Ezekiel 25-28

New American Standard Bible

Judgment on Gentile Nations—Ammon

25 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²“Son of man, set your face against the ^(A)sons of Ammon and prophesy against them, ³and say to the sons of Ammon, ‘Hear the word of the Lord ^[a]God! This is what the Lord God says: “Because you said, ‘^(B)Aha!’ against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into exile, ⁴therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the ^[b]^(C)people of the east as a possession, and they will set up their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will ^(D)eat your fruit and drink your milk. ⁵I will make ^(E)Rabbah a pasture for camels, and the sons of Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you will know that I am the Lord.” ⁶For this is what the Lord God says: “Because you have ^(F)clapped your hands and stamped your feet, and have ^(G)rejoiced with all the malice in your soul against the land of Israel, ⁷therefore, behold, I have ^(H)reached out with My hand against you and I will give you as ^(I)plunder to the nations. And I will ^(J)cut you off from the peoples and ^(K)eliminate you from the lands. I will exterminate you. So you will ^(L)know that I am the Lord.”

Moab

⁸‘The Lord God says this: “Because ^(M)Moab and Seir say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,’ ⁹therefore, behold, I am going to ^[c]deprive the flank of Moab of its cities, of its cities ^[d]which are on its frontiers, the glory of the land, ^(N)Beth-jeshimoth, ^(O)Baal-meon, and ^(P)Kiriathaim; ¹⁰and I will give it as a possession along with the sons of Ammon to the ^[e]^(Q)people of the east, so that the sons of Ammon will not be remembered among the nations. ¹¹So I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the Lord.”

Edom

¹²‘The Lord God says this: “Because ^(R)Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has incurred great guilt, and avenged themselves upon them,” ¹³therefore this is what the Lord God says: “I will also ^(S)reach out with My hand against Edom and ^(T)eliminate human and animal life from it. And I will turn it into ruins; from ^(U)Teman even to ^(V)Dedan they will fall by the sword. ¹⁴And ^(W)I will inflict My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom ^(X)in accordance with My anger and My wrath; so they will know My vengeance,” declares the Lord God.

Philistia

¹⁵‘This is what the Lord God says: “Because the Philistines have acted in ^(Y)revenge, and have taken vengeance with malice in their souls to destroy with everlasting hostility,” ¹⁶therefore this is what the Lord God says: “Behold, I am going to ^(Z)reach out with My hand against the Philistines and eliminate the ^(AA)Cherethites; and I will destroy the remnant of the seacoast. ¹⁷I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they will ^(AB)know that I am the Lord, when I inflict My vengeance on them.”’”

Judgment on Tyre

26 Now in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²“Son of man, because ^(AC)Tyre has said in regard to Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The ^(AD)gateway of the peoples is broken; it has ^[f]^(AE)opened to me. I shall be filled, now that she is laid waste,’ ³therefore this is what the Lord ^[g]God says: ‘Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring up ^(AF)many nations against you, as the ^(AG)sea brings up its waves. ⁴They will ^(AH)destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down her towers; and I will sweep her debris away from her and make her a bare rock. ⁵She will become a dry place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ declares the Lord God; ‘and she will become ^(AI)plunder for the nations. ⁶Also her ^(AJ)daughters who are ^[h]on the mainland will be killed by the sword, and they will know that I am the Lord.’”

⁷For the Lord God says this: “Behold, I am going to bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, ^(AK)king of kings, with horses, ^(AL)chariots, cavalry, and ^[i]a great army. ⁸He will kill your daughters ^[j]on the mainland with the sword; and he will make ^(AM)siege walls against you, pile up an ^(AN)assault ramp against you, and raise up a large shield against you. ⁹And he will direct the blow of his battering rams against your walls, and he will tear down your towers with his ^[k]axes. ¹⁰Because of the multitude of his ^(AO)horses, the dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will ^(AP)shake from the noise of cavalry, ^[l]wagons, and chariots when he ^(AQ)enters your gates as warriors enter a city that is breached. ¹¹With the hoofs of his ^(AR)horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong ^[m]pillars will ^(AS)go down to the ground. ¹²Also they will take your riches as spoils and plunder your ^(AT)merchandise, ^(AU)tear down your walls and destroy your ^(AV)delightful houses, and ^[n]throw your stones, your timbers, and your debris ^(AW)into the water. ¹³So I will put an end to the sound of your ^(AX)songs, and the sound of your ^(AY)harps will no longer be heard. ¹⁴I will turn you into a bare rock; you will become a dry place for the spreading of nets. You will not be ^(AZ)rebuilt, for I the ^(BA)Lord have spoken,” declares the Lord God.

