Ezekiel 26 Cross References - NSB

¹ Now in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of Jehovah came to me: ² »Son of man, because Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has opened to me. I will be filled, now that she is laid waste.’ ³ »Therefore the Lord Jehovah says: ‘I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves. ⁴ »‘They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her debris from her and make her a bare rock. ⁵ »‘She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the middle of the sea. I have spoken, declares the Lord Jehovah. She will become spoil for the nations.’ ⁶ »‘Her daughters on the mainland will be killed by the sword. They will know that I am Jehovah.’ ⁷ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He is king of kings. He has many horses, chariots, cavalry and a great army. ⁸ ‘»He will slay your daughters on the mainland with the sword. He will make siege walls against you, cast up a ramp against you and raise up a large shield against you. ⁹ »‘He will direct the blow of his battering rams against your walls. He will break down your towers with his axes. ¹⁰ »‘Dust raised by the vast number of his horses will cover you. The noise of cavalry, wagons and chariots will shake your walls. He will enter your gates as men enter a city that is breached. ¹¹ »‘The hoofs of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slay your people with the sword and your strong pillars will come down to the ground. ¹² »‘They will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. They will throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water.’ ¹³ »‘So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps will be heard no more. ¹⁴ »‘I will make you a bare rock. You will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be built no more, for I Jehovah have spoken,’ declares the Lord Jehovah. ¹⁵ »The Lord Jehovah says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter occurs in your midst? ¹⁶ ‘»Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones and remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground, tremble every moment and be appalled at you. ¹⁷ ‘»They will take up a lamentation over you and say to you: »‘»How you have perished, O inhabited one, from the seas, O renowned city. You were mighty on the sea. She and her inhabitants imposed her terror on all her inhabitants! ¹⁸ »‘»Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall. Yes, the coastlands by the sea will be terrified at your passing.«’ ¹⁹ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, ²⁰ then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit (grave), to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth. It will be like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit (grave), so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set glory in the land of the living. ²¹ »I will bring terrors on you and you will be no more. Though you will be sought, you will never be found again,’ declares the Lord Jehovah.«

¹⁵ »The sheiks (chiefs) of Edom were dismayed. The leaders of Moab are griped with fear. The inhabitants of Canaan are filled with fear.

⁴ The people heard this bad news and acted as if someone had died. No one wore any jewelry. ⁵ Jehovah said to Moses: »Tell the Israelites: You are impossible to deal with. If I were with you, I might destroy you at any time. Take off your jewelry and I will decide what to do with you.«

⁴¹ »He must have the entire inside of the house scraped. The plaster dust scraped off the walls must be dumped in an unclean place outside the city. ⁴² »The stones must be replaced, and the house must be plastered again. ⁴³ »If the mildew breaks out again in the house after the stones have been removed and the house has been scraped and plastered, ⁴⁴ the priest will go and look. If it has spread, the house is unclean. ⁴⁵ »It must be torn down, and its stones, its wood, and all its plaster must be carried out of the city to an unclean place.

³⁰ »But if Jehovah does something totally new, if the ground opens up, swallows them and everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive to their graves; then you will know that these men have treated Jehovah with contempt.«

³³ They went down alive to their graves with everything that belonged to them. The ground covered them. They disappeared from the assembly.

¹⁹ »God is a not man that he should lie. He is not a son of man who changes his mind. Does he ever promise and not fulfill? Does he ever speak and not act?

¹⁶ »Gather all its treasure into the middle of its open square and burn the city and all its treasure with fire as a whole burnt offering to Jehovah your God. It shall be a ruin forever. It shall never be rebuilt.

⁵ »When you hear a long blast with the ram’s horn, all the people will shout with a great shout. The wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people will go up, every man straight in to the city.«

²⁹ The boundary turned to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and then the boundary turned to Hosah; it ended at the sea near Achzib.

²⁰ So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. When the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, the wall fell down flat. The people went into the city, every man straight ahead. They captured the city.

¹¹ King Hiram of Tyre sent some officials to David. Carpenters and stone workers came with them. They brought cedar logs so they could build a palace for David.

¹⁹ »Your beauty, O Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!

²⁵ »The brave soldiers have fallen. They were killed in battle. Jonathan lies dead in the hills. ²⁶ »I grieve for you, my brother Jonathan. You were dear to me! How wonderful was your love for me. It was better than the love of women. ²⁷ »The mighty have fallen, their weapons abandoned and useless.«

¹⁵ Joab and his troops surrounded Abel, so no one could go in or come out. They made a dirt ramp (rampart) up to the town wall. Then they used a battering ram to knock the wall down.

¹⁵ In Jerusalem he manufactured machines designed by inventive people. The machines were placed on the towers and corners to shoot arrows and hurl large stones. Uzziah’s fame spread far and wide because he had strong support until he became powerful.

¹⁰ In the spring King Nebuchadnezzar sent for Jehoiakin and brought him to Babylon with the valuable utensils from Jehovah’s Temple. Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiakin’s uncle Zedekiah king of Judah and Jerusalem.

¹² »Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, all peace;

²⁷ Hezekiah became richer and was highly honored. He prepared storehouses for himself to hold silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuables.

¹² They saw him from a distance and did not even recognize him. They cried out loud and wept. Each of them tore his clothes in grief. They threw dust on their heads. ¹³ Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him because they saw that he was in such great pain.

²² »Your enemies will be clothed in shame. The tents of the wicked will be no more.«

¹⁴ »What he tears down cannot be rebuilt. The man he imprisons cannot be released.

³ »Shriveled up from need and hunger, they gnaw at the dry and barren ground during the night. ⁴ »They pick mallow (salt herb) from the underbrush, and the roots of the broom plant are their food. ⁵ »They are driven from the community. People shout at them in the same way they shout at thieves. ⁶ »They have to live in dry riverbeds (the clefts of the valleys) (wadis), in holes in the ground, and among rocks.

⁸ »Would you undo my justice? Would you condemn me so that you can be righteous?

¹³ I believe that I will see the goodness of Jehovah in this world of the living.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) O Jehovah, I call to you. O my rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit (grave).

²¹ They open their mouths against me and say: Aha! Aha! Our own eyes have seen it.

²⁶ Let those who gloat over my downfall be thoroughly put to shame and confused. Let those who promote themselves at my expense be clothed with shame and disgrace.

¹⁵ Let those who say to me: Aha! Aha! Be stunned by their shame.

³ Let those who say: »Aha! Aha!« Be turned back because of their own shame.

