Category: Ezekiel

God’s Sword of Judgment

1 The word of theLordcame to me again:

2 “Son of man, turn your face towardJerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel,

3 and say to it: This is what theLordsays: I am against you.I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off both the righteous and the wicked from you.

4 Since I will cut offboth the righteous and the wicked, My sword will therefore come out of its sheath against everyone from the south to the north.

5 So all the people will know that I, Yahweh, have taken My sword from its sheath — it will not be sheathed again.

6 “But you, son of man, groan! Groan bitterly with a broken heartright before their eyes.

7 And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ then say: Because of the news that is coming.Every heart will melt, and every hand will become weak. Every spirit will be discouraged, and every knee will turn to water. Yes, it is coming and it will happen.” This is the declaration of the LordGod.

8 The word of theLordcame to me:

9 “Son of man, prophesy: This is what the Lord says! You are to proclaim:

A sword!A sword is sharpened

and also polished.

10 It is sharpened for slaughter,

polished to flash like lightning!

Should we rejoice?

The scepter of My son,

the sword despises every tree.

11 The sword is given to be polished,

to be grasped in the hand.

It is sharpened, and it is polished,

to be put in the hand of the slayer.

12 Cry out and wail, son of man,

for it is against My people.

It is against all the princes of Israel!

They are given over to the sword with My people.

Therefore strike your thigh in grief.

13 Surely it will be a trial!

And what if the sword despises even the scepter?

The scepter will not continue.

This is the declaration of the LordGod.

14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy

and clap your hands together.

Let the sword strike two times, even three.

It is a sword for massacre,

a sword for great massacre —

it surroundsthem!

15 I have appointed a swordfor slaughter

at all their gates,

so that their hearts may melt

and many may stumble.

Yes! It is ready to flash like lightning;

it is drawnfor slaughter.

16 Slash to the right;

turn to the left —

wherever your blade is directed.

17 I also will clap My hands together,

and I will satisfy My wrath.

I, Yahweh, have spoken.”

18 Then the word of theLordcame to me:

19 “Now you, son of man, mark out two roads that the sword of Babylon’s king can take. Both of them should originate from the same land. And make a signpost at the fork in the road to each city.

20 Mark out a road that the sword can take to Rabbah of the Ammonitesand to Judah into fortified Jerusalem.

21 For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practice divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver.

22 The answer markedJerusalem appears in his right hand, indicating that he should set up battering rams,give the order toslaughter, raise a battle cry, set battering rams against the gates, build a ramp, and construct a siege wall.

23 It will seem like false divination in the eyes of those who have sworn an oath to the Babylonians,but it will draw attention to their guilt so that they will be captured.

24 “Therefore, this is what the LordGodsays: Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your actions, since you have done this, you will be captured by them.

25 And you, profane and wicked prince of Israel,

the day has come

for your punishment.”

26 This is what the LordGodsays:

Remove the turban, and take off the crown.

Things will not remain as they are;

exalt the lowly and bring down the exalted.

27 A ruin, a ruin,

I will make it a ruin!

Yet this will not happen

until He comes;

I have given the judgment to Him.

28 “Now prophesy, son of man, and say: This is what the LordGodsays concerning the Ammonites and their contempt. You are to proclaim:

A sword! A sword

is drawn for slaughter,

polished to consume,to flash like lightning.

29 While they offer false visions

and lying divinations about you,

the time has come to put you

to the necks of the profane wicked ones;

the day has come

for your punishment.

30 Return it to its sheath!

I will judge you

in the place where you were created,

in the land of your origin.

31 I will pour out My indignation on you;

I will blow the fire of My fury on you.

I will hand you over to brutal men,

skilled at destruction.

32 You will be fuel for the fire.

Your blood will be spilled in the land.

You will not be remembered,

for I, Yahweh, have spoken.”

