Ezekiel 27-29
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.”
Prophecy Against Egypt
29 (EK)In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 (EL)“Son of man, (EM)set your face against (EN)Pharaoh king of Egypt, (EO)and prophesy against him and (EP)against all Egypt; 3 speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God:
(EQ)“Behold, I am against you,
Pharaoh king of Egypt,
(ER)the great dragon that lies
in the midst of his streams,
(ES)that says, ‘My Nile is my own;
I made it for myself.’
4 I will (ET)put hooks in your jaws,
and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales;
and I will draw you up out of the midst of your streams,
with all the fish of your streams
that stick to your scales.
5 (EU)And I will cast you out into the wilderness,
you and all the fish of your streams;
you shall fall (EV)on the open field,
and (EW)not be brought together or gathered.
To the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens
(EX)I give you as food.
6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt (EY)shall know that I am the Lord.
“Because you[i] have been (EZ)a staff of reed to the house of Israel, 7 (FA)when they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their loins to shake.[j] 8 Therefore thus says the Lord God: (FB)Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and will cut off from you man and beast, 9 and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. (FC)Then they will know that I am the Lord.
(FD)“Because you[k] said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I made it,’ 10 therefore, (FE)behold, I am against you and (FF)against your streams, and (FG)I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, (FH)from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush. 11 (FI)No foot of man shall pass through it, and no foot of beast shall pass through it; it shall be uninhabited forty years. 12 (FJ)And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated countries, and her cities shall be a desolation forty years among cities that are laid waste. (FK)I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.
13 “For thus says the Lord God: At the end of forty years (FL)I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered, 14 and (FM)I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to (FN)the land of Pathros, the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom. 15 It shall be the most lowly of the kingdoms, (FO)and never again exalt itself above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will never again rule over the nations. 16 And it shall never again be (FP)the reliance of the house of Israel, recalling their iniquity, when they turn to them for aid. (FQ)Then they will know that I am the Lord God.”
17 (FR)In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 18 (FS)“Son of man, (FT)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was rubbed bare, yet neither he nor his army got anything from Tyre to pay for the labor that he had performed against her. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: (FU)Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; (FV)and he shall carry off its wealth[l] (FW)and despoil it and plunder it; and it shall be the wages for his army. 20 (FX)I have given him the land of Egypt as his payment for which he labored, because they worked for me, declares the Lord God.
21 “On that day (FY)I will cause a horn to spring up for the house of Israel, and (FZ)I will open your lips among them. (GA)Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
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
- Ezekiel 29:6 Hebrew they
- Ezekiel 29:7 Syriac (compare Psalm 69:23); Hebrew to stand
- Ezekiel 29:9 Hebrew he
- Ezekiel 29:19 Or multitude
John 14
English Standard Version
I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life
14 (A)“Let not your hearts be troubled. (B)Believe in God;[a] believe also in me. 2 In (C)my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that (D)I go to prepare a place for you?[b] 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you (E)to myself, that (F)where I am you may be also. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.”[c] 5 (G)Thomas said to him, “Lord, (H)we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am (I)the way, and (J)the truth, and (K)the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 (L)If you had known me, you would have (M)known my Father also.[d] From now on you do know him and (N)have seen him.”
8 (O)Philip said to him, “Lord, (P)show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? (Q)Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that (R)I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you (S)I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that (T)I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else (U)believe on account of the works themselves.
12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, (V)whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I (W)am going to the Father. 13 (X)Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that (Y)the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 (Z)If you ask me[e] anything in my name, I will do it.
Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
15 (AA)“If you love me, you will (AB)keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another (AC)Helper,[f] to be with you forever, 17 even (AD)the Spirit of truth, (AE)whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and (AF)will be[g] in you.
18 “I will not leave you as orphans; (AG)I will come to you. 19 (AH)Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but (AI)you will see me. (AJ)Because I live, you also will live. 20 (AK)In that day you will know that (AL)I am in my Father, and (AM)you in me, and (AN)I in you. 21 (AO)Whoever has my commandments and (AP)keeps them, he it is who loves me. And (AQ)he who loves me (AR)will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and (AS)manifest myself to him.” 22 (AT)Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it (AU)that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, (AV)“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and (AW)we will come to him and (AX)make our home with him. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And (AY)the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.
25 “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the (AZ)Helper, the Holy Spirit, (BA)whom the Father will send in my name, (BB)he will teach you all things and (BC)bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 27 (BD)Peace I leave with you; (BE)my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. (BF)Let not your hearts be troubled, neither (BG)let them be afraid. 28 (BH)You heard me say to you, (BI)‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I (BJ)am going to the Father, for (BK)the Father is greater than I. 29 And (BL)now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for (BM)the ruler of this world is coming. (BN)He has no claim on me, 31 but I do (BO)as the Father has commanded me, (BP)so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.
Footnotes
- John 14:1 Or You believe in God
- John 14:2 Or In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you
- John 14:4 Some manuscripts Where I am going you know, and the way you know
- John 14:7 Or If you know me, you will know my Father also, or If you have known me, you will know my Father also
- John 14:14 Some manuscripts omit me
- John 14:16 Or Advocate, or Counselor; also 14:26; 15:26; 16:7
- John 14:17 Some manuscripts and is
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