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1"Son of man, say to
2the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD:
3"Because your heart is proud, and
4you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet
5you are but a man, and no god,
6though you make your heart like the heart of a god--
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7you are indeed wiser
8than
9Daniel; no secret is hidden from you;
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by your wisdom and your understanding
10you have made wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
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by your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and
11your heart has become proud in your wealth--
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therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
12Because you make your heart like the heart of a god,
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therefore, behold, I will bring
13foreigners upon you, the most ruthless of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against
14the beauty of your wisdom and defile
15your splendor.
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16They shall thrust you down into the pit,
17and you shall die the death of the slain in the heart of the seas.
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18Will you still say, 'I am a god,' in the presence of those who kill you, though
19you are but a man, and no god, in the hands of those who slay you?
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20You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners;
21for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD."
A Lament over the King of Tyre
11 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me:
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22"Son of man,
23raise a lamentation over
24the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord GOD: "You were the signet of perfection,
25full of wisdom and
26perfect in beauty.
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You were in
27Eden, the garden of God;
28every precious stone was your covering,
29sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire,
30emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings.
31On the day that you were created they were prepared.
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You were an anointed
32guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on
33the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
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You were blameless in your ways
34from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you.
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In the abundance of
35your trade you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned; so I cast you as a profane thing from
36the mountain of God, and I destroyed you,
37O guardian cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
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38Your heart was proud because of
39your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
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By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries; so
40I brought fire out from your midst; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth
41in the sight of all who saw you.
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All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you;
42you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more forever."
Prophecy Against Sidon
20 The word of the LORD came to me:
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43"Son of man,
44set your face toward
45Sidon, and
46prophesy against her
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and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold,
47I am against you, O Sidon, and
48I will manifest my glory in your midst. And
49they shall know that I am the LORD
50when I execute judgments in her and
51manifest my holiness in her;
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for I will send
52pestilence into her, and blood into her streets; and the slain shall fall in her midst, by the sword that is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
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"And for the house of Israel
53there shall be no more a brier to prick or
54a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors
55who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.