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1 The
LORD’s word came
again to me,
saying,
2 “Son
of man, tell the
prince of Tyre, ‘The
Lord GOD says:
“Because your
heart is lifted
up,
and you have said,
‘I am a god,
I sit in
the seat of
God,
in the middle
of the seas;’
yet you are
man,
and no god,
though you set
your heart as
the heart of
a god—
3 behold,
you are wiser
than Daniel.
There is no
secret that is
hidden from you.
4 By
your wisdom and
by your
understanding you
have gotten
yourself riches,
and have gotten
gold and silver
into your treasuries.
5 By
your great wisdom
and by
your trading you
have increased
your riches,
and your heart
is lifted up
because of your
riches—”
6 “ ‘therefore
the Lord GOD
says:
“Because you have
set your heart
as the heart
of God,
7 therefore,
behold, I
will bring strangers
on you,
the terrible of
the nations.
They will draw
their swords
against the beauty
of your wisdom.
They will defile
your brightness.
8 They
will bring you
down to the
pit.
You will die
the death of those
who are slain
in the heart
of the seas.
9 Will
you yet say before
him who kills
you, ‘I am God’?
But you are
man, and not
God,
in the hand
of him who wounds
you.
10 You
will die the
death of the
uncircumcised
by the hand
of strangers;
for I have
spoken it,” says
the Lord GOD.’ ”
11 Moreover
the LORD’s word
came to me,
saying,
12 “Son
of man, take
up a lamentation
over the king
of Tyre, and tell
him, ‘The Lord
GOD says:
“You were the
seal of
full measure,
full of wisdom,
and perfect in
beauty.
13 You
were in Eden,
the garden of God.
Every precious
stone adorned you:
ruby, topaz, emerald,
chrysolite, onyx, jasper,
sapphire,
turquoise, and
beryl.
Gold work of
tambourines
and of pipes
was in you.
They were
prepared in the
day that you
were created.
14 You
were the anointed
cherub who covers.
Then I set
you up on
the holy mountain
of God.
You have walked
up and down
in the middle
of the stones
of fire.
15 You
were perfect in
your ways from
the day that
you were created,
until unrighteousness
was found in
you.
16 By
the abundance of
your commerce, your insides
were filled with
violence,
and you have
sinned.
Therefore I have
cast you as
profane out
of God’s mountain.
I have destroyed
you, covering
cherub,
from the middle
of the stones
of fire.
17 Your
heart was lifted
up because of
your beauty.
You have
corrupted your
wisdom by reason
of your splendor.
I have cast
you to the
ground.
I have laid
you before kings,
that they may
see you.
18 By
the multitude of
your iniquities,
in the
unrighteousness of
your commerce,
you have profaned
your sanctuaries.
Therefore I have
brought out a fire
from the middle
of you.
It has devoured
you.
I have turned
you to ashes on
the earth
in the sight
of all those
who see you.
19 All
those who know
you among the
peoples will be
astonished at you.
You have become
a terror,
and you will exist
no more.” ’ ”
20 The
LORD’s word came
to me, saying,
21 “Son
of man, set
your face toward
Sidon, and
prophesy against
it,
22 and say, ‘The
Lord GOD says:
“Behold, I am
against you, Sidon.
I will be
glorified among
you.
Then they will
know that I
am the LORD,
when I have
executed judgments
in her,
and am sanctified
in her.
23 For
I will send
pestilence into
her,
and blood into
her streets.
The wounded will
fall within her,
with the sword
on her on
every side.
Then they will
know that I
am the LORD.
24 “ ‘ “There
will no longer
be a pricking
brier to the
house of Israel,
nor a hurting
thorn of any
that are around
them that scorned
them. Then they
will know that
I am the
Lord GOD.”
25 “ ‘The
Lord GOD says: “When
I have gathered
the house of
Israel from the
peoples among whom
they are scattered,
and am shown as
holy among them
in the sight
of the nations,
then they will
dwell in their
own land which I
gave to my
servant Jacob.
26 They
will dwell in
it securely. Yes,
they will build
houses, plant
vineyards, and
will dwell securely
when I have
executed judgments
on all those
around them who
have treated them
with contempt. Then
they will know
that I am
the LORD their
God.” ’ ”