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22 all the kings of (A)Tyre, all the kings of (B)Sidon, and the kings of the coastland across (C)the sea;

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22 all the kings of Tyre(A) and Sidon;(B) the kings of the coastlands(C) across the sea;

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Thus the Lord said to me: (A)“Make yourself straps and (B)yoke-bars, and put them on your neck. Send word[a] to the king of (C)Edom, the king of (D)Moab, the king of the sons of (E)Ammon, the king of (F)Tyre, and the king of Sidon by the hand of the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 27:3 Hebrew Send them

This is what the Lord said to me: “Make a yoke(A) out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck. Then send(B) word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon,(C) Tyre and Sidon(D) through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

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(A)“Son of man, because (B)Tyre said concerning Jerusalem, (C)‘Aha, the gate of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste’, therefore thus says the Lord God: (D)Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will bring up (E)many nations against you, (F)as the sea brings up its waves. They shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers, and I will scrape her soil from her and (G)make her a bare rock. She (H)shall be in the midst of the sea a place for the spreading of nets, (I)for I have spoken, declares the Lord God. And she shall become plunder for the nations, and her daughters on the mainland shall be killed by the sword. (J)Then they will know that I am the Lord.

“For thus says the Lord God: (K)Behold, I will bring against Tyre (L)from the north Nebuchadnezzar[a] king of Babylon, (M)king of kings, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers. He will kill with the sword (N)your daughters on the mainland. (O)He will set up a siege wall against you and throw up a mound against you, and raise (P)a roof of shields against you. (Q)He will direct the shock of his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. 10 His horses will be so many that their dust will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen and wagons and chariots, when he enters your gates as men enter a city that has been breached. 11 With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground. 12 They will plunder (R)your riches and loot (S)your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. Your stones and timber and (T)soil they will cast into the midst of the waters. 13 (U)And I will stop the music of your songs, and (V)the sound of your lyres shall be heard no more. 14 (W)I will make you a bare rock. (X)You shall be a place for the spreading of nets. You shall never be rebuilt, (Y)for I am the Lord; I have spoken, declares the Lord God.

15 “Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: Will not (Z)the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, (AA)when the wounded groan, when slaughter is made in your midst? 16 Then all (AB)the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones and (AC)remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; (AD)they will sit on the ground and (AE)tremble every moment and (AF)be appalled at you. 17 And they will (AG)raise a lamentation over you and say to you,

“‘How you have perished,
    you who were inhabited from the seas,
O city renowned,
    (AH)who was mighty on the sea;
she and her inhabitants (AI)imposed their terror
    on all her inhabitants!
18 Now the coastlands tremble
    on the day of your fall,
and the coastlands that are on the sea
    are dismayed at your passing.’

19 “For thus says the Lord God: When I make you a city laid waste, like the cities that are not inhabited, (AJ)when I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters cover you, 20 then (AK)I will make you go down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you to dwell in the world below, among ruins from of old, (AL)with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set beauty (AM)in the land of the living. 21 I will bring you (AN)to a dreadful end, and you shall be no more. (AO)Though you be sought for, you will never be found again, declares the Lord God.”

A Lament for Tyre

27 The word of the Lord came to me: “Now you, (AP)son of man, (AQ)raise a lamentation over Tyre, and say to Tyre, who dwells at (AR)the entrances to the sea, (AS)merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord God:

“O Tyre, you have said,
    ‘I am (AT)perfect in beauty.’
Your borders are (AU)in the heart of the seas;
    your builders made perfect your beauty.
They made all your planks
    of fir trees from (AV)Senir;
they took (AW)a cedar from Lebanon
    to make a mast for you.
Of (AX)oaks of Bashan
    they made your oars;
they made your deck of pines
    from (AY)the coasts of Cyprus,
    inlaid with ivory.
(AZ)Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
    was your sail,
    serving as your banner;
blue and purple from (BA)the coasts of Elishah
    was your awning.
The inhabitants of Sidon and (BB)Arvad
    were your rowers;
your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you;
    they were (BC)your pilots.
The elders of (BD)Gebal and her skilled men were in you,
    (BE)caulking your seams;
all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you
    to barter for your wares.

