A Lament for Tyre

27 The word of the Lord came to me: ² “Now you, ^(A)son of man, ^(B)raise a lamentation over Tyre, ³ and say to Tyre, who dwells at ^(C)the entrances to the sea, ^(D)merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord God:

^10 (Q)“Persia and ^(R)Lud and ^(S)Put were in your army as your men of war. ^(T)They hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor. ¹¹ Men of ^(U)Arvad and Helech were on your walls all around, and men of Gamad were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they made ^(V)perfect your beauty.

^12 (W)“Tarshish did ^(X)business with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your ^(Y)wares. ^13 (Z)Javan, ^(AA)Tubal, and ^(AB)Meshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. ¹⁴ From ^(AC)Beth-togarmah they exchanged horses, war horses, and mules ^(AD)for your wares. ¹⁵ The men of ^(AE)Dedan^[a] traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony. ¹⁶ Syria ^(AF)did business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares ^(AG)emeralds, ^(AH)purple, ^(AI)embroidered work, ^(AJ)fine linen, coral, and ^(AK)ruby. ¹⁷ Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise ^(AL)wheat of ^(AM)Minnith, meal,^[b] honey, oil, and ^(AN)balm. ^18 (AO)Damascus did business with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon and ^(AP)wool of Sahar ¹⁹ and casks of wine^[c] from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, ^(AQ)cassia, and ^(AR)calamus were bartered for your merchandise. ²⁰ Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. ²¹ Arabia and all the princes of ^(AS)Kedar were your favored dealers ^(AT)in lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you. ²² The traders of ^(AU)Sheba and ^(AV)Raamah traded with you; they exchanged ^(AW)for your wares ^(AX)the best of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold. ^23 (AY)Haran, Canneh, ^(AZ)Eden, traders of Sheba, ^(BA)Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you. ²⁴ In your market these traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of ^(BB)blue and ^(BC)embroidered work, and in carpets of colored material, bound with cords and made secure. ^25 (BD)The ships of ^(BE)Tarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden ^(BF)in the heart of the seas.

The Earthly Holy Place

9 Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and ^(A)an earthly place of holiness. ² For ^(B)a tent^[a] was prepared, the first section, in which were ^(C)the lampstand and ^(D)the table and ^(E)the bread of the Presence.^[b] It is called the Holy Place. ³ Behind ^(F)the second curtain was a second section^[c] called the Most Holy Place, ⁴ having the golden ^(G)altar of incense and ^(H)the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was ^(I)a golden urn holding the manna, and ^(J)Aaron's staff that budded, and ^(K)the tablets of the covenant. ⁵ Above it were ^(L)the cherubim of glory overshadowing ^(M)the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.

⁶ These preparations having thus been made, ^(N)the priests go regularly into the first section, performing their ritual duties, ⁷ but into the second only ^(O)the high priest goes, and he but ^(P)once a year, and not without taking blood, ^(Q)which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people. ⁸ By this the Holy Spirit indicates that ^(R)the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing ⁹ (which is symbolic for the present age).^[d] According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered ^(S)that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper, ¹⁰ but deal only with ^(T)food and drink and ^(U)various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.

Redemption Through the Blood of Christ

¹¹ But when Christ appeared as a high priest ^(V)of the good things that have come,^[e] then through ^(W)the greater and more perfect tent (^(X)not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) ¹² he ^(Y)entered ^(Z)once for all into the holy places, not by means of ^(AA)the blood of goats and calves but ^(AB)by means of his own blood, ^(AC)thus securing an eternal redemption. ¹³ For if ^(AD)the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with ^(AE)the ashes of a heifer, sanctify^[f] for the purification of the flesh, ¹⁴ how much more will ^(AF)the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit ^(AG)offered himself without blemish to God, ^(AH)purify our^[g] conscience ^(AI)from dead works ^(AJ)to serve the living God.

¹⁵ Therefore he is ^(AK)the mediator of a new covenant, so that ^(AL)those who are called may ^(AM)receive the promised eternal inheritance, ^(AN)since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.^{[h] 16} For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. ¹⁷ For ^(AO)a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive. ¹⁸ Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated ^(AP)without blood. ¹⁹ For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took ^(AQ)the blood of calves and goats, ^(AR)with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, ²⁰ saying, ^(AS)“This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded for you.” ²¹ And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both ^(AT)the tent and all the vessels used in worship. ²² Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and ^(AU)without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

²³ Thus it was necessary for ^(AV)the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ²⁴ For Christ has entered, not into holy places ^(AW)made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God ^(AX)on our behalf. ²⁵ Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as ^(AY)the high priest enters ^(AZ)the holy places every year with blood not his own, ²⁶ for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, ^(BA)he has appeared ^(BB)once for all ^(BC)at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. ²⁷ And just as ^(BD)it is appointed for man to die once, and ^(BE)after that comes judgment, ²⁸ so Christ, having been offered once ^(BF)to bear the sins of ^(BG)many, will appear ^(BH)a second time, ^(BI)not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly ^(BJ)waiting for him.