¹⁵The Lord God says this to Tyre: “Will the ^(BB)coastlands not ^(BC)shake from the sound of your downfall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter takes place in your midst? ¹⁶Then all the princes of the sea will ^(BD)descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their colorfully woven garments. They will ^(BE)clothe themselves with ^[o]trembling; they will sit on the ground, ^(BF)tremble again and again, and be appalled at you. ¹⁷And they will take up a ^(BG)song of mourning over you and say to you,

‘^(BH)How you have perished, you inhabited one,
From the seas, you famous city,
Which was ^(BI)mighty on the sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who imposed ^[p]her terror
On all her inhabitants!
¹⁸Now the ^(BJ)coastlands will tremble
On the day of your downfall;
Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea
Will be horrified at your ^(BK)passing.’”

¹⁹For this is what the Lord God says: “When I make you a desolate city, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I ^(BL)bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, ²⁰then I will bring you down with those who ^(BM)go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you remain in the ^(BN)lower parts of the earth, like the ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not ^[q]be inhabited; but I will put ^(BO)glory in the land of the living. ²¹I will ^[r]cause you ^(BP)sudden terrors and you will no longer exist; though you will be sought, ^(BQ)you will never be found again,” declares the Lord God.

Grief over Tyre

27 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²“And you, son of man, ^(BR)take up a song of mourning over Tyre; ³and say to Tyre, ^(BS)who sits at the ^[s]entrance to the sea, ^(BT)merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, ‘This is what the Lord ^[t]God says:

“Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
⁴Your borders are in the heart of the seas;
Your builders have perfected your beauty.
⁵They have ^[u]made all your planks of juniper trees from ^(BU)Senir;
They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
⁶Of ^(BV)oaks from ^(BW)Bashan they have made your rudders;
With ivory they have ^[v]inlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of ^(BX)Cyprus.
⁷Your sail was of colorfully embroidered linen from Egypt
So that it became your flag;
Your ^[w]awning was ^(BY)violet and purple from the coastlands of ^(BZ)Elishah.
⁸The inhabitants of Sidon and ^(CA)Arvad were your rowers;
Your ^(CB)wise men, Tyre, were ^[x]aboard; they were your sailors.
⁹The elders of ^(CC)Gebal and her wise men were with you repairing your leaks;
All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you in order to deal in your merchandise.

¹⁰“^(CD)Persia, ^(CE)Lud, and ^(CF)Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung up shield and helmet on you; they presented your splendor. ¹¹The sons of Arvad and your army were on your walls, all around, and the ^[y]Gammadim were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.

¹²“Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your merchandise. ¹³^(CG)Javan, ^(CH)Tubal, and ^(CI)Meshech, they were your traders; with human ^(CJ)lives and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise. ¹⁴Those from ^(CK)Beth-togarmah gave horses, war horses, and mules for your merchandise. ¹⁵The sons of ^(CL)Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were ^[z]your market; they brought ^(CM)ivory tusks and ebony as your payment. ¹⁶^(CN)Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your ^[aa]goods; they paid for your merchandise with ^[ab]^(CO)emeralds, purple, ^(CP)colorfully woven cloth, fine linen, coral, and rubies. ¹⁷Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of ^(CQ)Minnith, ^[ac]cakes, honey, oil, and balsam they paid for your merchandise. ¹⁸^(CR)Damascus was your customer because of the abundance of your ^[ad]goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool. ¹⁹Vedan and Javan paid for your merchandise from Uzal; wrought iron, cassia, and spice reed were among your merchandise. ²⁰^(CS)Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. ²¹^(CT)Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were ^[ae]your customers for ^(CU)lambs, rams, and goats; for these they were your customers. ²²The traders of ^(CV)Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your merchandise with the best of all ^(CW)balsam oil, and with all kinds of precious stones, and gold. ²³Haran, Canneh, ^(CX)Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you. ²⁴They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of violet and colorfully woven cloth, and in blankets of two colors, and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise. ²⁵The ^(CY)ships of Tarshish were ^[af]the carriers for your merchandise.

And you were filled and were very ^[ag]glorious
In the heart of the seas.

²⁶“Your rowers have brought you
Into ^(CZ)great waters;
The ^(DA)east wind has broken you
In the heart of the seas.
²⁷Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise,
Your seamen and your sailors,
Your repairers of leaks, your dealers in merchandise,
And all your men of war who are in you,
With all your contingent that is in your midst,
Will fall into the heart of the seas
On the day of your overthrow.
²⁸At the sound of the cry of your sailors,
The pasture lands will ^(DB)shake.
²⁹All who handle the oar,
The ^(DC)seamen and all the sailors of the sea
Will come down from their ships;
They will stand on the land,
³⁰And they will ^(DD)make their voice heard over you
And cry out bitterly.
They will ^(DE)throw dust on their heads,
They will ^(DF)wallow in ashes.
³¹Also they will shave themselves ^(DG)bald for you
And ^(DH)put on sackcloth;
And they will ^(DI)weep for you in bitterness of soul
With bitter mourning.
³²Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a ^(DJ)song of mourning for you
And sing a song of mourning over you:
‘Who is like Tyre,
Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea?
³³When your merchandise went out from the seas,
You satisfied many peoples;
With the ^(DK)abundance of your wealth and your merchandise
You enriched the kings of the earth.
³⁴^[ah]Now that you are ^(DL)broken by the seas
In the depths of the waters,
Your ^(DM)merchandise and all your company
Have fallen in the midst of you.
³⁵All the ^(DN)inhabitants of the coastlands
Are appalled at you,
And their kings are horribly afraid;
They ^[ai]have a troubled look.
³⁶The merchants among the peoples ^(DO)hiss at you;
You have become ^[aj]terrified
And you ^(DP)will cease to be forever.’”’”

