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Ezekiel 28

Tyre's King Overthrown

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

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"Son of man, say to the  1leader of Tyre, `Thus says the Lord  2GOD, "Because your heart is lifted up And you have said, ` aI am a god, I sit in the seat of  3gods In the heart of the seas'; Yet you are a  bman and not God, Although you make your heart like the heart of God--

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Behold, you are wiser than  aDaniel; There is no secret that is a match for you.

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"By your wisdom and understanding You have acquired  ariches for yourself And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.

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"By your great wisdom, by your  atrade You have increased your riches And your  bheart is lifted up because of your riches--

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Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, `Because you have  amade your heart Like the heart of God,

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Therefore, behold, I will bring  astrangers upon you, The  bmost ruthless of the nations. And they will draw their swords Against the beauty of your wisdom And defile your splendor.

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`They will bring you down to the pit, And you will die the  adeath of those who are slain In the heart of the seas.

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`Will you still say, "I am a god," In the presence of your slayer, Though you are a man and not God, In the hands of those who wound you?

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`You will die the death of the  auncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!' declares the Lord GOD!""'

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Again the word of the LORD came to me saying,

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"Son of man,  atake up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, `Thus says the Lord GOD, "You  1had the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

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"You were in  aEden, the garden of God;  bEvery precious stone was your covering: The  cruby, 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  1 dsettings and  2sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created They were prepared.

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"You were the  aanointed cherub who  1covers, And I placed you there. You were on the holy  bmountain of God; You walked in the midst of the  cstones of fire.

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"You were  ablameless in your ways From the day you were created Until  bunrighteousness was found in you.

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"By the  aabundance of your trade  1You were internally  bfilled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, O  2covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire.

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"Your heart was lifted up because of your  abeauty; You  bcorrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I put you before  ckings, That they may see you.

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"By the multitude of your iniquities, In the unrighteousness of your trade You profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought  afire from the midst of you; It has consumed you, And I have turned you to  bashes on the earth In the eyes of all who see you.

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"All who know you among the peoples Are appalled at you; You have become  1 aterrified And you will cease to be  bforever.""'

Judgment of Sidon

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And the word of the LORD came to me saying,

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"Son of man,  aset your face toward  bSidon, prophesy against her

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and say, `Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, And I will  1be glorified in your midst. Then they will know that I am the LORD when I  aexecute judgments in her, And I will manifest My holiness in her.

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"For  aI will send pestilence to her And blood to her streets, And the  bwounded will  1fall in her midst By the sword upon her on every side; Then they will know that I am the LORD.

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"And there will be no more for the house of Israel a  aprickling brier or a painful thorn from any round about them who scorned them; then they will know that I am the Lord GOD."

Israel Regathered

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`Thus says the Lord GOD, "When I  agather 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  blive in their  1land which I gave to My servant Jacob.

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"They will  alive in it securely; and they will  bbuild houses, plant vineyards and live securely when I  cexecute judgments upon all who scorn them round about them. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.""'



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