³⁶ Then he passed away, and lo, he was no more. I searched for him, but he could not be found.

³ I am filled with troubles, and my life comes closer to the grave. ⁴ I am numbered with those who go into the pit. I am like a man without any strength. ⁵ I am abandoned with the dead, like those who have been killed and lie in graves. I am like those whom you no longer remember, who are cut off from your hand (power) (care). ⁶ You have put me in the bottom of the pit, in deep dark places.

³ The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their pounding waves. ⁴ Jehovah on high is mightier than the noise of many waters. Yes he is mightier than the mighty waves of the sea.

² For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads. ³ They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones. ⁴ They say: »Come and let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.«

⁷ Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

²⁵ He spoke, and a storm began to blow, and it made the waves rise high.

¹⁸ He wore cursing as though it were clothing; so cursing entered his body like water and his bones like oil.

²⁹ Let those who accuse me wear disgrace as though it were clothing. Let them be wrapped in their shame as though it were a robe.

¹⁸ I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown on my anointed one will shine.

¹⁹ People will go into caves in the rocks and into holes in the ground because of Jehovah’s terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty when he rises to shake the earth.

²⁶ Her (Zion’s) gates will lament and mourn and she will sit on the ground deserted.

⁵ Then Jehovah will create over the entire area of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, even smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night. A canopy (shelter) will be over all as the glory (honor).

¹² At their feasts there are lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine. Yet, they do not pay attention to what Jehovah is doing or respect what his hands have done.

²⁸ Their arrows are sharpened. All their bows are strung and ready to shoot. Their horses' hoofs are as hard as flint. Their chariot wheels are as quick as the wind.

³⁰ In that day they will roar over their prey as the sea roars. If they look at the land, they will see only darkness and distress. Thick clouds will darken even the light.

⁷ »That is why Jehovah is going to bring against them the raging and powerful floodwaters of the Euphrates River, that is, the king of Assyria with all his power. It will overflow all its channels and go over all its banks. ⁸ »It will sweep through Judah. It will overflow and pass through. It will be neck-high. Its outspread wings will extend over your entire country, O Immanuel.«

⁹ »The grave below wakes up to meet you when you come. It wakes up those who are dead, all who were leaders on earth. It raises all who were kings of the nations from their thrones. ¹⁰ »‘All of them will greet you: ‘You also have become weak like us! You have become like one of us! ¹¹ »‘Your pride has been brought down to the grave along with the music of your harps. Maggots are spread out like a bed under you, and worms cover you.’

¹¹ »‘Your pride has been brought down to the grave along with the music of your harps. Maggots are spread out like a bed under you, and worms cover you.’

¹¹ »‘Your pride has been brought down to the grave along with the music of your harps. Maggots are spread out like a bed under you, and worms cover you.’ ¹² »O how you have fallen from heaven, you morning star (shining one), and son of the dawn! How you have been cut down to the ground, you who conquered nations!

¹² »O how you have fallen from heaven, you morning star (shining one), and son of the dawn! How you have been cut down to the ground, you who conquered nations!

¹² »O how you have fallen from heaven, you morning star (shining one), and son of the dawn! How you have been cut down to the ground, you who conquered nations! ¹³ »‘You thought: ‘I will go up to heaven (Mount Zion) and set up my throne above God's stars (messengers). I will sit on the mountain of meeting far away in the north where the gods assemble.

¹³ »‘You thought: ‘I will go up to heaven (Mount Zion) and set up my throne above God's stars (messengers). I will sit on the mountain of meeting far away in the north where the gods assemble. ¹⁴ »‘I will go above the top of the clouds. I will be like the Most High.’ ¹⁵ »But you have been brought down to the grave, to the deepest part of the pit. ¹⁶ »‘Those who see you stare at you. They look at you closely and say: ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook the kingdoms, ¹⁷ who made the world like a desert and tore down its cities and did not let his prisoners go home?’ ¹⁸ All the kings of the nations, all of them, have been buried with honor, each in his own tomb. ¹⁹ However you are thrown out of your tomb like a rejected branch. You are covered with those who were killed in battle. You go down to the stones (bottom) of the pit like a trampled corpse.

²⁷ Jehovah of Hosts is determined to do this. He has stretched out his arm to punish, and no one can stop him.

² You are a town full of commotion, a city of tumult and revelry. The sword did not kill your slain, nor did they die in battle.

¹ Wail, O ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed and left without house or harbor. From the land of Cyprus (Kittim) word has come to them.

¹ Wail, O ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed and left without house or harbor. From the land of Cyprus (Kittim) word has come to them. ² Be silent, you people of the island and you merchants of Sidon, whom the seafarers have enriched.

² Be silent, you people of the island and you merchants of Sidon, whom the seafarers have enriched. ³ On the great waters came the grain of the Shihor. The harvest of the Nile River was the revenue of Tyre, and she became the marketplace of the nations.

³ On the great waters came the grain of the Shihor. The harvest of the Nile River was the revenue of Tyre, and she became the marketplace of the nations. ⁴ Be ashamed, O Sidon, and you, O fortress of the sea, for the sea has spoken: I have neither been in labor nor given birth. I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.

⁴ Be ashamed, O Sidon, and you, O fortress of the sea, for the sea has spoken: I have neither been in labor nor given birth. I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.

⁴ Be ashamed, O Sidon, and you, O fortress of the sea, for the sea has spoken: I have neither been in labor nor given birth. I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters. ⁵ When word arrives at Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report from Tyre.

⁵ When word arrives at Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report from Tyre.

⁵ When word arrives at Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report from Tyre. ⁶ Crossover to Tarshish and cry you people of the island.

⁶ Crossover to Tarshish and cry you people of the island.

⁶ Crossover to Tarshish and cry you people of the island. ⁷ Is this your exultant city founded in antiquity? Is this the city that sent its people to settle in distant lands?

⁷ Is this your exultant city founded in antiquity? Is this the city that sent its people to settle in distant lands?

⁷ Is this your exultant city founded in antiquity? Is this the city that sent its people to settle in distant lands?

⁷ Is this your exultant city founded in antiquity? Is this the city that sent its people to settle in distant lands? ⁸ Who planned such a thing against Tyre, the city that produced kings? Its merchants are princes. Its traders are among the honored people of the world.

⁸ Who planned such a thing against Tyre, the city that produced kings? Its merchants are princes. Its traders are among the honored people of the world.

