Ezekiel 27-28
English Standard Version
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:
“O Tyre, you have said,
‘I am (E)perfect in beauty.’
4 Your borders are (F)in the heart of the seas;
your builders made perfect your beauty.
5 They made all your planks
of fir trees from (G)Senir;
they took (H)a cedar from Lebanon
to make a mast for you.
6 Of (I)oaks of Bashan
they made your oars;
they made your deck of pines
from (J)the coasts of Cyprus,
inlaid with ivory.
7 (K)Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
was your sail,
serving as your banner;
blue and purple from (L)the coasts of Elishah
was your awning.
8 The inhabitants of Sidon and (M)Arvad
were your rowers;
your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you;
they were (N)your pilots.
9 The elders of (O)Gebal and her skilled men were in you,
(P)caulking your seams;
all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you
to barter for your wares.
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.
26 “Your rowers have brought you out
into the high seas.
(BG)The east wind has wrecked you
in the heart of the seas.
27 Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,
your mariners and (BH)your pilots,
(BI)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
(BJ)on the day of your fall.
28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots
(BK)the countryside shakes,
29 and down from their ships
(BL)come all who handle the oar.
The mariners and all the pilots of the sea
stand on the land
30 (BM)and shout aloud over you
and cry out bitterly.
(BN)They cast dust on their heads
(BO)and wallow in ashes;
31 they (BP)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 (BQ)raise a lamentation for you
and lament over you:
(BR)‘Who is like Tyre,
like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?
33 When your wares came from the seas,
(BS)you satisfied many peoples;
with your abundant wealth and merchandise
(BT)you enriched the kings of the earth.
34 Now (BU)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 (BV)All the inhabitants of the coastlands
are appalled at you,
and (BW)the hair of their kings bristles with horror;
their faces are convulsed.
36 (BX)The merchants among the peoples (BY)hiss at you;
(BZ)you have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever.’”
Prophecy Against the Prince of Tyre
28 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 (CA)“Son of man, say to (CB)the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:
(CC)“Because your heart is proud,
and (CD)you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,’
yet (CE)you are but a man, and no god,
(CF)though you make your heart like the heart of a god—
3 (CG)you are indeed wiser (CH)than (CI)Daniel;
no secret is hidden from you;
4 by your wisdom and your understanding
(CJ)you have made wealth for yourself,
and have gathered gold and silver
into your treasuries;
5 by your great wisdom in your trade
you have increased your wealth,
and (CK)your heart has become proud in your wealth—
6 therefore thus says the Lord God:
(CL)Because you make your heart
like the heart of a god,
7 therefore, behold, I will bring (CM)foreigners upon you,
the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against (CN)the beauty of your wisdom
and defile (CO)your splendor.
8 (CP)They shall thrust you down into the pit,
(CQ)and you shall die the death of the slain
in the heart of the seas.
9 (CR)Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill you,
though (CS)you are but a man, and no god,
in the hands of those who slay you?
10 (CT)You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
by the hand of foreigners;
(CU)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 (CV)“Son of man, (CW)raise a lamentation over (CX)the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:
“You were the signet of perfection,[d]
(CY)full of wisdom and (CZ)perfect in beauty.
13 You were in (DA)Eden, the garden of God;
(DB)every precious stone was your covering,
(DC)sardius, topaz, and diamond,
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire,[e] (DD)emerald, and carbuncle;
and crafted in gold were your settings
and your engravings.[f]
(DE)On the day that you were created
they were prepared.
14 You were an anointed (DF)guardian cherub.
I placed you;[g] you were on (DG)the holy mountain of God;
in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
15 You were blameless in your ways
(DH)from the day you were created,
till unrighteousness was found in you.
16 In the abundance of (DI)your trade
you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from (DJ)the mountain of God,
and I destroyed you,[h] (DK)O guardian cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 (DL)Your heart was proud because of (DM)your beauty;
you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.
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 (DN)I brought fire out from your midst;
it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
(DO)in the sight of all who saw you.
19 All who know you among the peoples
are appalled at you;
(DP)you have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever.”
Prophecy Against Sidon
20 The word of the Lord came to me: 21 (DQ)“Son of man, (DR)set your face toward (DS)Sidon, and (DT)prophesy against her 22 and say, Thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, (DU)I am against you, O Sidon,
and (DV)I will manifest my glory in your midst.
And (DW)they shall know that I am the Lord
(DX)when I execute judgments in her
and (DY)manifest my holiness in her;
23 for I will send (DZ)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 (EA)there shall be no more a brier to prick or (EB)a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors (EC)who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.
