καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῷ ἑνδεκάτῳ ἔτει μιᾷ τοῦ μηνὸς ἐγένετο λόγος κυρίου πρός με λέγων
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου ἀνθ' ὧν εἶπεν Σορ ἐπὶ Ιερουσαλημ εὖγε συνετρίβη ἀπόλωλεν τὰ ἔθνη ἐπεστράφη πρός με ἡ πλήρης ἠρήμωται
Son of man, because Tyre said against Jerusalem, Well done, it is broken, the nations have perished; she has turned toward me, the once-full one is laid waste,
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διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει κύριος ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐπὶ σέ Σορ καὶ ἀνάξω ἐπὶ σὲ ἔθνη πολλά ὡς ἀναβαίνει ἡ θάλασσα τοῖς κύμασιν αὐτῆς
therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
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καὶ καταβαλοῦσιν τὰ τείχη Σορ καὶ καταβαλοῦσι τοὺς πύργους σου καὶ λικμήσω τὸν χοῦν αὐτῆς ἀπ' αὐτῆς καὶ δώσω αὐτὴν εἰς λεωπετρίαν
And they shall pull down the walls of Tyre and throw down your towers, and I will winnow her dust away from her and make her a bare rock.
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ψυγμὸς σαγηνῶν ἔσται ἐν μέσῳ θαλάσσης ὅτι ἐγὼ λελάληκα λέγει κύριος καὶ ἔσται εἰς προνομὴν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν
A drying-place for nets she shall be in the midst of the sea, because I have spoken, says the Lord, and she shall become plunder for the nations.
Word-by-word analysis· 17 words
καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες αὐτῆς αἱ ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ μαχαίρᾳ ἀναιρεθήσονται καὶ γνώσονται ὅτι ἐγὼ κύριος
And her daughters that are in the plain shall be slain by the sword, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
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ὅτι τάδε λέγει κύριος ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐπάγω ἐπὶ σέ Σορ τὸν Ναβουχοδονοσορ βασιλέα Βαβυλῶνος ἀπὸ τοῦ βορρᾶ βασιλεὺς βασιλέων ἐστίν μεθ' ἵππων καὶ ἁρμάτων καὶ ἱππέων καὶ συναγωγῆς ἐθνῶν πολλῶν σφόδρα
For thus says the Lord: Behold, I am bringing against you Tyre, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the north; he is king of kings, with horses and chariots and horsemen and an assembly of very many nations.
Word-by-word analysis· 31 words
οὗτος τὰς θυγατέρας σου τὰς ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ μαχαίρᾳ ἀνελεῖ καὶ δώσει ἐπὶ σὲ προφυλακὴν καὶ περιοικοδομήσει καὶ ποιήσει ἐπὶ σὲ κύκλῳ χάρακα καὶ περίστασιν ὅπλων καὶ τὰς λόγχας αὐτοῦ ἀπέναντί σου δώσει
He shall kill your daughters in the field with the sword, and he shall set a garrison against you and build a siege-wall around you and place a ring of weapons against you and set his spears opposite you.
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τὰ τείχη σου καὶ τοὺς πύργους σου καταβαλεῖ ἐν ταῖς μαχαίραις αὐτοῦ
He shall cast down your walls and your towers with his swords.
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ἀπὸ τοῦ πλήθους τῶν ἵππων αὐτοῦ κατακαλύψει σε ὁ κονιορτὸς αὐτῶν καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς φωνῆς τῶν ἱππέων αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν τροχῶν τῶν ἁρμάτων αὐτοῦ σεισθήσεται τὰ τείχη σου εἰσπορευομένου αὐτοῦ τὰς πύλας σου ὡς εἰσπορευόμενος εἰς πόλιν ἐκ πεδίου
From the multitude of his horses their dust shall cover you, and from the sound of his horsemen and the wheels of his chariots your walls shall quake, when he enters your gates like one entering a city from an open plain.
Word-by-word analysis· 39 words
ἐν ταῖς ὁπλαῖς τῶν ἵππων αὐτοῦ καταπατήσουσίν σου πάσας τὰς πλατείας τὸν λαόν σου μαχαίρᾳ ἀνελεῖ καὶ τὴν ὑπόστασίν σου τῆς ἰσχύος ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν κατάξει
With the hoofs of his horses they shall trample all your streets; he shall kill your people with the sword, and the pillar of your strength he shall bring down to the ground.