⁸ Who planned such a thing against Tyre, the city that produced kings? Its merchants are princes. Its traders are among the honored people of the world. ⁹ Jehovah of Hosts planned this in order to dishonor all arrogant people and to humiliate all the honored people of the world. ¹⁰ Travel through your country like the Nile, people of Tarshish. You no longer have a harbor.

¹⁰ Travel through your country like the Nile, people of Tarshish. You no longer have a harbor. ¹¹ Jehovah has stretched his hand over the sea to shake kingdoms. He has commanded that Canaan's fortifications be destroyed.

¹¹ Jehovah has stretched his hand over the sea to shake kingdoms. He has commanded that Canaan's fortifications be destroyed.

¹¹ Jehovah has stretched his hand over the sea to shake kingdoms. He has commanded that Canaan's fortifications be destroyed. ¹² He said: »You will exult no more, O crushed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.«

¹² He said: »You will exult no more, O crushed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.«

¹² Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,

⁸ »He boasts: ‘Every one of my commanders is a king!

¹³ Look at the land of the Chaldeans. This is the people that were not. Assyria appointed it for desert creatures. They erected their siege towers and they stripped its palaces. They made it a ruin! ¹⁴ Cry out O ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is destroyed. ¹⁵ Now in that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years like the lifespan of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute: ¹⁶ »Take harp and walk about the city, O forgotten prostitute. Pluck the strings skillfully; sing many songs, that you may be remembered.«

¹⁶ »Take harp and walk about the city, O forgotten prostitute. Pluck the strings skillfully; sing many songs, that you may be remembered.« ¹⁷ It will come about at the end of seventy years that Jehovah will visit Tyre. Then she will go back to her prostitute’s wages and will play the wanton woman with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. ¹⁸ The money she earns by commerce will be dedicated to Jehovah. She will not store it away, but those who worship Jehovah will use her money to buy the food and the clothing they need.

⁸ The joyful sound of tambourines ceases. The noise of revelers and the delight of the harp cease. ⁹ They no longer drink wine with a song. The beverage is bitter to its drinkers.

⁵ »He humbles those who dwell on high, he lays the lofty (inaccessible) city low; he levels it to the ground and casts it down to the dust.

² Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit enthroned, O Jerusalem. Free yourself from the chains on your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.

⁵ The islands have seen it and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.

¹ »Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.

¹⁰ We grope like blind men along a wall. We grope like people without eyes. We stumble at noon as if it were evening. We are like dead people among the living.

¹³ »The enemy comes up like clouds. His chariots are like a raging wind. His horses are swifter than eagles. How horable it will be for us! We will be destroyed!«

¹⁰ »Go up through her vineyards and destroy them. But do not execute a complete destruction. Strip away her branches, for they are not Jehovah’s.

⁶ Jehovah of Hosts says: »Cut down trees and build up a siege against Jerusalem. This city should be punished, for there is only oppression in her.

²³ »They seize bow and spear. They are cruel and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses. They are arrayed as a man for the battle against you, O daughter of Zion!«

²⁶ O my people put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn as for an only son, a lamentation most bitter. For suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

²⁹ ‘Cut off your hair and cast it away. Take up a cry of sorrow and grief on the bare heights. Jehovah has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.’

³⁴ »I will cause the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem. The land will become a ruin.«

²⁰ Listen to the word of Jehovah, you women, and open your ears to hear his words. Teach your daughters how to cry. Teach your neighbors funeral songs.

⁹ »This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am going to put a stop to the sounds of joy and happiness and the sounds of brides and grooms in this place. This will happen in your lifetime, even as you watch.’«

⁹ so I am going to send for all the families from the north. I will also send for my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon,« says Jehovah. »I will bring the families from the north to attack this land, its people, and all these surrounding nations. I am going to destroy them and turn them into something terrible, something ridiculed, and something permanently ruined. ¹⁰ »I will take from them the sounds of joy and happiness, the sounds of brides and grooms, the sound of mills, and the light of lamps.

²² all the kings of Tyre and Sidon, and the kings on the seacoast;

²⁴ »The siege ramps have reached the city to take it. The city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, the famine and the pestilence. You brought all this disaster on them.

¹³ »‘I am against you, O valley dweller, O rocky plain,’ declares Jehovah. ‘You men say: »Who will come down against us? Or who will enter into our habitations?

³⁴ »Mourn, you shepherds, and cry. Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. The time has come for you to be slaughtered. The time has come for you to be scattered, and you will break like fine pottery.

³ »Then send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon, with messengers who have come to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem.

³ »Then send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon, with messengers who have come to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem. ⁴ »Give them an order for their masters: This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Say this to your masters, ⁵ »I used my great strength and my powerful arm to make the earth along with the people and the animals on it. I give it to anyone I please. ⁶ »Now I have handed all these countries over to my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even made wild animals serve him.

² On the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year as king, the city walls were broken through.

³ »They will hear the sound of galloping warhorses, the rattling of enemy chariots, and the rumbling of their wheels. Fathers who lack courage abandon their children. ⁴ The time has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon any Philistine who might have escaped to get help. Jehovah will destroy the Philistines and anyone who is left from the island of Crete.

³¹ »I am against you, you arrogant city, declares the Lord Jehovah of Hosts. »Your day has come, the time when I will punish you.

⁴² »They will take hold of bows and spears. They will be cruel and have no compassion. They will sound like the sea when it roars. They will ride horses. They are ready for war, ready to attack you, people of Babylon.

²⁷ Raise your battle flag throughout the world. Blow the ram's horn among the nations. Prepare nations to attack Babylon. Tell the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz to attack it. Appoint a commander to lead the attack. Bring up horses like a swarm of locusts.

⁴² »The sea has come up over Babylon. She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.

⁶⁴ »Say: ‘Babylon will sink like this scroll. It will never rise again because of the disasters that I will bring on it.’« The words of Jeremiah end here.

⁴ On the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jerusalem with his entire army. They set up camp and built dirt ramps around the city walls.

¹³ »At Beth Shemesh he will break the monuments in Egypt and burn down the temples of Egypt's gods.«’«

¹ This is what Jehovah says about the people of [AMMON]: »Does Israel not have any children? Does it not have any heirs? Why has the god Milcom taken over the inheritance of Gad's descendants? Why do Milcom's people live in Gad's cities?« ² »‘That is why the days are coming,’ declares Jehovah, ‘when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah, where the people of Ammon live. It will become a pile of rubble. Its villages will be burned down.’ »‘Then Israel will take possession of its inheritance,’ says Jehovah.

²¹ When Edom falls, there will be such a noise that the entire earth will shake. The cries of alarm will be heard as far away as the Gulf of Aqaba.

