| 1. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: |
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א. |
| 2. "Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre: So said the Lord God: Because your heart is proud, and you said, 'I am a god, I have sat in a seat of God, in the heart of the seas,' but you are a man and not a god, yet you have made your heart like the heart of God. |
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ב. |
| 3. Behold, are you wiser than Daniel, that no secret is hidden from you? |
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ג. |
| 4. With your wisdom and with your understanding did you acquire wealth for yourself, and gather gold and silver in your treasurehouses? |
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ד. |
| 5. With your great wisdom in your commerce did you increase your wealth, that your heart became haughty with your wealth? |
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ה. |
| 6. Therefore, so said the Lord God: Because you made your heart like the heart of God, |
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ו. |
| 7. Therefore, behold I am bringing foreigners, the strong of the nations, upon you, and they will draw their swords on the beauty of your wisdom and profane your brightness. |
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ז. |
| 8. Into the Pit they will lower you, and you will die the deaths of those who are slain, in the heart of the seas. |
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ח. |
| 9. Will you say, "I am a god" before your slayer? Indeed, you are a man and not a god in the hand of your slayer. |
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ט. |
| 10. The deaths of the uncircumcised you shall die at the hand of foreigners, for I have spoken," says the Lord God. |
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י. |
| 11. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: |
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יא. |
| 12. "Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, So said the Lord God: You are the one who engraves images, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. |
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יב. |
| 13. In Eden, the garden of God you were; every precious stone was [set in] your covering; ruby, topaz, diamond, chrysolite, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, carbuncle, and crystal and gold; the work of your drums and your orifices is in you; on the day of your creation they were established. |
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יג. |
| 14. You were a cherub of great measure, that covers, and I gave that to you; you were on the mount of the sanctuary of God: you walked among stones of fire. |
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יד. |
| 15. You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created until wrongdoing was found in you. |
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טו. |
| 16. Because of the multitude of your commerce, they filled you with violence and you sinned, and I shall cast you as profane from the mountain of God, and I shall destroy you, O covering cherub, from among the stones of fire. |
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טז. |
| 17. Your heart became haughty because of your beauty; you destroyed your wisdom with your brightness; I have cast you upon the ground; I have set you before kings to gaze upon you. |
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יז. |
| 18. Because of the multitude of your iniquities, with the wrongdoing of your commerce, you profaned your sanctity, and I shall bring forth fire out of your midst-it will consume you, and I shall make you ashes on the ground before the eyes of all who see you. |
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יח. |
| 19. All who know you among the peoples will wonder over you; you shall be a terror, and you shall be no more, ever." |
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יט. |
| 20. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: |
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כ. |
| 21. "Son of man! Set your face toward Zidon and prophesy about her. |
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כא. |
| 22. And you shall say; So said the Lord God: Behold I am against you, Zidon, and I shall be honored in your midst, and you will know that I am the Lord when I perform judgments in her and I shall be sanctified in her. |
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כב. |
| 23. And I shall send into her pestilence and blood in her streets, and they will judge themselves as slain in her midst by the sword [coming] upon her from all around, and they will know that I am the Lord. |
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כג. |
| 24. And there will no longer be to the house of Israel a pricking briar or a painful thorn from all that are around them, who plunder them, and they will know that I am the Lord God. |
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כד. |
| 25. So says the Lord God: When I gather in the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, and I have been sanctified through them in the eyes of the nations, then shall they dwell on their land that I gave to My servant, to Jacob. |
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כה. |
| 26. And they shall dwell upon it securely, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards and dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those who plunder them from all around them, and they shall know that I am the Lord their God." |
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כו. |
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