Ezekiel 26
Prophecies against
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And it came to pass in the eleventh year,
in the first day of the month, that the word of the
LORD came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, because that Tyrus Is.
23.1-18 · Joel
3.4-8 · Amos
1.9, 10 · Zech. 9.1-4 · Mt. 11.21, 22 · Lk. 10.13, 14 hath
said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates
of the people; she is turned unto me; I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:
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therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and
will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth
his waves to come up.
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And they shall destroy the walls of
Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from
her, and make her like the top of a rock.
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It shall be a place for the
spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall
become a spoil to the nations.
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And her daughters which are in the
field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrez'zar
king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and
with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much
people.
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He shall slay with the sword thy
daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and
cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against
thee.
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And he shall set engines of war against
thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy
towers.
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By reason of the abundance of his horses
their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of
the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall
enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a
breach.
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With the hoofs of his horses shall he
tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword,
and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.
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And they shall make a spoil of thy
riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break
down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay
thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the
water.
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And I will cause the noise of thy songs
to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard. Rev.
18.22
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And I will make thee like the top of a
rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt
be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
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Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound
of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the
midst of thee?
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Then all the princes of the sea shall
come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off
their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with
trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
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And they shall take up a lamentation for
thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in
the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to
be on all that haunt it!
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Now shall the isles tremble in the day of
thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be
troubled at thy departure. Rev. 18.9, 10
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For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the
cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon
thee, and great waters shall cover thee;
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when I shall bring thee down with them
that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall
set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old,
with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I
shall set glory in the land of the living;
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I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt
thou never be found again, Rev. 18.21 saith the Lord GOD.
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