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EZEKIEL
- Shall come down from their ships,
- They shall stand upon the land,
- 30And shall cause their voice to be heard over thee,
- And shall cry bitterly,
- And shall cast up dust upon their heads,
- They shall roll themselves in the ashes;
- 31And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee,
- And gird them with sackcloth,
- And they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul
- With bitter lamentation.
- 32And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee,
- And lament over thee:
- Who was there like Tyre, fortified
- In the midst of the sea?
- 33When thy wares came forth out of the seas,
- Thou didst fill many peoples;
- With the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise
- Didst thou enrich the kings of the earth.
- 34Now that thou art broken by the seas
- In the depths of the waters,
- And thy merchandise and all thy company
- Are fallen in the midst of thee,
- 35All the inhabitants of the isles
- Are appalled at thee,
- And their kings are horribly afraid,
- They are troubled in their countenance;
- 36The merchants among the peoples hiss at thee;
- Thou art become a terror,
- And never shalt be any more.'
28And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying: 2'Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre: Thus saith the Lord God:
- Because thy heart is lifted up,
- And thou hast said: I am a god,
- I sit in the seat of God,
- In the heart of the seas;
- Yet thou art man, and not God,
- Though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God—
- 3Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel!
- There is no secret that they can hide from thee!
- 4By thy wisdom and by thy discernment
- Thou hast gotten thee riches,
- And hast gotten gold and silver
- Into thy treasures;
- 5In thy great wisdom by thy traffic
- Hast thou increased thy riches,
- And thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches—
- 6Therefore thus saith the Lord God:
- Because thou hast set thy heart
- As the heart of God;
- 7Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon thee,
- The terrible of the nations;
- And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom,
- And they shall defile thy brightness.
- 8They shall bring thee down to the pit;
- And thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain,
- In the heart of the seas.
- 9Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee:
- I am God?
- But thou art man, and not God,
- In the hand of them that defile thee.
- 10Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised
- By the hand of strangers;
- For I have spoken, saith the Lord God.'
11Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying: 12'Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of
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