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| 28:1 |
The word of the LORD came to me:
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| 28:2 |
"Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, `This is what the Sovereign LORD says: " `In the pride of your heart you say, "I am a god; I sit on the throne of a god in the heart of the seas." But you are a man and not a god, though you think you are as wise as a god.
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| 28:3 |
Are you wiser than Daniel? Is no secret hidden from you?
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| 28:4 |
By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself and amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.
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| 28:5 |
By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud.
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| 28:6 |
"`Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: " `Because you think you are wise, as wise as a god,
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| 28:7 |
I am going to bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations; they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom and pierce your shining splendor.
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| 28:8 |
They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
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| 28:9 |
Will you then say, "I am a god," in the presence of those who kill you?You will be but a man, not a god, in the hands of those who slay you.
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| 28:10 |
You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. "
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| 28:11 |
'The word of the LORD came to me:
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| 28:12 |
"Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: `This is what the Sovereign LORD says: " `You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
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| 28:13 |
You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz and emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared.
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| 28:14 |
You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones.
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| 28:15 |
You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you.
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| 28:16 |
Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
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| 28:17 |
Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.
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| 28:18 |
By your many sins and dishonest trade you have desecrated your sanctuaries. So I made a fire come out from you, and it consumed you, and I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching.
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| 28:19 |
All the nations who knew you are appalled at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.' "
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| 28:20 |
The word of the LORD came to me:
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| 28:21 |
"Son of man, set your face against Sidon; prophesy against her
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| 28:22 |
and say: `This is what the Sovereign LORD says: " `I am against you, O Sidon, and I will gain glory within you. They will know that I am the LORD, when I inflict punishment on her and show myself holy within her.
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| 28:23 |
I will send a plague upon her and make blood flow in her streets. The slain will fall within her, with the sword against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
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| 28:24 |
"`No longer will the people of Israel have malicious neighbors who are painful briers and sharp thorns. Then they will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.
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| 28:25 |
"`This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When I gather the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered, I will show myself holy among them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.
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| 28:26 |
They will live there in safety and will build houses and plant vineyards; they will live in safety when I inflict punishment on all their neighbors who maligned them. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.' "
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