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Indictment of Sinful Jerusalem

1 The word of theLordcame to me:

2 “As for you, son of man, will you pass judgment? Will you pass judgment against the city of blood? Then explain all her detestable practices to her.

3 You are to say: This is what the LordGodsays: A city that sheds bloodwithin her walls so that her time of judgment has come and who makes idols for herself so that she is defiled!

4 You are guilty of the blood you have shed,and you are defiled from the idols you have made. You have brought your judgment days near and have come to your years of punishment. Therefore, I have made you a disgrace to the nations and a mockery to all the lands.

5 Those who are near and those far away from you will mock you, you infamous one full of turmoil.

6 “Look, every prince of Israelwithin you has used his strength to shed blood.

7 Father and mother are treated with contempt,and the foreign resident is exploited within you. The fatherless and widow are oppressed in you.

8 You despise My holy things and profane My Sabbaths.

9 There are men within you who slander in order to shed blood.People who live in you eat at the mountain shrines; they commit immoral acts within you.

10 Men within you have sexual intercourse with their father’s wife and violate women during their menstrual impurity.

11 One man within you commits a detestable act with his neighbor’s wife;another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.

12 People who live in you accept bribes in order to shed blood.You take interest and profit on a loan and brutally extort your neighbors.You have forgotten Me.”This is the declaration of the LordGod.

13 “Now look, I clap My hands together against the dishonest profit you have madeand against the blood shed among you.

14 Will your courage endureor your hands be strong in the days when I deal with you? I, Yahweh, have spoken, and I will act.

15 I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you among the countries;I will purge your uncleanness.

16 Youwill be profaned in the sight of the nations. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”

Jerusalem as God’s Furnace

17 The word of theLordcame to me:

18 “Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me.All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace;they are the dross of silver.

19 Therefore, this is what the LordGodsays: Because all of you have become dross, I am about to gather you into Jerusalem.

20 Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to blow fireon them and melt them, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, put you inside, and melt you.

21 Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My fury, and you will be melted within the city.

22 As silver is melted inside a furnace, so you will be melted inside the city. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have poured out My wrath on you.”

Indictment of a Sinful Land

23 The word of theLordcame to me:

24 “Son of man, say to her: You are a land that has not been cleansed,that has not received rain in the day of indignation.

25 The conspiracy of her prophetswithin her islike a roaring lion tearing its prey: they devour people, seize wealth and valuables, and multiply the widows within her.

26 Her priests do violence to My instruction and profane My holy things.They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they do not explain the difference between the clean and the unclean.They disregardMy Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

27 “Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.

28 Her prophets plaster with whitewash for them by seeing false visions and lying divinations,and they say, ‘This is what the LordGodsays,’ when theLordhas not spoken.

29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery.They have oppressed the poor and needy and unlawfully exploited the foreign resident.

30 I searched for a man among them who would repair the walland stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land so that I might not destroy it,but I found no one.

31 So I have poured out My indignation on them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their actions down on their own heads.”This is the declaration of the LordGod.

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The Two Immoral Sisters

1 The word of theLordcame to me again:

2 “Son of man, there were two women,daughters of the same mother,

3 who acted like prostitutes in Egypt,behaving promiscuously in their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin nipples caressed.

4 The older one was named Oholah,and her sister was Oholibah.They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their names, Oholah represents Samaria and Oholibah represents Jerusalem.

5 “Oholah acted like a prostitute even though she was Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians:warriors

6 dressed in blue, governors and prefects, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on steeds.

7 She offered her sexual favors to them; all of them were the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all those she lusted after and with all their idols.

8 She didn’t give up her promiscuity that began in Egypt,when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin nipples, and poured out their lust on her.

9 Therefore, I handed her over to her lovers,the Assyrians she lusted for.

10 They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. Since they executed judgment against her, she became notorious among women.

11 “Now her sister Oholibah saw this, but she was even more depraved in her lust than Oholah, and made her promiscuous acts worse than those of her sister.

