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The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

"Son of man, say to the ^(F1)leader of Tyre, 'The Lord ^(F2)GOD says this: "Because your heart is haughty And you have said, '^(C1)I am a god, I sit in the seat of ^(F3)gods In the heart of the seas'; Yet you are a ^(C2)mortal and not God, Although you make your heart like the heart of God—

Behold, you are wiser than ^(C1)Daniel; There is no secret that is a match for you!

-"By your wisdom and understanding You have acquired ^(C1)riches for yourself And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.

-"By your great wisdom, by your ^(C1)trade You have increased your riches, And your ^(C2)heart is haughty because of your riches—

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Because you have ^(C1)made your heart Like the heart of God,

Therefore, behold, I am going to bring ^(C1)strangers against you, The ^(C2)most ruthless of the nations. And they will draw their swords Against the beauty of your wisdom And profane your splendor.

-'They will bring you down to the pit, And you will die the ^(C1)death of those who are killed In the heart of the seas.

-'Will you still say, "I am a god," In the presence of one who kills you, Though you are a mortal and not God, In the hands of those who wound you?

-'You will die the death of the ^(C1)uncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!' declares the Lord GOD!"'"

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, ^(C1)take up a song of mourning over the king of Tyre and say to him, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "You ^(F1)had the seal of ^(F2)perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

-"You were in ^(C1)Eden, the garden of God; ^(C2)Every precious stone was your covering: The ^(C3)ruby, the topaz and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your ^(F1)(C4)settings and ^(F2)sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created They were prepared.

-"You were the ^(C1)anointed cherub who ^(F1)covers, And I placed you there. You were on the holy ^(C2)mountain of God; You walked in the midst of the ^(C3)stones of fire.

-"You were ^(C1)blameless in your ways From the day you were created Until ^(C2)unrighteousness was found in you.

-"By the ^(C1)abundance of your trade ^(F1)You were internally ^(C2)filled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, you ^(F2)covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire.

-"Your heart was haughty because of your ^(C1)beauty; You ^(C2)corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I threw you to the ground; I put you before ^(C3)kings, That they may see you.

-"By the multitude of your wrongdoings, In the unrighteousness of your trade You profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought ^(C1)fire from the midst of you; It has consumed you, And I have turned you to ^(C2)ashes on the earth In the eyes of all who see you.

-"All who know you among the peoples Are appalled at you; You have become ^(F1)(C1)terrified And you will cease to be ^(C2)forever."'"

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, ^(C1)set your face toward ^(C2)Sidon, prophesy against her

and say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "Behold, I am against you, Sidon, And I will appear in My glory in your midst. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I ^(C1)execute judgments against her, And I will reveal Myself as holy in her.

-"For ^(C1)I will send a plague to her And blood to her streets, And the ^(C2)wounded will ^(F1)fall in her midst By the sword upon her on every side; Then they will know that I am the LORD.

"And there will no longer be for the house of Israel a ^(C1)painful thorn or a hurtful thorn bush from any surrounding them who despised them; then they will know that I am the Lord GOD."

'This is what the Lord GOD says: "When I ^(C1)gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations, then they will ^(C2)live on their land which I gave to My servant Jacob.

"They will ^(C1)live on it securely; and they will ^(C2)build houses, plant vineyards, and live securely when I ^(C3)execute judgments upon all around them who despise them. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God."'"