³² He treated him well and gave him a special position higher than the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

¹ She sits alone. She was a town full of people! Once great among the nations she has become like a widow! She who was a princess among the countries has come under the yoke of forced labor!

¹⁰ The elders of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth and keep silent. They throw dust on their heads. They are clothed in sackcloth. The heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are brought down to the earth.

⁶ He kept me in dark places, like those who have been dead a long time.

² On the fifth day of the month during the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiakin,

⁸ »Therefore, the Lord Jehovah says: ‘Behold, I, even I, am against you! I will execute judgments against you in the sight of the nations.

¹³ ‘»I will unleash my anger. I will use my fury against you, and I will get revenge. When my fury is unleashed against you, you will know that I, Jehovah, spoke to you with all my zeal.

¹⁵ ‘»The nations that are around you will ridicule you and laugh at you. When I punish you because of my anger, fury, and fierce revenge, you will become something ridiculed and something horrible. I, Jehovah, have spoken.

¹⁷ ‘»I will send famine and wild animals against you. They will rob you of your children. I will send plagues, violence, and wars to kill you. I, Jehovah, have spoken!’«

⁸ ‘»I am about to pour out my wrath on you and spend my anger against you. I will judge you according to your conduct and repay you for all your detestable practices.

¹ On the fifth day of the sixth month in the sixth year, I was sitting in my home. Judah's older men were sitting in front of me. The power of the Lord Jehovah came over me.

⁴⁶ ‘»Now your older sister is Samaria, who lives north of you with her daughters. Your younger sister, who lives south of you, is Sodom with her daughters.

⁴⁸ ‘»As I am alive,’ declares the Lord Jehovah, ‘Sodom, your sister and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done.

¹⁴ that the kingdom might be in subjection, not exalting itself, but keeping his covenant that it might continue.

²¹ ‘»His best troops will be killed in battle, and the survivors will be scattered in every direction. I Jehovah have spoken.«’ ²² »‘Someday, I, Jehovah, will cut a tender twig from the top of a cedar tree. I will then plant it on the peak of Israel's tallest mountain, where it will grow strong branches and produce large fruit. ²³ »‘All kinds of birds will find shelter under the tree, and they will rest in the shade of its branches. ²⁴ ‘»Every tree in the forest will know that I, Jehovah, can bring down tall trees and help short ones grow. I dry up green trees and make dry ones green. I, Jehovah, have spoken, and I will keep my word.«’«

¹ »Take up a song of grief concerning the princes of Israel.

¹⁴ ‘»Fire spread from one of its main branches and consumed its fruit. No strong branch is left on it fit for a ruler’s scepter. This is a song of grief and is to be used as a song of grief.’«

¹ Seven years after King Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been led away as prisoners to Babylon, some of Israel's leaders came to me on the tenth day of the fifth month. They sat down and asked for a message from Jehovah.

³ »Tell the land of Israel: ‘This is what Jehovah says: »I am against you. I will take my sword out of its sheath and kill the righteous people and the wicked people among you.

²² »The divination (omens) will indicate that he should go to the right, to Jerusalem. So he will set up his battering rams there, and give the order to kill. He will raise a battle cry and aim the battering rams against the city gates. He will put up ramps and set up blockades (siege walls).

³² »You will be destroyed by fire. Your blood will be shed in your own country. No one will remember you any more. Jehovah has spoken!’«

¹⁴ ‘»Can your heart endure? Will your hands be strong in the days that I will deal with you? I, Jehovah, have spoken and will act.

²⁴ ‘»They will come against you with weapons, chariots and wagons, and with a company of peoples. They will set themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet. I will commit the judgment to them, and they will judge you according to their customs.

⁷ »»Her blood is in her midst. She placed it on the bare rock. She did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust. ⁸ ‘»That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on the bare rock, that it may not be covered.’

² »Son of man set your face (give attention) toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them. ³ »Tell the Ammonites: ‘Hear the word of the Lord Jehovah! The Lord Jehovah says: »Because you said, Aha! Against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into exile,

⁵ »‘»I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and the Ammonites a resting place for flocks. So you will know that I am Jehovah.«’« ⁶ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced in your scorn against the land of Israel, ⁷ ‘»I have stretched out my hand against you and I will give you for spoil to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands. I will destroy you. Therefore, you will know that I am Jehovah.’

¹⁰ and I will give it for a possession along with the Ammonites to the sons of the east, so that the Ammonites will not be remembered among the nations. ¹¹ »‘»Thus I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am Jehovah.’

¹⁴ ‘I will lay my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath. They will know my vengeance, declares the Lord Jehovah.«’

¹⁷ »‘»I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes. They will know that I am Jehovah when I lay my vengeance on them.«’«

³ »Therefore the Lord Jehovah says: ‘I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves. ⁴ »‘They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her debris from her and make her a bare rock.

¹⁵ »‘»Your behavior was perfect from the time you were created, until evil was found in you. ¹⁶ »‘»By the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. Therefore I have cast you as profane from the mountain of God. 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 corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I cast you to the ground. I put you before kings, that they may see you. ¹⁸ »‘»By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you. It has consumed you. I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the eyes of all who see you. ¹⁹ »‘»All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you. You have become terrified. You will cease to be forever.«’«

¹⁹ »‘»All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you. You have become terrified. You will cease to be forever.«’«

²² »You must say,, The Lord Jehovah says: »I am against you, O Sidon! I will be glorified in your midst. Then they will know that I am Jehovah when I execute judgments in her. I will manifest my holiness in her.

²⁵ »‘The Lord Jehovah says: »When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, I will make known my holiness in them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their land that I gave to my servant Jacob. ²⁶ »‘»They will live in it securely. They will build houses, plant vineyards and live securely when I execute judgments upon all who scorn them round about them. Then they will know that I am Jehovah their God!«’«

¹⁸ »Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder was rubbed bare. But he and his army had no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had performed against it. ¹⁹ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will carry off her wealth and capture her spoil and seize her plunder. It will serve as wages for his army.

¹⁹ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will carry off her wealth and capture her spoil and seize her plunder. It will serve as wages for his army. ²⁰ »‘I have given him the land of Egypt for the labor he performed, because they acted for me,’ declares the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁰ »This is what the Lord Jehovah says: I will use King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to bring an end to Egypt. ¹¹ »He and his troops, the most ruthless troops among the nations, will be brought to destroy the land. They will draw their swords to attack Egypt and fill the land with dead bodies. ¹² »I will dry up the Nile River and sell the land to wicked people. I will have foreigners destroy the land and everything in it. I, Jehovah, have spoken.’