12 She lusted after the Assyrians:governors and prefects, warriors splendidly dressed, horsemen riding on steeds, all of them desirable young men.

13 And I saw that she had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path.

14 But she increased her promiscuity when she saw male figures carved on the wall,images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,

15 wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers, a depiction of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.

16 At the sight of themshe lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

17 Then the Babylonians came to her,to the bed of love, and defiled her with their lust. But after she was defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust.

18 When she flaunted her promiscuity and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust just as I turned away from her sister.

19 Yet she multiplied her acts of promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth when she acted like a prostitute in the land of Egypt

20 and lusted after their lovers, whose sexual members were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions.

21 So you revisited the indecency of your youth, when the Egyptians caressed your nipples to enjoy your youthful breasts.

22 “Therefore Oholibah, this is what the LordGodsays: I am going to incite your lovers against you, those you turned away from in disgust. I will bring them against you from every side:

23 the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans; Pekod, Shoa, and Koa;and all the Assyrians with them — desirable young men, all of them governors and prefects, officers and administrators, all of them riding on horses.

24 They will come against you with an alliance of nations and with weapons, chariots, andwagons. They will set themselves against you on every side with shields, bucklers, and helmets. I will delegate judgment to them, and they will judge you by their own standards.

25 When I vent My jealous rage on you,they will deal with you in wrath. They will cut off your nose and ears, and your descendants will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your descendants will be consumed by fire.

26 They will strip off your clothes and take your beautiful jewelry.

27 So I will put an end to your indecency and sexual immorality, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not look longingly at them or remember Egypt anymore.

28 “For this is what the LordGodsays: I am going to hand you over to those you hate, to those you turned away from in disgust.

29 They will treat you with hatred, take all you have worked for, and leave you stark naked,so that the shame of your debauchery will be exposed, both your indecency and promiscuity.

30 These things will be done to you because you acted like a prostitute with the nations,defiling yourself with their idols.

31 You have followed the path of your sister, so I will put her cup in your hand.”

32 This is what the LordGodsays:

You will drink your sister’s cup,

which is deep and wide.

You will be an object ofridicule and scorn,

for it holds so much.

33 You will be filled with drunkenness and grief,

with a cup of devastation and desolation,

the cup of your sister Samaria.

34 You will drink it and drain it;

then you will gnaw its broken pieces,

and tear your breasts.

For I have spoken.

This is the declaration of the LordGod.

35 Therefore, this is what the LordGodsays: “Because you have forgotten Meand cast Me behind your back,you must bear the consequences of your indecency and promiscuity.”

36 Then theLordsaid to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah?Then declare their detestable practices to them.

37 For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands; they have committed adultery with their idols. They have even made the children they bore to Me pass through the fire as food for the idols.

38 They also did this to Me: they defiled My sanctuaryon that same day and profaned My Sabbaths.

39 On the same day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it.Yes, that is what they did inside My house.

40 “In addition, they sent for men who came from far away when a messenger was dispatched to them. And look how they came! You bathed, painted your eyes,and adorned yourself with jewelry for them.

41 You sat on a luxurious couch with a table spread before it,on which you had set My incense and oil.

42 The sound of a carefree crowd was there. Drunkardsfrom the desert were brought in, along with common men. They put bracelets on the women’s hands and beautiful crowns on their heads.

43 Then I said concerning this woman worn out by adultery: Will they now have illicit sex with her, even her?

44 Yet they had sex with her as one does with a prostitute. This is how they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, those obscene women.

45 But righteous men will judge them the way adulteressesand those who shed blood are judged, for they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

46 “This is what the LordGodsays: Summonan assembly against them and consign them to terror and plunder.

47 The assembly will stone them and cut them down with their swords.They will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses with fire.

48 So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your indecent behavior.

49 They will repay you for your indecency,and you will bear the consequences for your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.”

