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 fishnets, 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 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? 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.”
Profetier mod Tyrus
1I det 11. år af vores eksil, på den første dag i måneden,26,1 Månedens navn er sandsynligvis faldet ud ved en fejlkopiering. sagde Herren til mig:
2„Du menneske, Tyrus godtede sig over Jerusalems fald og mente, at byens ødelæggelse ville blive til gavn for deres handel. 3Derfor siger Gud Herren: Jeg vender mig imod dig, Tyrus, og lader fremmede folk skylle ind over dig, som havets bølger slår ind over din kyst. 4De ødelægger dine mure og river dine fæstningsværker ned. Jeg fejer støvet bort, så kun den nøgne klippe er tilbage. 5Du bliver en ubeboet ø, en tørreplads for fiskernes net. Jeg har talt, siger Gud Herren. Du bliver bytte for fremmede folkeslag, 6og dine forstæder på fastlandet falder i krigen. Da vil du indse, at jeg er Herren.
7Jeg sender Nebukadnezar, Babylons store konge, imod dig fra nord med en mægtig hær af ryttere og stridsvogne. 8Først falder småbyerne på fastlandet. Så laver han angrebsramper imod dig, bygger belejringsvolde og løfter et lag af skjolde. 9Rambukke vil bryde dine mure ned og jernstænger brække dine tårne i stykker. 10Hestenes hove vil rejse en støvsky, der dækker byen, og murene vil skælve ved larmen fra stridsvognene og hestene, når de kører ind gennem hullet i bymuren. 11Rytterne vil storme frem i dine gader og sable befolkningen ned med deres sværd. Alle dine store stenstøtter bliver væltet omkuld. 12Man plyndrer dig for alt af værdi, ødelægger dine prægtige huse og jævner dem med jorden. Stenene og tømmeret havner i havet, ja, selv støvet bliver fejet væk. 13Det er slut med at synge muntre sange og spille sød musik, citeren forstummer. 14Du bliver til en ubeboet ø, en tørreplads for fiskernes net. Aldrig igen skal du genopbygges, for jeg, Herren, har talt, og mit ord står ved magt.
15Hele kystområdet vil blive rystet, når de hører om de mange sårede og faldne. 16Alle fyrsterne langs kysten vil stige ned fra deres troner og lægge deres fornemme kåber til side. De vil sætte sig på jorden i rædsel og ryste af angst. 17De vil sørge over dig og synge denne klagesang:
‚Åh, du mægtige havneby, havets hersker.
Du nød stor respekt, men nu er du sunket i grus.
18Dit fald får kystlandet til at skælve.
De mange øer ryster på hovedet i vantro fortvivlelse.’
19Herren siger: Jeg lægger dig øde som de andre byer, der blev jævnet med jorden. Du bliver overskyllet af havet og skjult under bølgernes brus. 20Du sendes i graven til fortidens folk, der for længst sank ned i underverdenen. Der kan du ligge blandt gamle ruiner, for du vil aldrig mere blive beboet og opleve det pulserende liv. 21Undergangen rammer dig pludselig, og så eksisterer du ikke mere. Selvom man vil søge efter dig, finder man dig aldrig igen, siger Gud Herren.”