10 (BF)“Persia and (BG)Lud and (BH)Put were in your army as your men of war. (BI)They hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendour. 11 Men of (BJ)Arvad and Helech were on your walls all round, and men of Gamad were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all round; they made (BK)perfect your beauty.

12 (BL)“Tarshish did (BM)business with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your (BN)wares. 13 (BO)Javan, (BP)Tubal, and (BQ)Meshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. 14 From (BR)Beth-togarmah they exchanged horses, war horses, and mules (BS)for your wares. 15 The men of (BT)Dedan[b] traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony. 16 Syria (BU)did business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares (BV)emeralds, (BW)purple, (BX)embroidered work, (BY)fine linen, coral, and (BZ)ruby. 17 Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise (CA)wheat of (CB)Minnith, meal,[c] honey, oil, and (CC)balm. 18 (CD)Damascus did business with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon and (CE)wool of Sahar 19 and casks of wine[d] from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, (CF)cassia, and (CG)calamus were bartered for your merchandise. 20 Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. 21 Arabia and all the princes of (CH)Kedar were your favoured dealers (CI)in lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you. 22 The traders of (CJ)Sheba and (CK)Raamah traded with you; they exchanged (CL)for your wares (CM)the best of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold. 23 (CN)Haran, Canneh, (CO)Eden, traders of Sheba, (CP)Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you. 24 In your market these traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of (CQ)blue and (CR)embroidered work, and in carpets of coloured material, bound with cords and made secure. 25 (CS)The ships of (CT)Tarshish travelled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden (CU)in the heart of the seas.

26 “Your rowers have brought you out
    into the high seas.
(CV)The east wind has wrecked you
    in the heart of the seas.
27 Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,
    your mariners and (CW)your pilots,
(CX)your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,
    and all your men of war who are in you,
with all your crew
    that is in your midst,
sink into the heart of the seas
    (CY)on the day of your fall.
28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots
    (CZ)the countryside shakes,
29 and down from their ships
    (DA)come all who handle the oar.
The mariners and all the pilots of the sea
    stand on the land
30 (DB)and shout aloud over you
    and cry out bitterly.
(DC)They cast dust on their heads
    (DD)and wallow in ashes;
31 they (DE)make themselves bald for you
    and put sackcloth on their waist,
and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,
    with bitter mourning.
32 In their wailing they (DF)raise a lamentation for you
    and lament over you:
(DG)‘Who is like Tyre,
    like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?
33 When your wares came from the seas,
    (DH)you satisfied many peoples;
with your abundant wealth and merchandise
    (DI)you enriched the kings of the earth.
34 Now (DJ)you are wrecked by the seas,
    in the depths of the waters;
your merchandise and all your crew in your midst
    have sunk with you.
35 (DK)All the inhabitants of the coastlands
    are appalled at you,
and (DL)the hair of their kings bristles with horror;
    their faces are convulsed.
36 (DM)The merchants among the peoples (DN)hiss at you;
    (DO)you have come to a dreadful end
    and shall be no more for ever.’”

Prophecy Against the Prince of Tyre

28 The word of the Lord came to me: (DP)“Son of man, say to (DQ)the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:

(DR)“Because your heart is proud,
    and (DS)you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
    in the heart of the seas’,
yet (DT)you are but a man, and no god,
    (DU)though you make your heart like the heart of a god—
(DV)you are indeed wiser (DW)than (DX)Daniel;
    no secret is hidden from you;
by your wisdom and your understanding
    (DY)you have made wealth for yourself,
and have gathered gold and silver
    into your treasuries;
by your great wisdom in your trade
    you have increased your wealth,
    and (DZ)your heart has become proud in your wealth—
therefore thus says the Lord God:
(EA)Because you make your heart
    like the heart of a god,
therefore, behold, I will bring (EB)foreigners upon you,
    the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against (EC)the beauty of your wisdom
    and defile (ED)your splendour.
(EE)They shall thrust you down into the pit,
    (EF)and you shall die the death of the slain
    in the heart of the seas.
(EG)Will you still say, ‘I am a god’,
    in the presence of those who kill you,
though (EH)you are but a man, and no god,
    in the hands of those who slay you?
10 (EI)You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
    by the hand of foreigners;
    (EJ)for I have spoken, declares the Lord God.”

