26:7 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note that 5 I am about to bring King Nebuchadrezzar 6 of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre from the north, with horses, chariots, and horsemen, an army and hordes of people. 26:8 He will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will build a siege wall against you, erect a siege ramp against you, and raise a great shield against you. 26:9 He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons. 7 26:10 He will cover you with the dust kicked up by his many horses. 8 Your walls will shake from the noise of the horsemen, wheels, and chariots when he enters your gates like those who invade through a city’s broken walls. 9 26:11 With his horses’ hoofs he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will tumble down to the ground. 26:12 They will steal your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will tear down your walls and destroy your luxurious 10 homes. Your stones, your trees, and your soil he will throw 11 into the water. 12 26:13 I will silence 13 the noise of your songs; the sound of your harps will be heard no more. 26:14 I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place where fishing nets are spread. You will never be built again, 14 for I, the Lord, have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.
1 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws attention to something and has been translated here as a verb.
2 tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8. The Hebrew text switches to a second feminine singular form here, indicating that personified Jerusalem is addressed (see vv. 5-6a). The address to Jerusalem continues through v. 15. In vv. 16-17 the second masculine plural is used, as the people are addressed.
3 tn Or “debris.”
4 sn That is, the towns located inland that were under Tyre’s rule.
5 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws attention to something.
6 tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more correct spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-usur has an an “r” rather than an “n.”
7 tn Heb “swords.”
8 tn Heb “From the abundance of his horses he will cover you (with) their dust.”
9 tn Heb “like those who enter a breached city.”
10 tn Heb “desirable.”
11 tn Heb “set.”
12 tn Heb “into the midst of the water.”
13 tn Heb “cause to end.”
14 sn This prophecy was fulfilled by Alexander the Great in 332