¹ Jehovah continued to speak to me: ² »Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy to these shepherds. Tell them: ‘The Lord Jehovah says: »How horrible it will be for the shepherds of Israel who have been taking care of only themselves. Should shepherds take care of the sheep? ³ »‘»You eat the best parts of the sheep, dress in the wool, and butcher the finest sheep. Yet, you do not take care of the sheep. ⁴ »‘»You have not strengthened those that were weak, healed those who were sick, or bandaged those who were injured. You have not brought back those who strayed away or looked for those who were lost. You have ruled them harshly and violently. ⁵ »‘»They were scattered because there was no shepherd. They became food for every wild animal at the time they were scattered. ⁶ »‘»My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered throughout the entire earth. No one searched or looked for them. ⁷ »‘»You shepherds, listen to the word of Jehovah. ⁸ ‘»As I am alive, declares the Lord Jehovah, because there is no shepherd, my sheep have become prey. My sheep have become food for wild animals. My shepherds have not searched for my sheep. They have taken care of only themselves, not my sheep.«’ ⁹ You shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah: ¹⁰ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘I am against the shepherds! I will demand my sheep from them and make them cease from feeding sheep. So the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore. I will deliver my flock from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them.’« ¹¹ »‘The Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will search for my sheep. I will seek them out. ¹² »As a shepherd cares for his herd in the day when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will care for my sheep and will deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day. ¹³ »I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel. I will feed them by the streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land. ¹⁴ »I will feed them in a good pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.« ¹⁵ »‘»I will feed my flock and I will lead them to rest,« declares the Lord Jehovah. ¹⁶ »I will seek the lost. I will bring back the scattered. I will bind up the broken and strengthen the sick. The fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with judgment.« ¹⁷ »‘As for you, my sheep, this is what the Lord Jehovah says: »I will judge disputes between one sheep and another, between rams and male goats. ¹⁸ »‘Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? You drink clean water. Must you muddy the rest of the water with your feet? ¹⁹ »‘Must my sheep eat what your feet have trampled and drink what your feet have muddied?« ²⁰ »‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says to them: I will judge disputes between the fat sheep and the skinny sheep. ²¹ »‘You fat sheep push the skinny sheep with your sides and shoulders. You knock down all the sick sheep with your horns. You have scattered them all over. ²² »‘So I will rescue my sheep, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another. ²³ »‘I will place one shepherd over them, my servant David. He will take care of them. He will take care of them and be their shepherd. ²⁴ »‘I, Jehovah, will be their God, and my servant David will be their prince. I, Jehovah, have spoken! ²⁵ »‘»I will promise them peace. I will remove the wild animals from the land so that my sheep can live safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. ²⁶ »‘»I will bless them and the places around my hill. I will send rain at the right time. These showers will be a blessing to them. ²⁷ »‘»Then the trees in the field will produce fruit, the land will yield crops, and my sheep will live safely in their land. Then they will know that I am Jehovah, because I will break off the bars on their yokes and rescue them from the people who made them slaves. ²⁸ »‘»They will no longer be prey to the nations. Wild animals will no longer eat them. They will live safely, and no one will frighten them. ²⁹ »‘»I will give them a place that is known for its good crops. They will no longer experience hunger in the land. They will no longer suffer the insults of other nations. ³⁰ ‘Then they will know that Jehovah their God is with them. They will know that the people of Israel are my people,’ proclaims the Lord Jehovah.«’ ³¹ »‘You are my sheep, the sheep in my pasture. You are mortal, and I am your God,’ declares the Lord Jehovah.«

² ‘»‘The Lord Jehovah says: »Because the enemy has spoken against you, aha! And the everlasting heights have become our possession.

³ The Lord Jehovah said: »I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal.

⁵ »‘She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the middle of the sea. I have spoken, declares the Lord Jehovah. She will become spoil for the nations.’

⁵ »‘She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the middle of the sea. I have spoken, declares the Lord Jehovah. She will become spoil for the nations.’

⁷ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He is king of kings. He has many horses, chariots, cavalry and a great army. ⁸ ‘»He will slay your daughters on the mainland with the sword. He will make siege walls against you, cast up a ramp against you and raise up a large shield against you. ⁹ »‘He will direct the blow of his battering rams against your walls. He will break down your towers with his axes. ¹⁰ »‘Dust raised by the vast number of his horses will cover you. The noise of cavalry, wagons and chariots will shake your walls. He will enter your gates as men enter a city that is breached. ¹¹ »‘The hoofs of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slay your people with the sword and your strong pillars will come down to the ground. ¹² »‘They will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. They will throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water.’

¹⁴ »‘I will make you a bare rock. You will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be built no more, for I Jehovah have spoken,’ declares the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁴ »‘I will make you a bare rock. You will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be built no more, for I Jehovah have spoken,’ declares the Lord Jehovah. ¹⁵ »The Lord Jehovah says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter occurs in your midst?

¹⁵ »The Lord Jehovah says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter occurs in your midst? ¹⁶ ‘»Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones and remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground, tremble every moment and be appalled at you.

¹⁸ »‘»Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall. Yes, the coastlands by the sea will be terrified at your passing.«’ ¹⁹ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you,

¹ Jehovah’s word continued to come to me: ² »You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre.

² »You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre. ³ Say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord Jehovah: »‘O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’

³ Say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord Jehovah: »‘O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’ ⁴ »Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty.

⁴ »Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty. ⁵ »They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir. They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

⁵ »They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir. They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. ⁶ »Of oaks from Bashan they have made your oars. With ivory they have inlaid your deck with cypress wood from the coastlands of Cyprus.

⁶ »Of oaks from Bashan they have made your oars. With ivory they have inlaid your deck with cypress wood from the coastlands of Cyprus. ⁷ »Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt. It became your distinguishing mark. Your awning was blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah.

⁷ »Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt. It became your distinguishing mark. Your awning was blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah. ⁸ »‘»The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your wise men, O Tyre, were aboard. They were your pilots.

⁸ »‘»The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your wise men, O Tyre, were aboard. They were your pilots. ⁹ »‘»The elders of Gebal and her wise men were with you repairing your seams. All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you in order to deal in your merchandise.

⁹ »‘»The elders of Gebal and her wise men were with you repairing your seams. All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you in order to deal in your merchandise. ¹⁰ »‘»Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung shield and helmet in you. They set forth your splendor.

