1. On February 3, during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the lord:
2. “Son of man, Tyre has rejoiced over the fall of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Ha! She who was the gateway to the rich trade routes to the east has been broken, and I am the heir! Because she has been made desolate, I will become wealthy!’
3. “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign lord says: I am your enemy, O Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the waves of the sea crashing against your shoreline.
4. They will destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down its towers. I will scrape away its soil and make it a bare rock!
5. It will be just a rock in the sea, a place for fishermen to spread their nets, for I have spoken, says the Sovereign lord. Tyre will become the prey of many nations,