9. He will command some of his troops to use large wooden poles to beat down your walls, while others use iron rods to knock down your watchtowers.
10. He will have so many horses that the dust they stir up will seem like a thick fog. And as his chariots and cavalry approach, even the walls will shake, especially when he proudly enters your ruined city.
11. His troops will ride through your streets, killing people left and right, and your strong columns will crumble to the ground.
12. The troops will steal your valuable possessions; they will break down your walls, and crush your expensive houses. Then the stones and wood and all the remains will be dumped into the sea.
13. You will have no reason to sing or play music on harps,
14. because I will turn you into a bare rock where fishermen can dry their nets. And you will never rebuild your city. I, the Lord God, make this promise.
15. The people of the nations up and down the coast will shudder when they hear your screams and moans of death.
16. The kings will step down from their thrones, then take off their royal robes and fine clothes, and sit on the ground, trembling. They will be so shocked at the news of your defeat that they will shake in fear
17. and sing this funeral song:“The great city beside the seais destroyed!Its people once ruled the coastand terrified everyone there.
18. But now Tyre is in ruins,and the people on the coaststare at it in horrorand tremble in fear.”
19. I, the Lord God, will turn you into a ghost town. The ocean depths will rise over you
20. and carry you down to the world of the dead, where you will join people of ancient times and towns ruined long ago. You will stay there and never again be a city filled with people.
21. You will die a horrible death! People will come looking for your city, but it will never be found. I, the Lord, have spoken.