¹⁰ »‘»Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung shield and helmet in you. They set forth your splendor. ¹¹ »‘»People from Arvad and Helech were tower guards all around your walls. They made your beauty perfect.

¹¹ »‘»People from Arvad and Helech were tower guards all around your walls. They made your beauty perfect. ¹² People from Tarshish traded with you because you were so very rich. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise.

¹² People from Tarshish traded with you because you were so very rich. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise. ¹³ »‘»Japan, Tubal and Meshech were your traders. They paid for your merchandise with the lives of men and vessels of bronze.

¹³ »‘»Japan, Tubal and Meshech were your traders. They paid for your merchandise with the lives of men and vessels of bronze. ¹⁴ »‘»Those from Beth-togarmah gave horses and warhorses and mules for your wares.

¹⁴ »‘»Those from Beth-togarmah gave horses and warhorses and mules for your wares. ¹⁵ »‘»The sons of Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were your market; ivory tusks and ebony they brought as your payment.

¹⁵ »‘»The sons of Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were your market; ivory tusks and ebony they brought as your payment. ¹⁶ »‘»Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods. They paid for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies.

¹⁶ »‘»Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods. They paid for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies. ¹⁷ »‘»Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded with the wheat of Minnith. Cakes, honey, oil and balm were paid for your merchandise.

¹⁷ »‘»Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded with the wheat of Minnith. Cakes, honey, oil and balm were paid for your merchandise. ¹⁸ »‘»Damascus was your customer because of the abundance of your goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool.

¹⁸ »‘»Damascus was your customer because of the abundance of your goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool. ¹⁹ »‘»Vedan and Javan paid for your wares from Uzal. Wrought iron, cassia and sweet cane were among your merchandise.

¹⁹ »‘»Vedan and Javan paid for your wares from Uzal. Wrought iron, cassia and sweet cane were among your merchandise. ²⁰ »‘»Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding.

²⁰ »‘»Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. ²¹ »‘»Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers for lambs, rams and goats.

²¹ »‘»Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers for lambs, rams and goats. ²² »‘»The traders of Sheba and Raamah traded with you. They paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of spices, and with all kinds of precious stones and gold.

²² »‘»The traders of Sheba and Raamah traded with you. They paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of spices, and with all kinds of precious stones and gold. ²³ »‘»Haran, Canneh, Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad traded with you.

²³ »‘»Haran, Canneh, Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad traded with you. ²⁴ »‘»They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise.

²⁴ »‘»They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise. ²⁵ »‘»The ships of Tarshish were the carriers for your merchandise. And you were filled and were very glorious in the heart of the seas.

²⁵ »‘»The ships of Tarshish were the carriers for your merchandise. And you were filled and were very glorious in the heart of the seas. ²⁶ »‘»Your rowers have brought you into great waters. The east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.

²⁶ »‘»Your rowers have brought you into great waters. The east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.

²⁶ »‘»Your rowers have brought you into great waters. The east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas. ²⁷ »‘»Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise, your sailors and your pilots, your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise and all your men of war who are in you, with all your company that is in your midst, will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your overthrow.

²⁷ »‘»Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise, your sailors and your pilots, your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise and all your men of war who are in you, with all your company that is in your midst, will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your overthrow. ²⁸ »‘»The pasturelands will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.

²⁸ »‘»The pasturelands will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.

²⁸ »‘»The pasturelands will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.

²⁸ »‘»The pasturelands will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots. ²⁹ »‘»All who handle the oars, the sailors and all the pilots of the sea will come down from their ships. They will stand on the land,

²⁹ »‘»All who handle the oars, the sailors and all the pilots of the sea will come down from their ships. They will stand on the land, ³⁰ »‘»And they will make their voice heard over you and will cry bitterly. They will cast dust on their heads and wallow in ashes.

³⁰ »‘»And they will make their voice heard over you and will cry bitterly. They will cast dust on their heads and wallow in ashes. ³¹ »‘»They will make themselves bald for you and gird themselves with sackcloth. They will weep for you in bitterness and with painful mourning. ³² »‘»In their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you and lament over you: Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea?

³² »‘»In their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you and lament over you: Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea?

³² »‘»In their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you and lament over you: Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea? ³³ »‘»When your wares went out from the seas, you satisfied many peoples. With the abundance of your wealth and your merchandise you enriched the kings of earth.

³³ »‘»When your wares went out from the seas, you satisfied many peoples. With the abundance of your wealth and your merchandise you enriched the kings of earth. ³⁴ »‘»In the very depths of the waters, you are broken by the sea. Your merchandise and all your company have fallen in the midst of you.

³⁴ »‘»In the very depths of the waters, you are broken by the sea. Your merchandise and all your company have fallen in the midst of you. ³⁵ »‘»All the inhabitants of the coastlands are appalled at you. Their kings are horribly afraid. They are troubled in countenance.

³⁵ »‘»All the inhabitants of the coastlands are appalled at you. Their kings are horribly afraid. They are troubled in countenance. ³⁶ »‘»The merchants among the peoples hiss at you. You have become terrified and you will cease to be forever.«’«

³⁶ »‘»The merchants among the peoples hiss at you. You have become terrified and you will cease to be forever.«’«

² »Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »‘»In your arrogance you say, ‘I am a god (strong deity). I sit on God's throne in the sea.’ But you are only human and not a god, although you think you are a god. (2 Thes 2:4) ³ ‘»You think that you are wiser than Daniel and that no secret can be hidden from you. ⁴ ‘»Because you are wise and understanding, you have made yourself rich. You saved gold and silver in your treasuries. ⁵ ‘»Because of your great skill in trading, you have made yourself very wealthy. You have become arrogant because of your wealth.’« ⁶ ‘»Therefore the Lord Jehovah says: Because you have made your heart like (consider yourself to be like) the heart of God, ⁷ ‘»I will bring strangers, ruthless nations, upon you. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor.

⁷ ‘»I will bring strangers, ruthless nations, upon you. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor. ⁸ ‘»They will throw you into a pit. You will die a violent death in the sea.

⁸ ‘»They will throw you into a pit. You will die a violent death in the sea. ⁹ ‘»You will no longer say that you are a god when you face those who kill you. You will be a human, not a god, in the hands of those who kill you.«’ ¹⁰ ‘»You will die at the hands of foreigners like a godless person.’ I have spoken, declares Jehovah.«

¹² »Son of man, sing a funeral song for the ruler of Tyre. Tell him: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »‘»You were the perfect example, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. ¹³ »‘»You were in Eden, God's garden. You were covered with every kind of precious stone: red quartz, topaz, crystal, beryl, jade, onyx, gray quartz, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your settings and your sockets were made of gold when you were created.

