預言泰爾遭審判
1第十一年十一月一日，耶和華對我說： 2「人子啊，泰爾譏笑耶路撒冷說，『哈哈！那通往列國的門戶已遭破壞，城門向我大開，她已荒涼，我必興盛。』 3所以主耶和華說，『泰爾啊，我要跟你作對，我要激起多國來攻擊你，就像大海掀起波浪一樣。 4他們要破壞你的牆垣，拆毀你的城樓。我要鏟淨你的瓦礫，使你成為光禿禿的磐石， 5在海中做曬網的地方，你必被列國擄掠，因為我已宣告。這是主耶和華說的。 6你陸地上的居民必死於刀下，這樣你就知道我是耶和華。』
7「主耶和華說，『我要使那王中之王的巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒率領大隊人馬、戰車和騎兵從北方來攻打泰爾。 8他必用刀劍殺戮你陸地上的居民，建壘築臺圍困你，舉著盾牌攻擊你。 9他必用撞城錘擊破你的城牆，用鐵錘搗毀你的城樓。 10他人馬眾多，揚起的塵土足以遮蓋你。他要攻破你的城池，進入你的城門，他的騎兵、軍需車和戰車要震動你的城牆。 11他戰馬的鐵蹄必踏遍你的街道。他必揮刀屠殺你的居民，推倒你堅固的神柱， 12掠奪你的財物，摧毀你的城牆，夷平你華麗的房屋，把你的石頭、木頭和瓦礫拋到海裡。 13我必使你的歌聲消逝，琴音斷絕。 14我要使你成為光禿禿的磐石，做曬網的地方，你必不得重建，因為我耶和華已經宣告。這是主耶和華說的。』
15「主耶和華對泰爾這樣說，『你傾覆的時候，你中間的殺戮聲和受傷之人的慘叫聲豈不震動沿海地區嗎？ 16沿海諸王因你而恐懼，都從寶座上下來，除去王袍，脫掉錦衣，坐在地上發抖。 17他們必為你唱哀歌說，
『你這海上眾民居住的名城，
向來稱雄海上，威震鄰邦，
現在怎麼被毀滅了呢？
18你傾覆的日子，
沿海各國都戰戰兢兢，
眾海島看見你被毀滅，
都心驚膽戰。』
19「主耶和華說，『我要使你成為荒無人煙的城邑，我要使海水上升淹沒你。 20那時，我要使你與那些墮入陰間的人一同下到作古之人那裡，使你與那些墮入陰間的人一同住在大地深處久已荒涼的地方，好讓你荒無人煙，在活人之地毫無尊榮。 21我使你遭受可怕的災難，你便不復存在，就是有人尋找你，也永遠找不到，這是主耶和華說的。』」
A prophecy against Tyre
1In the eleventh month of the twelfth26:1 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have month of the twelfth. 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; now that she lies in ruins I will prosper,” 3therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the sea casting up its waves. 4They will destroy the walls of Tyre and pull down her towers; I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock. 5Out in the sea she will become a place to spread fishing nets, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. She will become plunder for the nations, 6and 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 Nebuchadnezzar26:7 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, of which Nebuchadnezzar is a variant; here and often in Ezekiel and Jeremiah king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with horsemen and a great army. 8He 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. 9He will direct the blows of his battering-rams against your walls and demolish your towers with his weapons. 10His 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. 11The 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. 12They 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. 13I will put an end to your noisy songs, and the music of your harps will be heard no more. 14I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread fishing nets. 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? 16Then all the princes of the coast 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. 17Then they will take up a lament concerning you and say to you:
‘ “How you are destroyed, 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.
18Now 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, 20then 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 place26:20 Septuagint; Hebrew return, and I will give glory in the land of the living. 21I 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.’
