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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1The word of the LORD came to me: |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2"Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "'In the pride of your heart you say, "I am a god; I sit on the throne of a god in the heart of the seas." But you are a mere mortal and not a god, though you think you are as wise as a god. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Are you wiser than Daniel? Is no secret hidden from you? |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself and amassed gold and silver in your treasuries. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6"'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "'Because you think you are wise, as wise as a god, |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7I am going to bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations; they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom and pierce your shining splendor. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Will you then say, "I am a god," in the presence of those who kill you? You will be but a mortal, not a god, in the hands of those who slay you. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.'" |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11The word of the LORD came to me: |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12"Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "'You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18By your many sins and dishonest trade you have desecrated your sanctuaries. So I made a fire come out from you, and it consumed you, and I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19All the nations who knew you are appalled at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.'" |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20The word of the LORD came to me: |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21"Son of man, set your face against Sidon; prophesy against her |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22and say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "'I am against you, Sidon, and among you I will display my glory. You will know that I am the LORD, when I inflict punishment on you and within you am proved to be holy. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23I will send a plague upon you and make blood flow in your streets. The slain will fall within you, with the sword against you on every side. Then you will know that I am the LORD. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24"'No longer will the people of Israel have malicious neighbors who are painful briers and sharp thorns. Then they will know that I am the Sovereign LORD. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25"'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When I gather the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered, I will be proved holy through them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26They will live there in safety and will build houses and plant vineyards; they will live in safety when I inflict punishment on all their neighbors who maligned them. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.'" |
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