A Lament over the King of Tyre

11 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me: 12 (EK)“Son of man, (EL)raise a lamentation over (EM)the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:

“You were the signet of perfection,[e]
    (EN)full of wisdom and (EO)perfect in beauty.
13 You were in (EP)Eden, the garden of God;
    (EQ)every precious stone was your covering,
(ER)sardius, topaz, and diamond,
    beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire,[f] (ES)emerald, and carbuncle;
    and crafted in gold were your settings
    and your engravings.[g]
(ET)On the day that you were created
    they were prepared.
14 You were an anointed (EU)guardian cherub.
    I placed you;[h] you were on (EV)the holy mountain of God;
    in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
15 You were blameless in your ways
    (EW)from the day you were created,
    till unrighteousness was found in you.
16 In the abundance of (EX)your trade
    you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from (EY)the mountain of God,
    and I destroyed you,[i] (EZ)O guardian cherub,
    from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 (FA)Your heart was proud because of (FB)your beauty;
    you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendour.
I cast you to the ground;
    I exposed you before kings,
    to feast their eyes on you.
18 By the multitude of your iniquities,
    in the unrighteousness of your trade
    you profaned your sanctuaries;
so (FC)I brought fire out from your midst;
    it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
    (FD)in the sight of all who saw you.
19 All who know you among the peoples
    are appalled at you;
(FE)you have come to a dreadful end
    and shall be no more for ever.”

Prophecy Against Sidon

20 The word of the Lord came to me: 21 (FF)“Son of man, (FG)set your face towards (FH)Sidon, and (FI)prophesy against her 22 and say, Thus says the Lord God:

“Behold, (FJ)I am against you, O Sidon,
    and (FK)I will manifest my glory in your midst.
And (FL)they shall know that I am the Lord
    (FM)when I execute judgements in her
    and (FN)manifest my holiness in her;
23 for I will send (FO)pestilence 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 the Lord.

24 “And for the house of Israel (FP)there shall be no more a brier to prick or (FQ)a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbours (FR)who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 26:7 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar; so throughout Ezekiel
  2. Ezekiel 27:15 Hebrew; Septuagint Rhodes
  3. Ezekiel 27:17 The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown
  4. Ezekiel 27:19 Probable reading; Hebrew wool of Sahar, Vedan, and Javan
  5. Ezekiel 28:12 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain
  6. Ezekiel 28:13 Or lapis lazuli
  7. Ezekiel 28:13 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain
  8. Ezekiel 28:14 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain
  9. Ezekiel 28:16 Or banished you

“Son of man, because Tyre(A) has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha!(B) The gate to the nations is broken, and its doors have swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will prosper,’ therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the sea(C) casting up its waves. They will destroy(D) the walls of Tyre(E) and pull down her towers; I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock. Out in the sea(F) she will become a place to spread fishnets,(G) for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. She will become plunder(H) for the nations,(I) and her settlements on the mainland will be ravaged by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: From the north I am going to bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar[a](J) king of Babylon, king of kings,(K) with horses and chariots,(L) with horsemen and a great army. He will ravage your settlements on the mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works(M) against you, build a ramp(N) up to your walls and raise his shields against you. He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and demolish your towers with his weapons.(O) 10 His horses will be so many that they will cover you with dust. Your walls will tremble at the noise of the warhorses, wagons and chariots(P) when he enters your gates as men enter a city whose walls have been broken through. 11 The hooves(Q) of his horses will trample all your streets; he will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars(R) will fall to the ground.(S) 12 They will plunder your wealth and loot your merchandise; they will break down your walls and demolish your fine houses and throw your stones, timber and rubble into the sea.(T) 13 I will put an end(U) to your noisy songs,(V) and the music of your harps(W) will be heard no more.(X) 14 I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread fishnets. You will never be rebuilt,(Y) for I the Lord have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.

