She will be a place where fishing nets are spread, surrounded by the sea. For I have spoken, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>. She will become plunder for the nations,

I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place where fishing nets are spread. You will never be built again,<n id="1" /> for I, the <sc>Lord,sc> have spoken, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says to Tyre: Oh, how the coastlands will shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, at the massive slaughter in your midst!

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers<n id="1" /> or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them.<n id="2" /> Then they will know that I am the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Therefore, this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Look, I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will kill<n id="1" /> every person and every animal.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;For this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: At the end of forty years<n id="1" /> I will gather Egypt from the peoples where they were scattered.

It will never again be Israel&#8217;s source of confidence, but a reminder of how they sinned by turning to Egypt for help.<n id="1" /> Then they will know that I am the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;&#8221;p>

I have given him the land of Egypt as his compensation for attacking Tyre<n id="1" />, because they did it for me, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">Egypt&#8217;s supporters will fall;p> <p class="poetry">her confident pride will crumble.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">From Migdol to Syene<n id="2" /> they will die by the sword within her,p> <p class="poetry">declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Therefore this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Because it was tall in stature, and its top reached into the clouds, and it was proud of its height,

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;I will throw my net over you<n id="1" /> in the assembly of many peoples;p> <p class="poetry">and they will haul you up in my dragnet.p>

<p class="poetry">I will darken all the lights in the sky over you,p> <p class="poetry">and I will darken your land,p> <p class="poetry">declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">This is a lament; they will chant it.p> <p class="poetry">The daughters of the nations will chant it.p> <p class="poetry">They will chant it over Egypt and over all her hordes,p> <p class="poetry">declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Pharaoh will see them and be consoled over all his hordes who were killed by the sword, Pharaoh and all his army, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.

Therefore say to them, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: You eat the meat with the blood still in it,<n id="1" /> pray to<n id="2" /> your idols, and shed blood. Do you really think you will possess<n id="3" /> the land?

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;As for you, my sheep, this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Look, I am about to judge between one sheep and another, between rams and goats.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Therefore, this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says to them: Look, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

Then they will know that I, the <sc>Lordsc> their God, am with them,<n id="1" /> and that they are my people, the house of Israel, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />

Say to it, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;Look, I am against you, Mount Seir;p> <p class="poetry">I will stretch out my hand against youp> <p class="poetry">and turn you into a desolate ruin.p>

Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>, I will subject you to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.