27:1 The word of the Lord came to me: 27:2 “You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre. ¹  27:3 Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance ²  of the sea, ³  merchant to the peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘O Tyre, you have said, “I am perfectly beautiful.”

27:4 ⁴ 

Your borders are in the heart of the seas;

your builders have perfected your beauty.

27:5 They crafted ⁵  all your planks out of fir trees from Senir; ⁶ 

they took a cedar from Lebanon to make your mast.

27:6 They made your oars from oaks of Bashan;

they made your deck ⁷  with cypresses ⁸  from the Kittean isles. ⁹ 

27:7 Fine linen from Egypt, woven with patterns, was used for your sail

to serve as your banner;

blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah ¹⁰  was used for your deck’s awning.

27:8 The leaders ¹¹  of Sidon ¹²  and Arvad ¹³  were your rowers;

your skilled ¹⁴  men, O Tyre, were your captains.

27:9 The elders of Gebal ¹⁵  and her skilled men were within you, mending cracks; ¹⁶ 

all the ships of the sea and their mariners were within you to trade for your merchandise. ¹⁷ 

27:10 Men of Persia, Lud, ¹⁸  and Put were in your army, men of war.

They hung shield and helmet on you; they gave you your splendor.

27:11 The Arvadites ¹⁹  joined your army on your walls all around,

and the Gammadites ²⁰  were in your towers.

They hung their quivers ²¹  on your walls all around;

they perfected your beauty.

27:12 “‘Tarshish ²²  was your trade partner because of your abundant wealth; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your products. 27:13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your clients; they exchanged slaves and bronze items for your merchandise. 27:14 Beth Togarmah exchanged horses, chargers, ²³  and mules for your products. 27:15 The Dedanites ²⁴  were your clients. Many coastlands were your customers; they paid ²⁵  you with ivory tusks and ebony. 27:16 Edom ²⁶  was your trade partner because of the abundance of your goods; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your products. 27:17 Judah and the land of Israel were your clients; they traded wheat from Minnith, ²⁷  millet, honey, olive oil, and balm for your merchandise. 27:18 Damascus was your trade partner because of the abundance of your goods and of all your wealth: wine from Helbon, white wool from Zahar, 27:19 and casks of wine ²⁸  from Izal ²⁹  they exchanged for your products. Wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were among your merchandise. 27:20 Dedan was your client in saddlecloths for riding. 27:21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your trade partners; for lambs, rams, and goats they traded with you. 27:22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah engaged in trade with you; they traded the best kinds of spices along with precious stones and gold for your products. 27:23 Haran, Kanneh, Eden, merchants from Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad were your clients. 27:24 They traded with you choice garments, purple clothes and embroidered work, and multicolored carpets, bound and reinforced with cords; these were among your merchandise. 27:25 The ships of Tarshish ³⁰  were the transports for your merchandise.

“‘So you were filled and weighed down in the heart of the seas.

27:26 Your rowers have brought you into surging waters.

The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.

27:27 Your wealth, products, and merchandise, your sailors and captains,

your ship’s carpenters, ³¹  your merchants,

and all your fighting men within you,

along with all your crew who are in you,

will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.

27:28 At the sound of your captains’ cry the waves will surge; ³² 

27:29 They will descend from their ships – all who handle the oar,

the sailors and all the sea captains – they will stand on the land.

27:30 They will lament loudly ³³  over you and cry bitterly.

They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes; ³⁴ 

27:31 they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth,

and they will weep bitterly over you with intense mourning. ³⁵ 

27:32 As they wail they will lament over you, chanting:

“Who was like Tyre, like a tower ³⁶  in the midst of the sea?”

27:33 When your products went out from the seas,

you satisfied many peoples;

with the abundance of your wealth and merchandise

you enriched the kings of the earth.

27:34 Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters;

your merchandise and all your company have sunk ³⁷  along with you. ³⁸ 

27:35 All the inhabitants of the coastlands are shocked at you,

and their kings are horribly afraid – their faces are troubled.

27:36 The traders among the peoples hiss at you;

you have become a horror, and will be no more.’”

28:1 The word of the Lord came to me: 28:2 “Son of man, say to the prince ³⁹  of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Your heart is proud ⁴⁰  and you said, “I am a god; ⁴¹ 

I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas” –

yet you are a man and not a god,

though you think you are godlike. ⁴² 

28:3 Look, you are wiser than Daniel; ⁴³ 

no secret is hidden from you. ⁴⁴ 

28:4 By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself;

you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.

