28Then this message came to me from the Lord:H1697H3068H5592“Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign Lord. “In your great pride you claim, ‘I am a god! I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.’ But you are only a man and not a god, though you boast that you are a god.H1121H120H559H5057H6865H559H136H3069H3820H1361H559H410H3427H4186H430H3820H3220H120H410H5414H3820H3820H4303You regard yourself as wiser than Daniel and think no secret is hidden from you.H2450H1840H5640H60044With your wisdom and understanding you have amassed great wealth—gold and silver for your treasuries.H2451H8394H6213H2428H6213H2091H3701H2145Yes, your wisdom has made you very rich, and your riches have made you very proud.H7230H2451H7404H7235H2428H3824H1361H24286“Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says. Because you think you are as wise as a god,H559H136H3069H5414H3820H3824H4307I will now bring against you a foreign army, the terror of the nations. They will draw their swords against your marvelous wisdom and defile your splendor!H935H2114H6184H1471H7324H2719H3308H2451H2490H33148They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die in the heart of the sea, pierced with many wounds.H3381H7845H4191H4463H2491H3820H32209Will you then boast, ‘I am a god!’ to those who kill you? To them you will be no god but merely a man!H559H559H6440H2026H430H120H410H3027H249010You will die like an outcast at the hands of foreigners. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”H4191H4194H6189H3027H2114H1696H5002H136H306911Then this further message came to me from the Lord:H1697H3068H55912“Son of man, sing this funeral song for the king of Tyre. Give him this message from the Sovereign Lord. “You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and exquisite in beauty.H1121H120H5375H7015H4428H6865H559H559H136H3069H2856H8508H4392H2451H3632H330813You were in Eden, the garden of God. Your clothing was adorned with every precious stone—red carnelian, pale-green peridot, white moonstone, blue-green beryl, onyx, green jasper, blue lapis lazuli, turquoise, and emerald—all beautifully crafted for you and set in the finest gold. They were given to you on the day you were created.H5731H1588H430H3368H68H4540H124H6357H3095H8658H7718H3471H5601H5306H1304H2091H4399H8596H5345H3559H3117H125414I ordained and anointed you as the mighty angelic guardian. You had access to the holy mountain of God and walked among the stones of fire.H4473H3742H5526H5414H6944H2022H430H1980H8432H68H78415“You were blameless in all you did from the day you were created until the day evil was found in you.H8549H1870H3117H1254H5766H467216Your rich commerce led you to violence, and you sinned. So I banished you in disgrace from the mountain of God. I expelled you, O mighty guardian, from your place among the stones of fire.H7230H7404H4390H8432H2555H2398H2490H2022H430H6H5526H3742H8432H68H78417Your heart was filled with pride because of all your beauty. Your wisdom was corrupted by your love of splendor. So I threw you to the ground and exposed you to the curious gaze of kings.H3820H1361H3308H7843H2451H5921H3314H7993H776H5414H6440H4428H720018You defiled your sanctuaries with your many sins and your dishonest trade. So I brought fire out from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching.H2490H4720H7230H5771H5766H7404H3318H784H8432H398H5414H665H776H5869H720019All who knew you are appalled at your fate. You have come to a terrible end, and you will exist no more.”H3045H5971H8074H1091H369H5704H5769
A Message for Sidon
20Then another message came to me from the Lord:H1697H3068H55921“Son of man, turn and face the city of Sidon and prophesy against it.H1121H120H7760H6440H6721H501222Give the people of Sidon this message from the Sovereign Lord. “I am your enemy, O Sidon, and I will reveal my glory by what I do to you. When I bring judgment against you and reveal my holiness among you, everyone watching will know that I am the Lord.H559H559H136H3069H6721H3513H8432H3045H3068H6213H8201H694223I will send a plague against you, and blood will be spilled in your streets. The attack will come from every direction, and your people will lie slaughtered within your walls. Then everyone will know that I am the Lord.H7971H1698H1818H2351H2491H5307H8432H2719H5439H3045H306824No longer will Israel’s scornful neighbors prick and tear at her like briers and thorns. For then they will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.H3992H5544H1004H3478H3510H6975H5439H7590H3045H136H3069
Restoration for Israel
25“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of Israel will again live in their own land, the land I gave my servant Jacob. For I will gather them from the distant lands where I have scattered them. I will reveal to the nations of the world my holiness among my people.H559H136H3069H6908H1004H3478H5971H6327H6942H5869H1471H3427H127H5414H5650H329026They will live safely in Israel and build homes and plant vineyards. And when I punish the neighboring nations that treated them with contempt, they will know that I am the Lord their God.”H3427H983H1129H1004H5193H3754H3427H983H6213H8201H7590H5439H3045H3068H430
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