¹³ »‘»You were in Eden, God's garden. You were covered with every kind of precious stone: red quartz, topaz, crystal, beryl, jade, onyx, gray quartz, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your settings and your sockets were made of gold when you were created. ¹⁴ »‘»I appointed an angel to guard you. You were on God's holy mountain. You walked among fiery stones.

¹⁶ »‘I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall when I made it go down to the grave with those who go down to the pit. All the well-watered trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, were comforted in the earth beneath.

² »Son of man, take up a cry of sorrow and grief over Pharaoh king of Egypt. Say to him: ‘You compared yourself to a young lion of the nations. »‘You are really like the monster in the seas. You burst forth in your rivers and muddied the waters with your feet and fouled their rivers.’

¹⁰ »‘I will make many peoples astonished at you. Their kings will be dreadfully afraid of you when I brandish my sword before them. They will tremble every moment, every man for his own life, on the day of your fall.’ ¹¹ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘You will face the sword of the king of Babylon. ¹² »‘I will cut down your people with the swords of warriors. All of them will be the most ruthless warriors among the nations. They will shatter the pride of Egypt and destroy its many people.

¹⁶ »‘This is a funeral song. The people from the nations will sing this song. They will sing it as they mourn for Egypt and its many people, declares the Lord Jehovah.«

¹⁸ »Son of man, cry for the many people of Egypt. Bring them down along with the other mighty nations. Send them down below the earth to be with those who have gone down to the pit. ¹⁹ »‘Tell them: ‘Are you more beautiful than anyone else? Go down and join the godless people. ²⁰ »‘The Egyptians will lie among those who were killed in battle. A sword has been drawn. Drag Egypt and its many people away. ²¹ »‘The mightiest warriors will say to Pharaoh from the grave: You and your defenders have come down. You now lie with the godless people who were killed in battle. ²² »‘Assyria is there with its whole army. The graves of its soldiers are all around it. All of its soldiers are dead. They have been killed in battle. ²³ »‘Their graves are in the deepest parts of the pit. Assyria's army lies around its grave. All of its soldiers are dead. They have been killed in battle. They once terrified people in the land of the living. ²⁴ »‘Elam is there with all its soldiers. The graves of its soldiers are all around it. All of its soldiers are dead. They have been killed in battle. They went down below the earth as godless people. They once terrified people in the land of the living. Now they suffer disgrace with those who have gone down to the pit. ²⁵ »‘A bed has been made for Elam among the dead. The graves of its soldiers are all around it. The soldiers were godless people. They were killed in battle because they terrified others in the land of the living. They suffer disgrace with those who have gone down to the pit. They lie among the dead. ²⁶ »‘Meshech and Tubal are there with all their soldiers. The graves of their soldiers are all around them. Their soldiers were all godless people. They were killed in battle because they terrified others in the land of the living. ²⁷ »‘They do not lie with the godless warriors who died and went down to the grave with their weapons of war. Their swords were placed under their heads. Their iniquity rested on their bones because they terrified others in the land of the living. ²⁸ You Egyptians will be crushed with the godless people. You will lie with those who were killed in battle. ²⁹ »‘Edom is there with its kings and its princes. They used to be powerful, but now they lie with those who were killed in battle. They lie there with the godless people and with those who have gone down to the pit. ³⁰ »‘All the rulers from the north and all the people from Sidon are there. They also went down with the dead. They are disgraced because they terrified people with their power. They were godless people. Now they lie with those who were killed in battle. They suffer disgrace with those who went down to the pit. ³¹ »‘Pharaoh and his army will see these things and be comforted over all the soldiers who have been killed in battle,’ proclaims the Lord Jehovah. ³² »‘I terrified people in the land of the living. Pharaoh and all his soldiers will be laid among the godless people who were killed in battle,’ proclaims the Lord Jehovah.«

⁷ ‘I will make sure that my people Israel know my holy name. I will not let my name be disgraced any more. Then the nations will know that I, Jehovah, am the holy God of Israel.’

²⁵ »This is what the Lord Jehovah says: ‘Now I will bring back Jacob's captives and have compassion for the whole nation of Israel. I will stand up for (show exclusive devotion for) my holy name. ²⁶ »When they live safely in a land where no one will frighten them, they will forget their shame and all the unfaithful things they have done against me. ²⁷ »I will bring them back from the other nations and gather them from the countries of their enemies. Many nations will see that I am holy.’ ²⁸ »‘My people will know that I am Jehovah their God. I sent them into captivity among the nations, and I brought them back again to their land. I left none of them behind. ²⁹ »‘I will no longer hide my face (withdraw my support) from them. I will pour out my Spirit on the nation of Israel,’ declares the Lord Jehovah.«

³⁷ »You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory.

⁴⁷ The king spoke to Daniel: »It is true, your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing you were able to reveal this secret.«

⁶ Then the king's countenance (appearance) changed in him. His thoughts troubled him. The joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees struck one against the other.

¹⁰ »From En Gedi to En Eglaim people will be standing on the shore of the sea with their fishing nets spread out. As many kinds of fish will be there as there are in the Mediterranean Sea.

⁸ He will carry captive into Egypt their gods, with their molten images, and with their valuable vessels of silver and of gold. He will stand off some years from the king of the north.

⁴⁰ »The king of the south will contend with him at the time of the end. The king of the north will come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with a large fleet of ships. He will enter into the countries and overflow and pass through them.

¹¹ »I will also cause all her exaltation to cease, her feasts, her new moons, and her Sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.

¹⁰ »Even though they sold themselves among the nations, I will gather them now. They will suffer for a while under the burdens of kings and princes.

⁴ »What are you to me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you pay recompense (compensation) to me? If you pay recompense to me swiftly and speedily, will I return your recompense upon your own head?

⁹ Jehovah continued: »For the many transgressions of Tyre I will not withdraw punishment! They captured all the people and delivered them to Edom. They did not remember the brotherly covenant. ¹⁰ »I will send fire on the walls of Tyre. It will devour the palaces.«

¹⁰ »I will send fire on the walls of Tyre. It will devour the palaces.«

¹¹ You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them.

