They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock.

Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.

“‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you think you are godlike,

“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt, by the hand of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon.

I will desolate Pathros, I will ignite a fire in Zoan, and I will execute judgments on Thebes.

I will pour out my anger upon Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt; I will cut off the hordes of Thebes.

They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; they carry her and all her hordes away.

Yet you say, ‘The behavior of the Lord is not right.’ House of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his behavior.”

You rely on your swords and commit abominable deeds; each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Will you possess the land?’

“‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out.

I will turn them and the regions around my hill into a blessing. I will make showers come down in their season; they will be showers that bring blessing.

I will turn Mount Seir into a desolate ruin; I will cut off from it the one who passes through or returns.

I will fill its mountains with its dead; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines, those killed by the sword will fall.

I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.

Join them as one stick; they will be as one in your hand.

Then, when my sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the Lord, sanctify Israel.’”

For seven months Israel will bury them, in order to cleanse the land.

He measured the porch of the gate as 14 feet, and its jambs as 3½ feet; the porch of the gate faced inward.

He measured the width of the entrance of the gateway as 17½ feet, and the length of the gateway as 22¾ feet.

He measured the porch at 105 feet high; the gateway went all around to the jamb of the courtyard.