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'Because you have ^(C1)made your heart
Like the heart of God,

⁷ Therefore, behold, I will bring ^(C1)strangers upon you,
The ^(C2)most ruthless of the nations.
And they will draw their swords
Against the beauty of your wisdom
And defile your splendor.

⁸ 'They will bring you down to the pit,
And you will die the ^(C1)death of those who are slain
In the heart of the seas.

⁹ 'Will you still say, "I am a god,"
In the presence of the one who kills you,
Though you are a man and not God,
In the hands of those who slay you?

¹⁰ 'You will die the death of the ^(C1)uncircumcised
By the hand of strangers,
For I have spoken!' declares Lord Yahweh!"'"

Lament over the King of Tyre

¹¹ Again the word of Yahweh came to me saying,¹² "Son of man, ^(C1)take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh,

"You ^(F1)had the seal of perfection,
Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

¹³ "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 ^(F1)lapis lazuli, the turquoise, and the emerald;
And the gold, the workmanship of your ^(F2)(C4)settings and ^(F3)sockets,
Was in you.
On the day that you were created
They were prepared.

¹⁴ "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.

¹⁵ "You were ^(C1)blameless in your ways
From the day you were created
Until ^(C2)unrighteousness was found in you.

¹⁶ "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, O ^(F2)covering cherub,
From the midst of the stones of fire.

¹⁷ "Your heart was lofty because of your ^(C1)beauty;
You ^(C2)corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I put you before ^(C3)kings,
That they may see you.

¹⁸ "By the abundance of your iniquities,
In the unrighteousness of your trade
You profaned your sanctuaries.
Therefore I have brought out ^(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.

¹⁹ "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."'"

Prophesy Against Sidon

²⁰ And the word of Yahweh came to me saying,²¹ "Son of man, ^(C1)set your face toward ^(C2)Sidon, prophesy against her²² and say, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh,

"Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,
And I will ^(F1)be glorified in your midst.
Then they will know that I am Yahweh when I ^(C1)execute judgments in her,
And I will manifest My holiness in her.

²³ "For ^(C1)I will send pestilence 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 Yahweh.

Israel Regathered

²⁵ 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "When I ^(C1)gather the house of Israel from the peoples, among whom they are scattered, and will manifest My holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they will ^(C2)live in their ^(F1)land which I gave to My servant Jacob.²⁶ "They will ^(C1)live in it securely; and they will ^(C2)build houses, plant vineyards, and live securely when I ^(C3)execute judgments upon all who scorn them all around them. Then they will know that I am Yahweh their God."'"