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28 The Word of the LORD came again to me, saying:
2 “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because your heart is haughty, and you have said, ‘I am a god. I sit on the Seat of God, in the midst of the sea.’ Yet you are but a man and not God. And though you thought in your heart that you were equal with God—
3 “Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from you.
4 “With your wisdom and your understanding, you have gotten riches for yourself, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries.
5 “By your great wisdom, by your trading, you have increased your riches; and your heart is haughty because of your riches—
6 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “Because you thought, in your heart, that you were equal with God,
7 “behold, therefore, I will bring strangers upon you, the ruthless nations. And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom. And they shall defile your brightness.
8 “They shall cast you down into the pit; and you shall die the death of those who are killed in the midst of the sea.
9 “Will you then say before him who kills you, ‘I am a god?’ But you shall be a man, and not God, in the hands of him who kills you.
10 “You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hands of strangers. For I have spoken it,” says the Lord GOD.’”
11 Moreover, the Word of the LORD came to me, saying:
12 “Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “You seal up the sum, are full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
13 “You have been in Eden, the Garden of God. Every precious stone in your garment—the ruby, the topaz, the diamond, the chrysolite, the onyx, the jasper, the sapphire, emerald, the carbuncle and gold, the workmanship of your timbrels and of your pipes—was prepared in you on the day that you were created.
14 “You are the anointed Cherub that covers; and I have set you. You were upon the Holy Mountain of God. You have walked in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 “You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until iniquity was found in you.
16 “By the multitude of your merchandise, they have filled the midst of you with cruelty; and you have sinned. Therefore, I will cast you out of the Mountain of God as profane. And I will destroy you, O covering Cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 “Your heart was haughty because of your beauty. You have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I will cast you to the ground. I will lay you before kings so that they may behold you.
18 “You have defiled your sanctification by the multitude of your iniquities, by the iniquity of your merchandise. Therefore, I will bring forth a fire from the midst of you, which shall devour you. And I will bring you to ashes upon the Earth, in the sight of all those who behold you.
19 “All those who know you among the people shall be astonished at you. You shall be a terror; and you shall never be anymore.”’”
20 Again the Word of the LORD came to me, saying:
21 “Son of man, set your face against Sidon, and prophesy against it,
22 “and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I come against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified in the midst of you. And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
23 “For I will send pestilence into her, and blood into her streets; and the slain shall fall by the sword in the midst of her, on every side. And they shall know that I am the LORD.
24 “And they shall no longer be a pricking thorn to the House of Israel, or a grievous thorn to those who are all around them and despise them. And they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.”
25 ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “When I shall have gathered the House of Israel from the people where they are scattered and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in the land that I have given to my servant Jacob.
26 “And they shall dwell safely in it and shall build houses and plant vineyards. Yea, they shall dwell safely when I have executed judgments upon all those around them who despise them. And they shall know that I am the LORD their God.”’”
29 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the Word of the LORD came to me, saying:
2 “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt.
3 “Speak, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I come against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great dragon who lies in the midst of his rivers, who has said, ‘The river is mine and I have made it for myself.’
4 “But I will put hooks in your jaws; and I will cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales; and I will draw you out of the midst of your rivers; and all the fish of your rivers shall stick to your scales.
5 “And I will leave you in the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You shall fall upon the open field. You shall neither be brought together nor gathered. I have given you as food to the beasts of the field and to the birds of the sky.
6 “And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been but a staff of reed to the House of Israel.
7 “When they took hold of you with their hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders. And when they leaned upon you, you broke and made all their loins stand upright.”
8 ‘Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and destroy man and beast out of you.
9 “And the land of Egypt shall be desolate, and waste, and they shall know that I am the LORD, because he has said, ‘The river is mine,’ and ‘I have made it.’
10 “Behold, therefore, I come upon you, and upon your rivers. And I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene to the borders of the black Moors.
11 “Neither foot of man nor foot of beast shall pass by it, nor shall it be inhabited for forty years.
12 “And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate. And her cities shall be desolate among the cities that are desolate for forty years. And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.”
13 ‘Yet thus says the Lord GOD: “At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the people, where they were scattered.
14 “And I will bring back the captives of Egypt and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation. And they shall be a small kingdom there.
15 “It shall be the smallest of kingdoms, no longer exalting itself above the nations. For I will diminish them, so that they shall no longer rule the nations.
16 “And it shall no longer be the confidence of the House of Israel, but the iniquity of following after them shall be remembered. So shall they know that I am the Lord GOD.”’”
17 In the twenty-seventh year, also in the first month, on the first day of the month, came the Word of the LORD to me, saying:
18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel, caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder was made bare. Yet, neither he nor his army received wages for Tyre, for the service that he served against it.”
19 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babel. And he shall take her abundance and plunder her spoil and rob her. And it shall be the wages for his army.
20 “I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor that he served, because they worked for Me,” says the Lord GOD.
21 “On that day, I will cause the horn of the House of Israel to grow. And I will give you an open mouth in the midst of them. And they shall know that I am the LORD.”
30 The Word of the LORD came again to me, saying:
2 “Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Howl, ‘Woe to this day!’
3 “For the day is near; and the Day of the LORD is at hand. A cloudy day, it shall be the time of the heathen.
4 “And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and fear shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, when they shall take away her abundance, and her foundations shall be broken down.
5 “Ethiopia and Put and Lud and all the common people and Chub and the men of the land who are allied shall fall with them, by the sword.”
6 ‘Thus says the LORD: “Those who maintain Egypt shall also fall; and the pride of her power shall come down. From the tower of Syene they shall fall by the sword,” says the Lord GOD.
7 “And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate. And her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
8 “And they shall know that I am the LORD when I have set a fire in Egypt. All her helpers shall be destroyed.
9 “On that day, messengers shall go forth from Me in ships, to make the careless Moors afraid. And fear shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt. For lo, it comes.”
10 ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “I will also make the abundance of Egypt cease by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel.
11 “For he and his people with him, the ruthless nations, shall be brought to destroy the land. And they shall draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.
12 “And I will make the rivers dry and sell the land into the hands of the wicked. And I will make the land and all that is in it waste, by the hands of strangers. I, the LORD, have spoken it.”
13 ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “I will also destroy the idols; and I will cause their idols to cease out of Noph. And there shall no longer be a prince of the land of Egypt. And I will send a fear into the land of Egypt.
14 “And I will make Pathros desolate and will set fire in Zoan. And I will execute judgment in No.
15 “And I will pour My wrath upon Sin, the strength of Egypt. And I will destroy the abundance of No.
16 “And I will set fire in Egypt. Sin shall have great sorrow and No shall be destroyed and Noph shall have sorrows daily.
17 “The young men of Aven and of Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword. And these shall go into captivity.
18 “At Tehaphnehes, the day shall be darkened when I shall break the bars of Egypt there. And when the pomp of her power shall cease in her, the cloud shall cover her. And her daughters shall go into captivity.
19 “Thus I will execute judgments in Egypt. And they shall know that I am the LORD.”’”
20 And in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the Word of the LORD came to me, saying:
21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, nor shall they put a roll to bind it and make it strong to hold the sword.”
22 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I come against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and will break his arm that was strong, but is broken. And I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
23 “And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and will disperse them through the countries.
24 “And I will strengthen the arm of the king of Babel and put My sword in his hand. But I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan, as the groanings of him who is wounded before him.
25 “But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babel; and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down. And they shall know that I am the LORD when I shall put My sword into the hand of the king of Babel and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
26 “And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the countries. And they shall know that I am the LORD.”
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