261 Now in the eleventh e year , on the first of the month , the word of the Lord came to me saying , 2 "Son of man , because e Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem , 'Aha , the gateway of the peoples is broken ; it has opened to me. I shall be filled , now that she is laid waste ,' 3 therefore thus says the Lord GOD , 'Behold , I am against you, O Tyre , and I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves . 4 'They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers ; and I will scrape her debris from her and make her a bare rock . 5 'She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea , for I have spoken ,' declares the Lord GOD , 'and she will become spoil for the nations . 6 'Also her daughters who are on the mainland will be slain by the sword , and they will know that I am the Lord .' " 7 For thus says the Lord GOD , "Behold , I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon , king of kings , with horses , chariots , cavalry and a great army e . 8 "He will slay your daughters on the mainland with the sword ; and he will make siege walls against you, cast up a ramp against you and raise up a large shield against you. 9 "The blow of his battering rams he will direct against your walls , and with his axes he will break down your towers . 10 "Because of the multitude of his horses , the dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of cavalry and wagons and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city that is breached . 11 "With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets . He will slay your people with the sword ; and your strong pillars will come down to the ground . 12 "Also they will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise , break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses , and throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water . 13 "So I will silence the sound of your songs , and the sound of your harps will be heard no more . 14 "I will make you a bare rock ; you will be a place for the spreading of nets . You will be built no more , for I the Lord have spoken ," declares the Lord GOD .
15 Thus says the Lord GOD to Tyre , "Shall not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded groan , when the slaughter occurs in your midst ? 16 "Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones , remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments . They will clothe themselves with trembling ; they will sit on the ground , tremble every moment and be appalled at you. 17 "They will take up a lamentation over you and say to you, ' How you have perished , O inhabited one, From the seas , O renowned city , Which was mighty on the sea , She and her inhabitants , Who imposed her terror On all her inhabitants ! 18 'Now the coastlands will tremble On the day of your fall ; Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea Will be terrified at your passing .' " 19 For thus says the Lord GOD , "When I make you a desolate city , like the cities which are not inhabited , when I bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, 20 then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit , to the people of old , and I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth , like the ancient waste places , with those who go down to the pit , so that you will not be inhabited ; but I will set glory in the land of the living . 21 "I will bring terrors on you and you will be no more ; though you will be sought , you will never e be found again ," declares the Lord GOD .
