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1 The word of Jehovah came again to me, saying,
2 Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, The lord Jehovah says thus: Because your heart is lifted up and you have said, I am a god. I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas. Yet you are man and not God, though you did set your heart as the heart of 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 you riches and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures. 5 By your great wisdom and by your traffic you have increased your riches. And your heart is lifted up because of your riches.
6 Therefore thus says the lord Jehovah: Because you have set your heart as the heart of God, 7 therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you, the terrible of the nations and they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and they will defile your brightness. 8 They will bring you down to the pit and you will die the death of those who are slain, in the heart of the seas.
9 Will you yet say before him who slays 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 Jehovah.
11 Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 12 Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, The lord Jehovah says thus: You seal up the sum, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone was your covering, the ruby, the topaz and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald and the carbuncle and gold. The workmanship of your tambourine and of your pipes was in you. In the day that you were created they were prepared.
14 You were the anointed cherub who covers. And I set you, so that you were upon the holy mountain of God. You have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you. 16 By the abundance of your commerce they filled the midst of you with violence and you have sinned. Therefore I have cast you out of the mountain of God as profane and I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You have corrupted your wisdom because of your brightness. I have cast you to the ground. I have laid you before kings, that they may behold 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 midst of you. It has devoured you and I have turned you to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all those who behold you.
19 All those who know you among the peoples will be astonished at you. You have become a horror and you will not be until everlasting.
20 And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 21 Son of man, set your face toward Sidon and prophesy against it, 22 and say, The lord Jehovah says thus: Behold, I am against you, O Sidon. And I will be glorified in the midst of you.
And they will know that I am Jehovah, when I will have executed judgments in her and will be made holy in her. 23 For I will send pestilence into her and blood into her streets. And the wounded will fall in the midst of her, with the sword upon her on every side.
And they will know that I am Jehovah.
24 And there will no more be a prickling brier to the house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any who are all around them, who did spite to them.
And they will know that I am the lord Jehovah.
25 The lord Jehovah says thus: When I will have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered and will be made holy in them in the sight of the nations, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob.
26 And they will dwell securely in it. Yes, they will build houses and plant vineyards and will dwell securely, when I have executed judgments upon all those who do them spite all around them.
And they will know that I am Jehovah their 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 you riches and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures. 5 By your great wisdom and by your traffic you have increased your riches. And your heart is lifted up because of your riches.
6 Therefore thus says the lord Jehovah: Because you have set your heart as the heart of God, 7 therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you, the terrible of the nations and they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and they will defile your brightness. 8 They will bring you down to the pit and you will die the death of those who are slain, in the heart of the seas.
9 Will you yet say before him who slays 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 Jehovah.
11 Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 12 Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, The lord Jehovah says thus: You seal up the sum, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone was your covering, the ruby, the topaz and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald and the carbuncle and gold. The workmanship of your tambourine and of your pipes was in you. In the day that you were created they were prepared.
14 You were the anointed cherub who covers. And I set you, so that you were upon the holy mountain of God. You have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you. 16 By the abundance of your commerce they filled the midst of you with violence and you have sinned. Therefore I have cast you out of the mountain of God as profane and I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You have corrupted your wisdom because of your brightness. I have cast you to the ground. I have laid you before kings, that they may behold 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 midst of you. It has devoured you and I have turned you to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all those who behold you.
19 All those who know you among the peoples will be astonished at you. You have become a horror and you will not be until everlasting.
20 And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 21 Son of man, set your face toward Sidon and prophesy against it, 22 and say, The lord Jehovah says thus: Behold, I am against you, O Sidon. And I will be glorified in the midst of you.
And they will know that I am Jehovah, when I will have executed judgments in her and will be made holy in her. 23 For I will send pestilence into her and blood into her streets. And the wounded will fall in the midst of her, with the sword upon her on every side.
And they will know that I am Jehovah.
24 And there will no more be a prickling brier to the house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any who are all around them, who did spite to them.
And they will know that I am the lord Jehovah.
25 The lord Jehovah says thus: When I will have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered and will be made holy in them in the sight of the nations, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob.
26 And they will dwell securely in it. Yes, they will build houses and plant vineyards and will dwell securely, when I have executed judgments upon all those who do them spite all around them.
And they will know that I am Jehovah their God.