1 GLT So it was in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, BSB BSB: In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 GLT “Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem,‘Aha! The gates of the people are broken! She has turned to me; I will be filled up because she is ruined.’ BSB BSB: “Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’
3 GLT Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this,‘Behold! I am against you, Tyre, and I will raise up many nations against you like the sea raises its waves. BSB BSB: therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
4 GLT They will destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down her towers. I will sweep her dust away and make her like a bare rock. BSB BSB: They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.
5 GLT She will become a place for nets to dry out in the midst of the sea, since I have declared it— this is the Lord Yahweh’ s declaration— and she will become plunder for the nations. BSB BSB: She will become a place to spread nets in the sea, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD. She will become plunder for the nations,
6 GLT Her daughters who are in the fields will be slaughtered by the swords, and they will know that I am Yahweh.’ BSB BSB: and the villages on her mainland will be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’
7 GLT For this is what Yahweh says: Behold, from the north I am bringing Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a great many people. BSB BSB: For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.
8 GLT He will kill your daughters in the field. He will set up a siege work and build a ramp against your walls and raise up shields against you. BSB BSB: He will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you.
9 GLT He will place his battering rams to hit against your walls, and his tools will tear down your towers. BSB BSB: He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes.
10 GLT His horses will be so many that their dust will cover you. Your walls will shake with the sound of horsemen, wagons, and chariots. When he enters your gates, he will enter as men come into a city whose walls have been broken down. BSB BSB: His multitude of horses will cover you in their dust. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots.
11 GLT The hooves of his horses will trample all of your streets. He will kill your people with the sword and your mighty stone pillars will fall to the ground. BSB BSB: The hooves of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.
12 GLT They will plunder your riches and loot your merchandise. They will tear down your walls and destroy your luxurious homes. Your stones, your timber, and the rubble they will throw into the waters. BSB BSB: They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.
13 GLT I will stop the noise of your songs. The sound of your harps will be heard no more. BSB BSB: So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
14 GLT I will make you a bare rock, you will become a place where nets are spread out to dry. You will never be built again, for I, Lord Yahweh have spoken— this is the Lord Yahweh’ s declaration. BSB BSB: I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.’
15 GLT The Lord Yahweh says this to Tyre,‘Will not the islands quake with the sound of your downfall, and with the groans of the wounded when the terrible slaughter is in your midst? BSB BSB: This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst?
16 GLT Then all the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones and remove their robes and cast off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling, they will sit on the ground and tremble every moment, and they will be appalled because of you. BSB BSB: All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you.
17 GLT They will lift up a lament for you and say to you, How you, who were inhabited by sailors, have been destroyed. The famous city that was so strong— it is now gone from the sea. The ones living in her once spread a terror about themselves upon everyone who lived near them. BSB BSB: Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!
18 GLT Now the coasts tremble on the day of your downfall. The islands in the sea are terrified, because you are no longer in your place.’ BSB BSB: Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.”’
19 GLT For the Lord Yahweh says this: When I make you a desolate city, like the other cities that are not inhabited, when I raise up the deeps against you, and when the great waters cover you, BSB BSB: For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,
20 GLT then I will bring you down to the people of ancient times, like the others who have gone down into the pit; for I will make you live in the lowest realms of the earth as in ruins of ancient times. Because of this you will not come back and stand in the land of the living. BSB BSB: then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.
21 GLT I will place disaster on you, and you will be no more forever. Then you will be sought, but you will never be found ever again— this is the Lord Yahweh’ s declaration.” BSB BSB: I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
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