28:5 By your great skill ⁴⁵  in trade you have increased your wealth,

and your heart is proud because of your wealth.

28:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:

Because you think you are godlike, ⁴⁶ 

28:7 I am about to bring foreigners ⁴⁷  against you, the most terrifying of nations.

They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom, ⁴⁸ 

and they will defile your splendor.

28:8 They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die violently ⁴⁹  in the heart of the seas.

28:9 Will you still say, “I am a god,” before the one who kills you –

though you are a man and not a god –

when you are in the power of those who wound you?

28:10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised ⁵⁰  by the hand of foreigners;

for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

28:11 The word of the Lord came to me: 28:12 “Son of man, sing ⁵¹  a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘You were the sealer ⁵²  of perfection,

full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

28:13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. ⁵³ 

Every precious stone was your covering,

the ruby, topaz, and emerald,

the chrysolite, onyx, and jasper,

the sapphire, turquoise, and beryl; ⁵⁴ 

your settings and mounts were made of gold.

On the day you were created they were prepared.

28:14 I placed you there with an anointed ⁵⁵  guardian ⁵⁶  cherub; ⁵⁷ 

you were on the holy mountain of God;

you walked about amidst fiery stones.

28:15 You were blameless in your behavior ⁵⁸  from the day you were created,

until sin was discovered in you.

28:16 In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, ⁵⁹  and you sinned;

so I defiled you and banished you ⁶⁰  from the mountain of God –

the guardian cherub expelled you ⁶¹  from the midst of the stones of fire.

28:17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor.

I threw you down to the ground;

I placed you before kings, that they might see you.

28:18 By the multitude of your iniquities, through the sinfulness of your trade,

you desecrated your sanctuaries.

So I drew fire out from within you;

it consumed you,

and I turned you to ashes on the earth

before the eyes of all who saw you.

28:19 All who know you among the peoples are shocked at you;

you have become terrified and will be no more.’”

28:20 The word of the Lord came to me: 28:21 “Son of man, turn toward ⁶²  Sidon ⁶³  and prophesy against it. 28:22 Say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Look, I am against you, ⁶⁴  Sidon,

and I will magnify myself in your midst.

Then they will know that I am the Lord

when I execute judgments on her

and reveal my sovereign power ⁶⁵  in her.

28:23 I will send a plague into the city ⁶⁶  and bloodshed into its streets;

the slain will fall within it, by the sword that attacks it ⁶⁷  from every side.

Then they will know that I am the Lord.

28:24 “‘No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers ⁶⁸  or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. ⁶⁹  Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.

28:25 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When I regather the house of Israel from the peoples where they are dispersed, I will reveal my sovereign power ⁷⁰  over them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their land that I gave to my servant Jacob. 28:26 They will live securely in it; they will build houses and plant vineyards. They will live securely ⁷¹  when I execute my judgments on all those who scorn them and surround them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.’”

29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, ⁷²  the word of the Lord came to me: 29:2 “Son of man, turn toward ⁷³  Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. 29:3 Tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Look, I am against ⁷⁴  you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,

the great monster ⁷⁵  lying in the midst of its waterways,

who has said, “My Nile is my own, I made it for myself.” ⁷⁶ 

29:4 I will put hooks in your jaws

and stick the fish of your waterways to your scales.

I will haul you up from the midst of your waterways,

and all the fish of your waterways will stick to your scales.

29:5 I will leave you in the wilderness,

you and all the fish of your waterways;

you will fall in the open field and will not be gathered up or collected. ⁷⁷ 

I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the skies.

29:6 Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the Lord

because they were a reed staff ⁷⁸  for the house of Israel;

29:7 when they grasped you with their hand, ⁷⁹  you broke and tore ⁸⁰  their shoulders,

and when they leaned on you, you splintered and caused their legs to be unsteady. ⁸¹ 

29:8 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will kill ⁸²  every person and every animal. 29:9 The land of Egypt will become a desolate ruin. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Because he said, “The Nile is mine and I made it,” 29:10 I am against ⁸³  you and your waterways. I will turn the land of Egypt into an utter desolate ruin from Migdol ⁸⁴  to Syene, ⁸⁵  as far as the border with Ethiopia. 29:11 No human foot will pass through it, and no animal’s foot will pass through it; it will be uninhabited for forty years. 29:12 I will turn the land of Egypt into a desolation in the midst of desolate lands; for forty years her cities will lie desolate in the midst of ruined cities. I will scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries.