15 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Tyre: Will not the coastlands(Z) tremble(AA) at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan(AB) and the slaughter takes place in you? 16 Then all the princes of the coast will step down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and take off their embroidered(AC) garments. Clothed(AD) with terror, they will sit on the ground,(AE) trembling(AF) every moment, appalled(AG) at you. 17 Then they will take up a lament(AH) concerning you and say to you:

“‘How you are destroyed, city of renown,
    peopled by men of the sea!
You were a power on the seas,
    you and your citizens;
you put your terror
    on all who lived there.(AI)
18 Now the coastlands tremble(AJ)
    on the day of your fall;
the islands in the sea
    are terrified at your collapse.’(AK)

19 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I make you a desolate city, like cities no longer inhabited, and when I bring the ocean depths(AL) over you and its vast waters cover you,(AM) 20 then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit,(AN) to the people of long ago. I will make you dwell in the earth below, as in ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, and you will not return or take your place[b] in the land of the living.(AO) 21 I will bring you to a horrible end and you will be no more.(AP) You will be sought, but you will never again be found, declares the Sovereign Lord.”(AQ)

A Lament Over Tyre

27 The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, take up a lament(AR) concerning Tyre. Say to Tyre,(AS) situated at the gateway to the sea,(AT) merchant of peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘You say, Tyre,
    “I am perfect in beauty.(AU)
Your domain was on the high seas;
    your builders brought your beauty to perfection.(AV)
They made all your timbers
    of juniper from Senir[c];(AW)
they took a cedar from Lebanon(AX)
    to make a mast for you.
Of oaks(AY) from Bashan
    they made your oars;
of cypress wood[d] from the coasts of Cyprus(AZ)
    they made your deck, adorned with ivory.
Fine embroidered linen(BA) from Egypt was your sail
    and served as your banner;
your awnings were of blue and purple(BB)
    from the coasts of Elishah.(BC)
Men of Sidon and Arvad(BD) were your oarsmen;
    your skilled men, Tyre, were aboard as your sailors.(BE)
Veteran craftsmen of Byblos(BF) were on board
    as shipwrights to caulk your seams.
All the ships of the sea(BG) and their sailors
    came alongside to trade for your wares.

10 “‘Men of Persia,(BH) Lydia(BI) and Put(BJ)
    served as soldiers in your army.
They hung their shields(BK) and helmets on your walls,
    bringing you splendor.
11 Men of Arvad and Helek
    guarded your walls on every side;
men of Gammad
    were in your towers.
They hung their shields around your walls;
    they brought your beauty to perfection.(BL)

12 “‘Tarshish(BM) did business with you because of your great wealth of goods;(BN) they exchanged silver, iron, tin and lead for your merchandise.

13 “‘Greece,(BO) Tubal and Meshek(BP) did business with you; they traded human beings(BQ) and articles of bronze for your wares.

14 “‘Men of Beth Togarmah(BR) exchanged chariot horses, cavalry horses and mules for your merchandise.

15 “‘The men of Rhodes[e](BS) traded with you, and many coastlands(BT) were your customers; they paid you with ivory(BU) tusks and ebony.

16 “‘Aram[f](BV) did business with you because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise,(BW) purple fabric, embroidered work, fine linen,(BX) coral(BY) and rubies for your merchandise.

17 “‘Judah and Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat(BZ) from Minnith(CA) and confections,[g] honey, olive oil and balm(CB) for your wares.(CC)

18 “‘Damascus(CD) did business with you because of your many products and great wealth of goods.(CE) They offered wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar 19 and casks of wine from Izal(CF) in exchange for your wares: wrought iron, cassia(CG) and calamus.

20 “‘Dedan(CH) traded in saddle blankets with you.

