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28 : 1 The word of theLordcame to me:
28 : 2 Son of man, say tothe prince of Tyre, Thus says the LordGod:Because your heart is proud,andyou have said,I am a god,I sit in the seat of the gods,in the heart of the seas,yetyou are but a man, and no god,though you make your heart like the heart of a god&emdash;
28 : 3 you are indeed wiserthanDaniel;no secret is hidden from you;
28 : 4 by your wisdom and your understandingyou have made wealth for yourself,and have gathered gold and silverinto your treasuries;
28 : 5 by your great wisdom in your tradeyou have increased your wealth,andyour heart has become proud in your wealth&emdash;
28 : 6 therefore thus says the LordGod:Because you make your heartlike the heart of a god,
28 : 7 therefore, behold, I will bringforeigners upon you,the most ruthless of the nations;and they shall draw their swords againstthe beauty of your wisdomand defileyour splendor.
28 : 8 They shall thrust you down into the pit,and you shall die the death of the slainin the heart of the seas.
28 : 9 Will you still say,I am a god,in the presence of those who kill you,thoughyou are but a man, and no god,in the hands of those who slay you?
28 : 10 You shall die the death of the uncircumcisedby the hand of foreigners;for I have spoken, declares the LordGod.
28 : 11 Moreover, the word of theLordcame to me:
28 : 12 Son of man,raise a lamentation overthe king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the LordGod:You were the signet of perfection,full of wisdom andperfect in beauty.
28 : 13 You were inEden, the garden of God;every precious stone was your covering,sardius, topaz, and diamond,beryl, onyx, and jasper,sapphire,emerald, and carbuncle;and crafted in gold were your settingsand your engravings.On the day that you were createdthey were prepared.
28 : 14 You were an anointedguardian cherub.I placed you;you were onthe holy mountain of God;in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
28 : 15 You were blameless in your waysfrom the day you were created,till unrighteousness was found in you.
28 : 16 In the abundance ofyour tradeyou were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;so I cast you as a profane thing fromthe mountain of God,and I destroyed you,O guardian cherub,from the midst of the stones of fire.
28 : 17 Your heart was proud because ofyour 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.
28 : 18 By the multitude of your iniquities,in the unrighteousness of your tradeyou profaned your sanctuaries;soI brought fire out from your midst;it consumed you,and I turned you to ashes on the earthin the sight of all who saw you.
28 : 19 All who know you among the peoplesare appalled at you;you have come to a dreadful endand shall be no more forever.
28 : 20 The word of theLordcame to me:
28 : 21 Son of man,set your face towardSidon, andprophesy against her
28 : 22 and say, Thus says the LordGod:Behold,I am against you, O Sidon,andI will manifest my glory in your midst.Andthey shall know that I am theLordwhen I execute judgments in herandmanifest my holiness in her;
28 : 23 for I will sendpestilence 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 theLord.
28 : 24 And for the house of Israelthere shall be no more a brier to prick ora thorn to hurt them among all their neighborswho have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LordGod.
28 : 25 Thus says the LordGod:When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, andmanifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations,then they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob.
28 : 26 And they shall dwell securely in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely,when I execute judgments upon all their neighborswho have treated them with contempt.Then they will know that I am theLordtheir God.