Ezekiel 26:7-14

26:7 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note that ¹  I am about to bring King Nebuchadrezzar ²  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. ³  26:10 He will cover you with the dust kicked up by his many horses. ⁴  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. ⁵  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 ⁶  homes. Your stones, your trees, and your soil he will throw ⁷  into the water. ⁸  26:13 I will silence ⁹  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, ¹⁰  for I, the Lord, have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.

Isaiah 23:8-9

23:8 Who planned this for royal Tyre, ¹¹ 

whose merchants are princes,

whose traders are the dignitaries ¹²  of the earth?

23:9 The Lord who commands armies planned it –

to dishonor the pride that comes from all her beauty, ¹³ 

to humiliate all the dignitaries of the earth.

Amos 3:6

3:6 If an alarm sounds ¹⁴  in a city, do people not fear? ¹⁵ 

If disaster overtakes a ¹⁶  city, is the Lord not responsible? ¹⁷ 

[26:7]  ¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws attention to something.

[26:7]  ² 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.”

[26:9]  ³ tn Heb “swords.”

[26:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “From the abundance of his horses he will cover you (with) their dust.”

[26:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “like those who enter a breached city.”

[26:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “desirable.”

[26:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “set.”

[26:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “into the midst of the water.”

[26:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “cause to end.”

[26:14]  ¹⁰ sn This prophecy was fulfilled by Alexander the Great in 332 b.c.

[23:8]  ¹¹ tn The precise meaning of הַמַּעֲטִירָה (hamma’atirah) is uncertain. The form is a Hiphil participle from עָטַר (’atar), a denominative verb derived from עֲטָרָה (’atarah, “crown, wreath”). The participle may mean “one who wears a crown” or “one who distributes crowns.” In either case, Tyre’s prominence in the international political arena is in view.

[23:8]  ¹² tn Heb “the honored” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “renowned.”

[23:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “the pride of all the beauty.”

[3:6]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “If the ram’s horn is blown.”

[3:6]  ¹⁵ tn Or “tremble” (NASB, NIV, NCV); or “shake.”

[3:6]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “is in”; NIV, NCV, NLT “comes to.”

[3:6]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “has the Lord not acted?”