Tyre’s King Overthrown

28 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, ²“Son of man, say to the ^[ak]leader of Tyre, ‘The Lord ^[al]God says this:

“Because your heart is haughty
And you have said, ‘^(DQ)I am a god,
I sit in the seat of ^[am]gods
In the heart of the seas’;
Yet you are a ^(DR)mortal and not God,
Although you make your heart like the heart of God—
³Behold, you are wiser than ^(DS)Daniel;
There is no secret that is a match for you!
⁴By your wisdom and understanding
You have acquired ^(DT)riches for yourself
And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.
⁵By your great wisdom, by your ^(DU)trade
You have increased your riches,
And your ^(DV)heart is haughty because of your riches—

⁶Therefore this is what the Lord God says:

‘Because you have ^(DW)made your heart
Like the heart of God,
⁷Therefore, behold, I am going to bring ^(DX)strangers against you,
The ^(DY)most ruthless of the nations.
And they will draw their swords
Against the beauty of your wisdom
And profane your splendor.
⁸They will bring you down to the pit,
And you will die the ^(DZ)death of those who are killed
In the heart of the seas.
⁹Will you still say, “I am a god,”
In the presence of one who kills you,
Though you are a mortal and not God,
In the hands of those who wound you?
¹⁰You will die the death of the ^(EA)uncircumcised
By the hand of strangers,
For I have spoken!’ declares the Lord God!”’”

¹¹Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ¹²“Son of man, ^(EB)take up a song of mourning over the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord God says:

“You ^[an]had the seal of ^[ao]perfection,
Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
¹³You were in ^(EC)Eden, the garden of God;
^(ED)Every precious stone was your covering:
The ^(EE)ruby, the topaz and the diamond;
The beryl, the onyx and the jasper;
The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald;
And the gold, the workmanship of your ^[ap]^(EF)settings and ^[aq]sockets,
Was in you.
On the day that you were created
They were prepared.
¹⁴You were the ^(EG)anointed cherub who ^[ar]covers,
And I placed you there.
You were on the holy ^(EH)mountain of God;
You walked in the midst of the ^(EI)stones of fire.
¹⁵You were ^(EJ)blameless in your ways
From the day you were created
Until ^(EK)unrighteousness was found in you.
¹⁶By the ^(EL)abundance of your trade
^[as]You were internally ^(EM)filled with violence,
And you sinned;
Therefore I have cast you as profane
From the mountain of God.
And I have destroyed you, you ^[at]covering cherub,
From the midst of the stones of fire.
¹⁷Your heart was haughty because of your ^(EN)beauty;
You ^(EO)corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor.
I threw you to the ground;
I put you before ^(EP)kings,
That they may see you.
¹⁸By the multitude of your wrongdoings,
In the unrighteousness of your trade
You profaned your sanctuaries.
Therefore I have brought ^(EQ)fire from the midst of you;
It has consumed you,
And I have turned you to ^(ER)ashes on the earth
In the eyes of all who see you.
¹⁹All who know you among the peoples
Are appalled at you;
You have become ^[au]^(ES)terrified
And you will cease to be ^(ET)forever.”’”

Judgment of Sidon

²⁰And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²¹“Son of man, ^(EU)set your face toward ^(EV)Sidon, prophesy against her ²²and say, ‘This is what the Lord God says:

“Behold, I am against you, Sidon,
And I will appear in My glory in your midst.
Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I ^(EW)execute judgments against her,
And I will reveal Myself as holy in her.
²³For ^(EX)I will send a plague to her
And blood to her streets,
And the ^(EY)wounded will ^[av]fall in her midst
By the sword upon her on every side;
Then they will know that I am the Lord.

²⁴And there will no longer be for the house of Israel a ^(EZ)painful thorn or a hurtful thorn bush from any surrounding them who despised them; then they will know that I am the Lord God.”

Israel Regathered

²⁵‘This is what the Lord God says: “When I ^(FA)gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations, then they will ^(FB)live on their land which I gave to My servant Jacob. ²⁶They will ^(FC)live on it securely; and they will ^(FD)build houses, plant vineyards, and live securely when I ^(FE)execute judgments upon all around them who despise them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.”’”