21 “‘Arabia(CI) and all the princes of Kedar(CJ) were your customers; they did business with you in lambs, rams and goats.

22 “‘The merchants of Sheba(CK) and Raamah traded with you; for your merchandise they exchanged the finest of all kinds of spices(CL) and precious stones, and gold.(CM)

23 “‘Harran,(CN) Kanneh and Eden(CO) and merchants of Sheba, Ashur(CP) and Kilmad traded with you. 24 In your marketplace they traded with you beautiful garments, blue fabric, embroidered work and multicolored rugs with cords twisted and tightly knotted.

25 “‘The ships of Tarshish(CQ) serve
    as carriers for your wares.
You are filled with heavy cargo
    as you sail the sea.(CR)
26 Your oarsmen take you
    out to the high seas.
But the east wind(CS) will break you to pieces
    far out at sea.
27 Your wealth,(CT) merchandise and wares,
    your mariners, sailors and shipwrights,
your merchants and all your soldiers,
    and everyone else on board
will sink into the heart of the sea(CU)
    on the day of your shipwreck.
28 The shorelands will quake(CV)
    when your sailors cry out.
29 All who handle the oars
    will abandon their ships;
the mariners and all the sailors
    will stand on the shore.
30 They will raise their voice
    and cry bitterly over you;
they will sprinkle dust(CW) on their heads
    and roll(CX) in ashes.(CY)
31 They will shave their heads(CZ) because of you
    and will put on sackcloth.
They will weep(DA) over you with anguish of soul
    and with bitter mourning.(DB)
32 As they wail and mourn over you,
    they will take up a lament(DC) concerning you:
“Who was ever silenced like Tyre,
    surrounded by the sea?(DD)
33 When your merchandise went out on the seas,(DE)
    you satisfied many nations;
with your great wealth(DF) and your wares
    you enriched the kings of the earth.
34 Now you are shattered by the sea
    in the depths of the waters;
your wares and all your company
    have gone down with you.(DG)
35 All who live in the coastlands(DH)
    are appalled(DI) at you;
their kings shudder with horror
    and their faces are distorted with fear.(DJ)
36 The merchants among the nations scoff at you;(DK)
    you have come to a horrible end
    and will be no more.(DL)’”

A Prophecy Against the King of Tyre

28 The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man(DM), say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘In the pride of your heart
    you say, “I am a god;
I sit on the throne(DN) of a god
    in the heart of the seas.”(DO)
But you are a mere mortal and not a god,
    though you think you are as wise as a god.(DP)
Are you wiser than Daniel[h]?(DQ)
    Is no secret hidden from you?
By your wisdom and understanding
    you have gained wealth for yourself
and amassed gold and silver
    in your treasuries.(DR)
By your great skill in trading(DS)
    you have increased your wealth,(DT)
and because of your wealth
    your heart has grown proud.(DU)

“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Because you think you are wise,
    as wise as a god,
I am going to bring foreigners against you,
    the most ruthless of nations;(DV)
they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom(DW)
    and pierce your shining splendor.(DX)
They will bring you down to the pit,(DY)
    and you will die a violent death(DZ)
    in the heart of the seas.(EA)
Will you then say, “I am a god,”
    in the presence of those who kill you?
You will be but a mortal, not a god,(EB)
    in the hands of those who slay you.(EC)
10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised(ED)
    at the hands of foreigners.

