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¹The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

²“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘The Lord GOD says this: “Because your heart is haughty And you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods In the heart of the seas’; Yet you are a mortal and not God, Although you make your heart like the heart of God—

³Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; There is no secret that is a match for you!

⁴By your wisdom and understanding You have acquired riches for yourself And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.

⁵By your great wisdom, by your trade You have increased your riches, And your heart is haughty because of your riches—

⁶Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have made your heart Like the heart of God,

⁷Therefore, behold, I am going to bring strangers against you, The most ruthless of the nations. And they will draw their swords Against the beauty of your wisdom And profane your splendor.

⁸They will bring you down to the pit, And you will die the death of those who are killed In the heart of the seas.

⁹Will you still say, “I am a god,” In the presence of one who kills you, Though you are a mortal and not God, In the hands of those who wound you?

¹⁰You will die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!’ declares the Lord GOD!” ’ ”

¹¹Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

¹²“Son of man, take up a song of mourning over the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “You had the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

¹³You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, 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 settings and sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created They were prepared.

¹⁴You were the anointed cherub who covers, And I placed you there. You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked in the midst of the stones of fire.

¹⁵You were blameless in your ways From the day you were created Until unrighteousness was found in you.

¹⁶By the abundance of your trade You were internally filled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, you covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire.

¹⁷Your heart was haughty because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I threw you to the ground; I put you before kings, That they may see you.

¹⁸By the multitude of your wrongdoings, In the unrighteousness of your trade You profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you; It has consumed you, And I have turned you to ashes on the earth In the eyes of all who see you.

¹⁹All who know you among the peoples Are appalled at you; You have become terrified And you will cease to be forever.” ’ ”

²⁰And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

²¹“Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, prophesy against her

²²and say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am against you, Sidon, And I will appear in My glory in your midst. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I execute judgments against her, And I will reveal Myself as holy in her.

²³For I will send a plague to her And blood to her streets, And the wounded will fall in her midst By the sword upon her on every side; Then they will know that I am the LORD.

²⁴And there will no longer be for the house of Israel a painful thorn or a hurtful thorn bush from any surrounding them who despised them; then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”

²⁵‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations, then they will live on their land which I gave to My servant Jacob.

²⁶They will live on it securely; and they will build houses, plant vineyards, and live securely when I execute judgments upon all around them who despise them. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.” ’ ”

¹In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

²“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

³Speak and say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, The great monster that lies in the midst of his canals, That has said, ‘My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.’

⁴I will put hooks in your jaws And make the fish of your canals cling to your scales. And I will bring you up out of the midst of your canals, And all the fish of your canals will cling to your scales.

⁵I will abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your canals; You will fall on the open field; you will not be brought together or gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.

⁶Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, Because they have been only a staff made of reed to the house of Israel.

⁷When they took hold of you with the hand, You broke and tore all their hands; And when they leaned on you, You broke and made all their hips shake.”

⁸‘Therefore the Lord GOD says this: “Behold, I am going to bring upon you a sword, and I will cut off from you human and animal life.

⁹The land of Egypt will become a desolation and place of ruins. Then they will know that I am the LORD. “Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I have made it,’

¹⁰therefore, behold, I am against you and against your canals, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene and as far as the border of Cush.

¹¹A human foot will not pass through it, nor will the foot of an animal pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years.

¹²So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of deserted lands. And her cities, in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate for forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.”

¹³‘For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered.

¹⁴And I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom.

¹⁵It will be the lowest of the kingdoms, and it will not raise itself above the nations again. And I will make them small so that they will not rule over the nations.

¹⁶And it will no longer be a kingdom on which the house of Israel relies, bringing to mind the guilt of their having turned to Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.” ’ ”

¹⁷Now in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

¹⁸“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre; every head had a bald spot and every shoulder was rubbed raw. But he and his army acquired no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had performed against it.”

¹⁹Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am going to give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her wealth and capture her spoils and seize her plunder; and it will be wages for his army.

²⁰I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor which he performed, because they acted for Me,” declares the Lord GOD.

²¹“On that day I will make a horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

¹The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

²“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “Wail, ‘Woe for the day!’

³For the day is near, Indeed, the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of clouds, A time of doom for the nations.

⁴A sword will come upon Egypt, And there will be trembling in Cush; When the slain fall in Egypt, They will take away her wealth, And her foundations will be torn down.

⁵Cush, Put, Lud, all Arabia, Libya and the people of the land that is in league will fall with them by the sword.”

⁶‘This is what the LORD says: “Indeed, those who support Egypt will fall And the pride of her power will come down; From Migdol to Syene They will fall within her by the sword,” Declares the Lord GOD.

⁷“They will be desolate In the midst of the desolated lands; And her cities will be In the midst of the devastated cities.

⁸And they will know that I am the LORD, When I set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are broken.

⁹On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten carefree Cush; and trembling will come on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it is coming!”

¹⁰‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “I will also make the hordes of Egypt cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

¹¹He and his people with him, The most ruthless of the nations, Will be brought in to destroy the land; And they will draw their swords against Egypt And fill the land with the slain.

¹²Moreover, I will make the Nile canals dry And sell the land into the hands of evil men. And I will make the land desolate And all that is in it, By the hand of strangers; I the LORD have spoken.”

¹³‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “I will also destroy the idols And make the images cease from Memphis. And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt; And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

¹⁴I will make Pathros desolate, Set a fire in Zoan And execute judgments on Thebes.

¹⁵I will pour out My wrath on Sin, The stronghold of Egypt; I will also eliminate the hordes of Thebes.

¹⁶I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached And Memphis will have distresses daily.

¹⁷The young men of On and of Pi-beseth Will fall by the sword, And the women will go into captivity.

¹⁸In Tehaphnehes the day will be dark When I break there the yoke bars of Egypt. Then the pride of her power will cease in her; A cloud will cover her, And her daughters will go into captivity.

¹⁹So I will execute judgments on Egypt, And they will know that I am the LORD.” ’ ”

²⁰In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

²¹“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been bound up for healing or wrapped with a bandage, so that it may be strong to wield the sword.

²²Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, both the strong and the broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand.

²³And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.

²⁴For I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, so that he will groan before him with the groans of a wounded man.

²⁵So I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fail. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he reaches out with it against the land of Egypt.

²⁶When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am the LORD.’ ”