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A Message for Tyre’s King

Then this message came to me from the LORD:

Prophecy Against the Prince of Tyre

The word of the Lord came to me:

“Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“In your great pride you claim, ‘I am a god!
I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.’
But you are only a man and not a god,
though you boast that you are a god.

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“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:
“Because your heart is proud,
and you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,’
yet you are but a man, and no god,
though you make your heart like the heart of a god —

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You regard yourself as wiser than Daniel
and think no secret is hidden from you.

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you are indeed wiser than Daniel;
no secret is hidden from you;

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With your wisdom and understanding you have amassed great wealth —
gold and silver for your treasuries.

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by your wisdom and your understanding
you have made wealth for yourself,
and have gathered gold and silver
into your treasuries;

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Yes, your wisdom has made you very rich,
and your riches have made you very proud.

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by your great wisdom in your trade
you have increased your wealth,
and your heart has become proud in your wealth —

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“Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
Because you think you are as wise as a god,

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therefore thus says the Lord God:
Because you make your heart
like the heart of a god,

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I will now bring against you a foreign army,
the terror of the nations.
They will draw their swords against your marvelous wisdom
and defile your splendor!

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therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you,
the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom
and defile your splendor.

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They will bring you down to the pit,
and you will die in the heart of the sea,
pierced with many wounds.

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They shall thrust you down into the pit,
and you shall die the death of the slain
in the heart of the seas.

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Will you then boast, ‘I am a god!’
to those who kill you?
To them you will be no god
but merely a man!

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Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill you,
though you are but a man, and no god,
in the hands of those who slay you?

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You will die like an outcasta
at the hands of foreigners.
I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

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You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
by the hand of foreigners;
for I have spoken, declares the Lord God.”

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Then this further message came to me from the LORD:

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A Lament over the King of Tyre

Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me:

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“Son of man, sing this funeral song for the king of Tyre. Give him this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“You were the model of perfection,
full of wisdom and exquisite in beauty.

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“Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:
“You were the signet of perfection,a
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

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You were in Eden,
the garden of God.
Your clothing was adorned with every precious stoneb —
red carnelian, pale-green peridot, white moonstone,
blue-green beryl, onyx, green jasper,
blue lapis lazuli, turquoise, and emerald —
all beautifully crafted for you
and set in the finest gold.
They were given to you
on the day you were created.

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You were in Eden, the garden of God;
every precious stone was your covering,
sardius, topaz, and diamond,
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire,b emerald, and carbuncle;
and crafted in gold were your settings
and your engravings.c
On the day that you were created
they were prepared.

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I ordained and anointed you
as the mighty angelic guardian.c
You had access to the holy mountain of God
and walked among the stones of fire.

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You were an anointed guardian cherub.
I placed you;d you were on the holy mountain of God;
in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.

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“You were blameless in all you did
from the day you were created
until the day evil was found in you.

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You were blameless in your ways
from the day you were created,
till unrighteousness was found in you.

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Your rich commerce led you to violence,
and you sinned.
So I banished you in disgrace
from the mountain of God.
I expelled you, O mighty guardian,
from your place among the stones of fire.

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In the abundance of your trade
you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God,
and I destroyed you,e O guardian cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.

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Your heart was filled with pride
because of all your beauty.
Your wisdom was corrupted
by your love of splendor.
So I threw you to the ground
and exposed you to the curious gaze of kings.

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Your heart was proud because of your beauty;
you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I exposed you before kings,
to feast their eyes on you.

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You defiled your sanctuaries
with your many sins and your dishonest trade.
So I brought fire out from within you,
and it consumed you.
I reduced you to ashes on the ground
in the sight of all who were watching.

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By the multitude of your iniquities,
in the unrighteousness of your trade
you profaned your sanctuaries;
so I brought fire out from your midst;
it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
in the sight of all who saw you.

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All who knew you are appalled at your fate.
You have come to a terrible end,
and you will exist no more.”

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All who know you among the peoples
are appalled at you;
you have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever.”

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A Message for Sidon

Then another message came to me from the LORD:

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Prophecy Against Sidon

The word of the Lord came to me:

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“Son of man, turn and face the city of Sidon and prophesy against it.

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“Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her

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Give the people of Sidon this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“I am your enemy, O Sidon,
and I will reveal my glory by what I do to you.
When I bring judgment against you
and reveal my holiness among you,
everyone watching will know
that I am the LORD.

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and say, Thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,
and I will manifest my glory in your midst.
And they shall know that I am the Lord
when I execute judgments in her
and manifest my holiness in her;

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I will send a plague against you,
and blood will be spilled in your streets.
The attack will come from every direction,
and your people will lie slaughtered within your walls.
Then everyone will know
that I am the LORD.

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for I will send pestilence into her,
and blood into her streets;
and the slain shall fall in her midst,
by the sword that is against her on every side.
Then they will know that I am the Lord.

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No longer will Israel’s scornful neighbors
prick and tear at her like briers and thorns.
For then they will know
that I am the Sovereign LORD.

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“And for the house of Israel there shall be no more a brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.

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Restoration for Israel

“This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Israel will again live in their own land, the land I gave my servant Jacob. For I will gather them from the distant lands where I have scattered them. I will reveal to the nations of the world my holiness among my people.

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Israel Gathered in Security

“Thus says the Lord God: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob.

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They will live safely in Israel and build homes and plant vineyards. And when I punish the neighboring nations that treated them with contempt, they will know that I am the LORD their God.”

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And they shall dwell securely in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely, when I execute judgments upon all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.”

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