⁴ »You lie on beds of ivory, and stretch on couches. You eat the the best lambs out of the flock and the fattest calves out of the stall. ⁵ »You sing idle songs to the sound of the harp and like David you improvise on musical instruments. ⁶ »You drink wine in bowls, and anoint yourselves with the finest oils. But you are not grieved because of the affliction of Joseph. ⁷ »Therefore you will be captured with the first that go captive. Your feasting and lounging will pass away.«

² »Though they dig into the grave my hand will take them. Though they climb to heaven I will bring them down.

²⁶ »And after the sixty-two weeks the anointed one will be cut off (destroyed) (killed) and shall have nothing. The people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be by the flood of war and desolations.

¹⁰ »They will follow Jehovah! He will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.

¹⁵ »The people of Ephraim have become important among their relatives. However, Jehovah’s scorching wind will come from the east. It will blow out of the desert. Then their springs will run dry, and their wells will dry up. The wind will destroy every precious thing in their storehouses.

¹⁸ »How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle wander about because they have no pasture. The flocks of sheep suffer.

⁵ »If thieves and robbers came to you by night you would be destroyed. Would they steel only till they had enough? If grape-gatherers came to you, would they leave some grapes for gleaning?

² He said: »I called to Jehovah because of my affliction. And he answered me! Out of the belly of the grave I cried and you heard my voice.

⁶ »I went down to the bottom of the mountains! The earth with its bars closed upon me for a very long time. Yet you have brought my life up from the pit, O Jehovah my God?

⁶ The news reached the king of Nineveh. He left his throne, and took off his robe and covered himself with sackcloth. Then he sat in ashes.

⁴ »In that day they will taunt you and speak mournfully with sorrow and much grief: ‘We are utterly ruined! He exchanged the portion of my people and removed it from me. He divided our fields and gave them to the apostate.«’

¹¹ »Many nations are assembled against you! They say: ‘Let her be defiled, and let us gloat over it.’

³ The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are dressed in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress tree [spears] are brandished. ⁴ The chariots wildly race through the streets. They rush to and fro in the broad ways. They look like torches and they run like lightning.

⁹ Take the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold for there is no limit to the amount of desirable things.

¹² The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses. He filled his caves and dens with prey.

² There is the noise of the whip and the sound of the rattling wheel; the sound of the dashing horse and the bounding chariot. ³ The horseman is mounting. There is the flashing sword and the glittering spear! The multitudes of slain ones produce a great heap of corpses. There is no end of the bodies! They stumble upon their bodies.

⁸ »Their horses are swifter than leopards. They are fiercer than the evening wolves. Their horsemen proudly press on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle in a hurry to eat.

¹⁵ »This is the joyous city that dwelled in security. She said in her heart, ‘I am! There is no one else!’ She has become an object of desolation, a place for wild animals to lie down in. Every one who passes by her will hiss, and wag his hand.«

⁸ »Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: ‘He sent me after glory! He sent me to the nations that plundered you. For he that touches you touches the pupil of his eye.’

¹⁴ ‘I will scatter them with a whirlwind among the nations that they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned. They tread down the pleasant land and made it desolate.’«

² »Hamath and all that borders on it, including Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise. ³ »Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

³ »Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. ⁴ »Behold! Jehovah will evict her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire.

² »I will gather all nations to battle against Jerusalem! The city will be defeated. The houses will be plundered and the women raped! Half of the city will be taken into captivity. The remainder of the people will not be removed from the city.

⁴ Esau's descendants, the Edomites, say: »Our towns have been destroyed, but we will rebuild them.« Thus Jehovah (YHWH) will reply: »Let them rebuild. I will tear them down again. People will call them the evil country. They are the nation with whom Jehovah has a long lasting anger.

¹⁹ »Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰ »Accumulate wealth in heaven where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

³⁵ »Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

¹⁵ »Will you Capernaum be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to the grave.

²⁵ »There will be signs in sun and moon and stars. The earth will experience distress of nations in disarray for the roaring of the sea and the waves.

⁵ Devout Jews from every nation under heaven were dwelling at Jerusalem. ⁶ When they heard this sound a crowd came together in confusion, because men heard them speak in their own language. ⁷ And they were all amazed and marveled. They said to each other: »Behold, are not all these that speak Galileans?« ⁸ »How do we each hear them in our own language? ⁹ »Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, ¹⁰ »Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,

²⁶ His voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised: »I will once more shake not only the earth but also heaven.« ²⁷ The words »once more« plainly show that the created things will be shaken and removed, so that the things that cannot be shaken will remain.

¹ Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. ² Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. ³ Your gold and your silver are rusted. Their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up your treasure in the last days. ⁴ Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, which are held back by you, cry out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of Jehovah of Hosts. ⁵ You lived in luxury on the earth, and take your pleasure; you nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.

⁵ Likewise, you younger men, be subject to the older men. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and serve one another. God resists the proud, but gives loving kindness to the humble.

¹⁵ He says to me: »The waters that you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, and crowds, and nations, and languages.

⁹ »The kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her, when they see the smoke of her burning. ¹⁰ »They will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, and say: 'Woe, woe to the great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.' ¹¹ »The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her. For no man buys their merchandise any more.

¹¹ »The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her. For no man buys their merchandise any more. ¹² »The merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones, and of pearls, fine linen, purple and silk, scarlet, and everything in scented wood, all manner of ivory and all manner of most precious wood, of brass and iron and marble,

¹² »The merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones, and of pearls, fine linen, purple and silk, scarlet, and everything in scented wood, all manner of ivory and all manner of most precious wood, of brass and iron and marble, ¹³ »cinnamon, odors and ointments, frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour, wheat, beasts, and sheep and horses, chariots and slaves and humans

¹³ »cinnamon, odors and ointments, frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour, wheat, beasts, and sheep and horses, chariots and slaves and humans ¹⁴ »The fruits that you desired have departed from you. All things that were dainty and wonderful have departed from you. You will find them no more at all. ¹⁵ »The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, will stand far off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing. ¹⁶ »They will say: 'Woe, woe to the great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! ¹⁷ »'In one hour these great riches came to nothing.' Every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood far off, ¹⁸ »and cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying: 'What city is like this great city!' ¹⁹ »They threw dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying: 'Woe, woe to the great city. All that had ships in the sea became rich by her wealth. In one hour she was made desolate.'

²¹ A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and hurled it into the sea. He said: »With violence the great city Babylon will be thrown down, and it will not be found any longer. ²² »The sound of harp players, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, will not be heard anymore in you. No craftsman will be found in you. The sound of a millstone will not be heard in you anymore. ²³ »There will no longer be the light of a candle in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you. Your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your spiritistic practice all nations were deceived.