

in the everlasting ruins,

with those who have gone down to the pit,

So you will never return

or have a place in the land of the living.f

21I will make you a horror,

and you shall be no more;

You shall be sought for,

but never found again—

oracle of the Lord God.