29:13 “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: At the end of forty years ⁸⁶  I will gather Egypt from the peoples where they were scattered. 29:14 I will restore the fortunes of Egypt, and will bring them back ⁸⁷  to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin; there they will be an insignificant kingdom. 29:15 It will be the most insignificant of the kingdoms; it will never again exalt itself over the nations. I will make them so small that they will not rule over the nations. 29:16 It will never again be Israel’s source of confidence, but a reminder of how they sinned by turning to Egypt for help. ⁸⁸  Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.’”

29:17 In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, ⁸⁹  the word of the Lord came to me: 29:18 “Son of man, King Nebuchadrezzar ⁹⁰  of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. ⁹¹  Every head was rubbed bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; yet he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the work he carried out against it. 29:19 Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to give the land of Egypt to King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon. He will carry off her wealth, capture her loot, and seize her plunder; it will be his army’s wages. 29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt as his compensation for attacking Tyre ⁹² , because they did it for me, declares the sovereign Lord. 29:21 On that day I will make Israel powerful, ⁹³  and I will give you the right to be heard ⁹⁴  among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

30:1 The word of the Lord came to me: 30:2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Wail, “Alas, the day is here!” ⁹⁵ 

30:3 For the day is near,

the day of the Lord is near;

it will be a day of storm clouds, ⁹⁶ 

it will be a time of judgment ⁹⁷  for the nations.

30:4 A sword will come against Egypt

and panic will overtake Ethiopia

when the slain fall in Egypt

and they carry away her wealth

and dismantle her foundations.

30:5 Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the foreigners, ⁹⁸  Libya, and the people ⁹⁹  of the covenant land ¹⁰⁰  will die by the sword along with them.

30:6 “‘This is what the Lord says:

Egypt’s supporters will fall;

her confident pride will crumble. ¹⁰¹ 

From Migdol to Syene ¹⁰²  they will die by the sword within her,

declares the sovereign Lord.

30:7 They will be desolate among desolate lands,

and their cities will be among ruined cities.

30:8 They will know that I am the Lord

when I ignite a fire in Egypt

and all her allies are defeated. ¹⁰³ 

30:9 On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten overly confident Ethiopia; panic will overtake them on the day of Egypt’s doom; ¹⁰⁴  for beware – it is coming!

30:10 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt,

by the hand of King Nebuchadrezzar ¹⁰⁵  of Babylon.

30:11 He and his people with him,

the most terrifying of the nations, ¹⁰⁶ 

will be brought there to destroy the land.

They will draw their swords against Egypt,

and fill the land with corpses.

30:12 I will dry up the waterways

and hand the land over to ¹⁰⁷  evil men.

I will make the land and everything in it desolate by the hand of foreigners.

I, the Lord, have spoken!

30:13 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

I will destroy the idols,

and put an end to the gods of Memphis.

There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;

so I will make the land of Egypt fearful. ¹⁰⁸ 

30:14 I will desolate Pathros,

I will ignite a fire in Zoan,

and I will execute judgments on Thebes.

30:15 I will pour out my anger upon Pelusium, ¹⁰⁹ 

the stronghold of Egypt;

I will cut off ¹¹⁰  the hordes of Thebes.

30:16 I will ignite a fire in Egypt;

Syene ¹¹¹  will writhe in agony,

Thebes will be broken down,

and Memphis will face enemies every day.

30:17 The young men of On and of Pi-beseth ¹¹²  will die by the sword;

and the cities will go ¹¹³  into captivity.

30:18 In Tahpanhes the day will be dark ¹¹⁴ 

when I break the yoke of Egypt there.

Her confident pride will cease within her;

a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.

30:19 I will execute judgments on Egypt.

Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”

30:20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, ¹¹⁵  the word of the Lord came to me: 30:21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm ¹¹⁶  of Pharaoh king of Egypt. ¹¹⁷  Look, it has not been bandaged for healing or set with a dressing so that it might become strong enough to grasp a sword. 30:22 Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, ¹¹⁸  I am against ¹¹⁹  Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, the strong arm and the broken one, and I will make the sword drop from his hand. 30:23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among foreign countries. 30:24 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and I will place my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan like the fatally wounded before the king of Babylon. ¹²⁰  30:25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I place my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon and he extends it against the land of Egypt. 30:26 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”