Israel Gathered in Security
25 “Thus says the Lord God: (ED)When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and (EE)manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, (EF)then they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob. 26 (EG)And they shall dwell securely in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely, (EH)when I execute judgments upon all their neighbors (EI)who have treated them with contempt. (EJ)Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 27:15 Hebrew; Septuagint Rhodes
- Ezekiel 27:17 The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown
- Ezekiel 27:19 Probable reading; Hebrew wool of Sahar 19and Dan and Javan
- Ezekiel 28:12 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain
- Ezekiel 28:13 Or lapis lazuli
- Ezekiel 28:13 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain
- Ezekiel 28:14 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain
- Ezekiel 28:16 Or banished you
Hebrews 1-2
English Standard Version
The Supremacy of God's Son
1 Long ago, at many times and (A)in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but (B)in these last days (C)he has spoken to us by (D)his Son, whom he appointed (E)the heir of all things, (F)through whom also he created (G)the world. 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and (H)the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. (I)After making purification for sins, (J)he sat down (K)at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become as much superior to angels as the name (L)he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
5 For to which of the angels did God ever say,
(M)“You are my Son,
today I have begotten you”?
Or again,
(N)“I will be to him a father,
and he shall be to me a son”?
6 And again, when he brings (O)the firstborn into the world, he says,
(P)“Let all God's angels worship him.”
7 Of the angels he says,
(Q)“He makes his angels winds,
and his ministers a flame of fire.”
8 But of the Son he says,
(R)“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, (S)has anointed you
with (T)the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”
10 And,
(U)“You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning,
and the heavens are the work of your hands;
11 they will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment,
12 like a robe you will roll them up,
like a garment they will be changed.[a]
But you are (V)the same,
and your years will have no end.”
13 And to which of the angels has he ever said,
14 Are they not all ministering spirits (Y)sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to (Z)inherit salvation?
Warning Against Neglecting Salvation
2 Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. 2 For since (AA)the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and (AB)every transgression or disobedience received a just (AC)retribution, 3 (AD)how shall we escape if we (AE)neglect such a great salvation? It was (AF)declared at first by the Lord, and it was (AG)attested to us (AH)by those who heard, 4 (AI)while God also bore witness (AJ)by signs and wonders and various miracles and by (AK)gifts of the Holy Spirit (AL)distributed according to his will.
The Founder of Salvation
5 For it was not to angels that God subjected the world (AM)to come, of which we are speaking. 6 It has been testified somewhere,
(AN)“What is man, that you are mindful of him,
or the son of man, that you care for him?
7 You made him for a little while lower than the angels;
you have crowned him with glory and honor,[b]
8 putting everything in subjection under his feet.”
Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, (AO)we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. 9 But we see him (AP)who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, (AQ)crowned with glory and honor (AR)because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might (AS)taste death (AT)for everyone.
10 For it (AU)was fitting that he, (AV)for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons (AW)to glory, should make the (AX)founder of their salvation (AY)perfect through suffering. 11 For (AZ)he who sanctifies and (BA)those who are sanctified (BB)all have one source.[c] That is why he is not ashamed to call them (BC)brothers,[d] 12 saying,
(BD)“I will tell of your name to my brothers;
in the midst of the (BE)congregation I will sing your praise.”
13 And again,
(BF)“I will put my trust in him.”
And again,
14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise (BI)partook of the same things, that (BJ)through death he might (BK)destroy (BL)the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and deliver all those who (BM)through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. 16 For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he (BN)helps the offspring of Abraham. 17 Therefore he had (BO)to be made like his brothers in every respect, (BP)so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest (BQ)in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For because he himself has suffered (BR)when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 1:12 Some manuscripts omit like a garment
- Hebrews 2:7 Some manuscripts insert and set him over the works of your hands
- Hebrews 2:11 Greek all are of one
- Hebrews 2:11 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verse 12
Psalm 119:161-168
English Standard Version
Sin and Shin
161 (A)Princes persecute me (B)without cause,
but my heart (C)stands in awe of your words.
162 I (D)rejoice at your word
like one who (E)finds great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood,
but I love (F)your law.
164 Seven times a day I praise you
for your (G)righteous rules.
165 Great (H)peace have those who love your law;
(I)nothing can make them stumble.
166 I (J)hope for your salvation, O Lord,
and I do your commandments.
167 My soul keeps your testimonies;
I (K)love them exceedingly.
168 I keep your precepts and testimonies,
(L)for all my ways are before you.
Proverbs 27:17-18
English Standard Version
17 Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.[a]
18 (A)Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and he who (B)guards his master will be honored.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:17 Hebrew sharpens the face of another
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