1. On the first day of the month in the eleventh year, the word of Adonai came to me saying:
2. “Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ‘Aha, she is shattered, the gateway of the peoples—she is turned over to me! I will be filled, now that she is laid waste!’
3. Therefore thus says Adonai Elohim: Behold, I am against you, Tyre. I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
4. They will destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down her towers. I will sweep her dust 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 it.” It is a declaration of Adonai. “She will become plunder for the nations,
6. and her daughters in the field will be slain by the sword. So they will know that I am Adonai.”
7. For thus says Adonai Elohim: “Behold, from the north I will bring against Tyre Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses, with chariots, with horsemen and a vast army of troops.