I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

11 The word of the Lord came to me: 12 “Son of man, take up a lament(EE) concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘You were the seal of perfection,
    full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.(EF)
13 You were in Eden,(EG)
    the garden of God;(EH)
every precious stone(EI) adorned you:
    carnelian, chrysolite and emerald,
    topaz, onyx and jasper,
    lapis lazuli, turquoise(EJ) and beryl.[i]
Your settings and mountings[j] were made of gold;
    on the day you were created they were prepared.(EK)
14 You were anointed(EL) as a guardian cherub,(EM)
    for so I ordained you.
You were on the holy mount of God;
    you walked among the fiery stones.
15 You were blameless in your ways
    from the day you were created
    till wickedness was found in you.
16 Through your widespread trade
    you were filled with violence,(EN)
    and you sinned.
So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God,
    and I expelled you, guardian cherub,(EO)
    from among the fiery stones.
17 Your heart became proud(EP)
    on account of your beauty,
and you corrupted your wisdom
    because of your splendor.
So I threw you to the earth;
    I made a spectacle of you before kings.(EQ)
18 By your many sins and dishonest trade
    you have desecrated your sanctuaries.
So I made a fire(ER) come out from you,
    and it consumed you,
and I reduced you to ashes(ES) on the ground
    in the sight of all who were watching.(ET)
19 All the nations who knew you
    are appalled(EU) at you;
you have come to a horrible end
    and will be no more.(EV)’”

A Prophecy Against Sidon

20 The word of the Lord came to me: 21 “Son of man, set your face against(EW) Sidon;(EX) prophesy against her 22 and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘I am against you, Sidon,
    and among you I will display my glory.(EY)
You will know that I am the Lord,
    when I inflict punishment(EZ) on you
    and within you am proved to be holy.(FA)
23 I will send a plague upon you
    and make blood flow in your streets.
The slain will fall within you,
    with the sword against you on every side.
Then you will know that I am the Lord.(FB)

24 “‘No longer will the people of Israel have malicious neighbors who are painful briers and sharp thorns.(FC) Then they will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 26:7 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, of which Nebuchadnezzar is a variant; here and often in Ezekiel and Jeremiah
  2. Ezekiel 26:20 Septuagint; Hebrew return, and I will give glory
  3. Ezekiel 27:5 That is, Mount Hermon
  4. Ezekiel 27:6 Targum; the Masoretic Text has a different division of the consonants.
  5. Ezekiel 27:15 Septuagint; Hebrew Dedan
  6. Ezekiel 27:16 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Edom
  7. Ezekiel 27:17 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  8. Ezekiel 28:3 Or Danel, a man of renown in ancient literature
  9. Ezekiel 28:13 The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.
  10. Ezekiel 28:13 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

“What are you to me, (A)O Tyre and Sidon, and all (B)the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, (C)I will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily. For (D)you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples.[a] You have sold (E)the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their own border. Behold, I will stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and (F)I will return your payment on your own head. I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the (G)Sabeans, to a nation far away, for the Lord has spoken.”

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  1. Joel 3:5 Or palaces

“Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon(A) and all you regions of Philistia?(B) Are you repaying me for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads what you have done.(C) For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.[a](D) You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks,(E) that you might send them far from their homeland.

“See, I am going to rouse them out of the places to which you sold them,(F) and I will return(G) on your own heads what you have done. I will sell your sons(H) and daughters to the people of Judah,(I) and they will sell them to the Sabeans,(J) a nation far away.” The Lord has spoken.(K)

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  1. Joel 3:5 Or palaces

Thus says the Lord:

(A)“For three transgressions of (B)Tyre,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they delivered up a whole people to Edom,
    and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.
10 So I will send a fire upon the wall of (C)Tyre,
    and it shall devour her strongholds.”

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This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Tyre,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.(B)
Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom,
    disregarding a treaty of brotherhood,(C)
10 I will send fire on the walls of Tyre
    that will consume her fortresses.(D)

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(A)and on Hamath also, which borders on it,
    (B)Tyre and (C)Sidon, though (D)they are very wise.
Tyre has built herself (E)a rampart
    and (F)heaped up silver like dust,
    and fine gold like the mud of the streets.
But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions
    and strike down (G)her power on the sea,
    and (H)she shall be devoured by fire.

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and on Hamath(A) too, which borders on it,
    and on Tyre(B) and Sidon,(C) though they are very skillful.
Tyre has built herself a stronghold;
    she has heaped up silver like dust,
    and gold like the dirt of the streets.(D)
But the Lord will take away her possessions
    and destroy(E) her power on the sea,
    and she will be consumed by fire.(F)

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