A Prophecy Aimed at the King of Tyre
1 And the word of Yahweh {came} to me, {saying},
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"Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because your heart was haughty, and you said, 'I [am] a god; I sit [in the] seat of [the] gods, I sit in [the] heart of [the] seas!' But
you are a human, not a god, and you gave your heart to be like [the] heart of a god.
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Look, are you wiser than Daniel, [so that] {no secret} is hidden [from] you?
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By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gained for yourself wealth, and you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.
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By the abundance of your wisdom in your trading you [have] increased your wealth and your heart was proud in your wealth." '"
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Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because of your regarding your {mind}
like [the] {mind} of a god,
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therefore look! I [am] bringing strangers over you, [the most] ruthless of [the] peoples, and they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they will defile your splendor.
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They will thrust you down to the pit, and you will die {a violent death} in [the] heart of [the] seas.
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{Will you indeed still say} "I [am] a god!" before the face of your killers? And [in fact] you [are] a human and not a god in the hand of {those who pierce you}.
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You will die [the] death of [the] uncircumcised by the hand of strangers, for {I myself}
have spoken!" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.
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And the word of Yahweh {came} to me, {saying},
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"Son of man, raise a lament over the king of Tyre, and you must say to him, 'thus says the Lord Yahweh: "You were a perfect model of
an example, full of wisdom and perfect of beauty.
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You were in Eden, the garden of God, and every precious stone [was] your adornment: carnelian, topaz and moonstone, turquoise, onyx and jasper, sapphire, malachite and emerald. And gold [was] the craftsmanship of your settings and your mountings in you; on the day when you were created they were prepared.
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You were [an] anointed guardian cherub, and I placed you on {God's holy mountain}; you walked in the midst of stones of fire.
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You [were] blameless in your ways from the day {when you were created}, until wickedness was found in you.
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In the abundance of your trading, they filled the midst of you [with] violence, and you sinned; and I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and I expelled you, [the] guardian cherub, from the midst of [the] stones of fire.
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Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you ruined your wisdom because of your splendor. I threw you on the ground {before} kings; I have exposed you {for viewing}.
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From the abundance of your iniquities in the dishonesty of your trading, I profaned your sanctuaries and I brought fire from your midst; it consumed you, and I have turned you to ashes on the earth {before the eyes of everyone who sees you}.
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{All who know you} among the peoples are appalled over you; you have become [as] horrors, and {you shall cease to exist forever}." '"