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Ezekiel 26:11-19 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

11. He will trample all your streets with the hooves of his horses. He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.

12. They will take your wealth as spoil and plunder your merchandise. They will also demolish your walls and tear down your beautiful homes. Then they will throw your stones, timber, and soil into the water.

13. I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard.

14. I will turn you into a bare rock, and you will be a place to spread nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, Yahweh, have spoken.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

15. This is what the Lord God says to Tyre: “Won’t the coasts and islands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan and slaughter occurs within you?

16. All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble continually, and be appalled at you.

17. Then they will lament for you and say of you:How you have perished, city of renown,you who were populated from the seas! She who was powerful on the sea,she and all of her inhabitantsinflicted their terror.

18. Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall;the islands in the seaare alarmed by your demise.”

19. For this is what the Lord God says: “When I make you a ruined city like other deserted cities, when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,

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