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καὶ προνομεύσει τὴν δύναμίν σου καὶ σκυλεύσει τὰ ὑπάρχοντά σου καὶ καταβαλεῖ σου τὰ τείχη καὶ τοὺς οἴκους σου τοὺς ἐπιθυμητοὺς καθελεῖ καὶ τοὺς λίθους σου καὶ τὰ ξύλα σου καὶ τὸν χοῦν σου εἰς μέσον τῆς θαλάσσης ἐμβαλεῖ
And he shall plunder your power and spoil your possessions and break down your walls and pull down your desirable houses, and your stones and your timber and your dust he shall cast into the midst of the sea.
Word-by-word analysis· 39 words
καὶ καταλύσει τὸ πλῆθος τῶν μουσικῶν σου καὶ ἡ φωνὴ τῶν ψαλτηρίων σου οὐ μὴ ἀκουσθῇ ἔτι
And I will bring to an end the multitude of your musicians, and the sound of your harps shall no longer be heard.
Word-by-word analysis· 17 words
καὶ δώσω σε εἰς λεωπετρίαν ψυγμὸς σαγηνῶν ἔσῃ οὐ μὴ οἰκοδομηθῇς ἔτι ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐλάλησα λέγει κύριος
And I will make you a bare rock; you shall be a drying-place for nets; you shall no longer be built, because I the Lord have spoken, says the Lord.
Word-by-word analysis· 17 words
διότι τάδε λέγει κύριος κύριος τῇ Σορ οὐκ ἀπὸ φωνῆς τῆς πτώσεώς σου ἐν τῷ στενάξαι τραυματίας ἐν τῷ σπάσαι μάχαιραν ἐν μέσῳ σου σεισθήσονται αἱ νῆσοι
For thus says the Lord God to Tyre: Shall not the islands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when the sword is drawn in your midst?
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καὶ καταβήσονται ἀπὸ τῶν θρόνων αὐτῶν πάντες οἱ ἄρχοντες ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ ἀφελοῦνται τὰς μίτρας ἀπὸ τῶν κεφαλῶν αὐτῶν καὶ τὸν ἱματισμὸν τὸν ποικίλον αὐτῶν ἐκδύσονται ἐκστάσει ἐκστήσονται ἐπὶ γῆν καθεδοῦνται καὶ φοβηθήσονται τὴν ἀπώλειαν αὐτῶν καὶ στενάξουσιν ἐπὶ σέ
And all the rulers of the nations of the sea shall come down from their thrones and remove the turbans from their heads and strip off their embroidered clothing; they shall stand in astonishment, they shall sit upon the ground and be afraid at your destruction and groan over you.
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καὶ λήμψονται ἐπὶ σὲ θρῆνον καὶ ἐροῦσίν σοι πῶς κατελύθης ἐκ θαλάσσης ἡ πόλις ἡ ἐπαινεστὴ ἡ δοῦσα τὸν φόβον αὐτῆς πᾶσι τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν αὐτήν
And they shall take up a lament over you and say to you, How have you been destroyed from the sea, you praised city, you who gave your fear to all who lived in you?
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καὶ φοβηθήσονται αἱ νῆσοι ἀφ' ἡμέρας πτώσεώς σου
And the islands shall be afraid from the day of your fall.
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ὅτι τάδε λέγει κύριος κύριος ὅταν δῶ σε πόλιν ἠρημωμένην ὡς τὰς πόλεις τὰς μὴ κατοικηθησομένας ἐν τῷ ἀναγαγεῖν με ἐπὶ σὲ τὴν ἄβυσσον καὶ κατακαλύψῃ σε ὕδωρ πολύ
For thus says the Lord God: When I make you a desolated city, like the cities that shall not be inhabited, when I bring up the deep against you and much water covers you,
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καὶ καταβιβάσω σε πρὸς τοὺς καταβαίνοντας εἰς βόθρον πρὸς λαὸν αἰῶνος καὶ κατοικιῶ σε εἰς βάθη τῆς γῆς ὡς ἔρημον αἰώνιον μετὰ καταβαινόντων εἰς βόθρον ὅπως μὴ κατοικηθῇς μηδὲ ἀνασταθῇς ἐπὶ γῆς ζωῆς
then I will bring you down to those who go down to the pit, to a people of old, and I will make you dwell in the depths of the earth like an everlasting desert, with those going down to the pit, so that you may not be inhabited nor stand again in the land of the living.
Word-by-word analysis· 33 words
ἀπώλειάν σε δώσω καὶ οὐχ ὑπάρξεις ἔτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα λέγει κύριος κύριος
I will make you a destruction, and you shall no longer exist forever, says the Lord God.