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On the first day of the month in the eleventh year, the word of ADONAI came to me:
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"Human being, since Tzor has said against Yerushalayim, 'Ha! She is shattered, the gateway of the peoples. Now that she is ruined, her riches will be mine';
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therefore, Adonai ELOHIM says, 'Look, Tzor! I am against you. Just as the sea churns up its waves, I will churn up many nations against you.
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They will destroy the walls of Tzor, they will demolish her towers. I will scrape its soil from her and reduce her to bare rock.
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With the sea all around her, she will be a place for drying fish nets and a plunder for the nations. I have spoken,' says Adonai ELOHIM.
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'Her daughters on the mainland will be put to death with the sword; then they will know that I am ADONAI.'
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"For here is what Adonai ELOHIM says: 'I will bring upon Tzor, from the north, N'vukhadretzar king of Bavel, king of kings, with horses, chariots, cavalry, and a great and powerful army.
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"'Your daughters on the mainland he will put to death with the sword. He will build siege-towers against you, he will build a ramp against you and raise a screen of shields against you.
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He will pound your walls with his battering-rams and break down your towers with his axes.