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Parable of the Boiling Pot

1 The word of theLordcame to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month:

2 “Son of man, write down today’s date, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.

3 Now speak a parableto the rebellious house. Tell them: This is what the LordGodsays:

Put the poton the fire —

put it on,

and then pour water into it!

4 Place the pieces of meat in it,

every good piece —

thigh and shoulder.

Fill it with choice bones.

5 Take the choicest of the flock

and also pile up the fuelunder it.

Bring it to a boil

and cook the bones in it.”

6 Therefore, this is what the LordGodsays:

Woe to the city of bloodshed,

the pot that has rust inside it,

and whose rust will not come off!

Empty it piece by piece;

lots should not be cast for its contents.

7 For the blood she shedis still within her.

She put it out on the bare rock;

she didn’t pour it on the ground

to cover it with dust.

8 In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance,

I have put her blood on the bare rock,

so that it would not be covered.

9 Therefore, this is what the LordGodsays:

Woe to the city of bloodshed!

I Myself will make the pile of kindling large.

10 Pile on the logs and kindle the fire!

Cook the meat well

and mix in the spices!

Let the bones be burned!

11 Set the empty pot on its coals

so that it becomes hot and its copper glows.

Then its impurity will melt inside it;

its rust will be consumed.

12 It has frustrated every effort;

its thick rust will not come off.

Into the fire with its rust!

13 Because of the indecency of your uncleanness —

since I tried to purify you,

but you would not be purified from your uncleanness —

you will not be pure again

until I have satisfied My wrath on you.

14 I, Yahweh, have spoken.

It is coming, and I will do it!

I will not refrain, I will not show pity,

and I will not relent.

Iwill judge you

according to your ways and deeds.

This is the declaration of the LordGod.

The Death of Ezekiel’s Wife: A Sign

15 Then the word of theLordcame to me:

16 “Son of man, I am about to take the delight of your eyesaway from you with a fatal blow. But you must not lament or weep or let your tears flow.

17 Groan quietly; do not observe mourning rites for the dead.Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your mustache or eat the bread of mourners.”

18 I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. The next morning I did just as I was commanded.

19 Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean for us? ”

20 So I answered them: “The word of theLordcame to me:

21 ‘Say to the house of Israel: This is what the LordGodsays: I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your heart. Also, the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.

22 Then you will do just as I have done: You will not cover your mustache or eat the bread of mourners.

23 Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not lament or weepbut will waste awaybecause of your sins and will groan to one another.

24 Now Ezekiel will be a sign for you.You will do everything that he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.

25 “ ‘Son of man, know that on the day I take their stronghold from them, their pride and joy, the delight of their eyes and the longing of their hearts, as well as their sons and daughters,

26 on that day a fugitive will come to you and report the news.

27 On that day your mouth will be opened to talk with him; you will speak and no longer be mute.So you will be a sign for them, and they will know that I am Yahweh.’ ”

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Judgment against Ammon

1 Then the word of theLordcame to me:

2 “Son of man, turn your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

3 Say to the Ammonites: Hear the word of the LordGod: This is what the LordGodsays: Because you said, ‘Good!’about My sanctuary when it was desecrated, about the land of Israel when it was laid waste, and about the house of Judah when they went into exile,

4 therefore I am about to give you to the people of the east as a possession. They will set up their encampments and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

5 I will make Rabbah a pasturefor camels and Ammon a sheepfold. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”

6 For this is what the LordGodsays: “Because you clapped your hands,stamped your feet, and rejoiced over the land of Israel with wholehearted contempt,

7 therefore I am about to stretch out My hand against youand give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and eliminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am Yahweh.”

Judgment against Moab

8 This is what the LordGodsays: “Because Moab and Seir said,‘Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,’

9 therefore I am about to expose Moab’s flank beginning with itsfrontier cities, the pride of the land: Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon,and Kiriathaim.

10 I will give it along with Ammon to the people of the east as a possession, so that Ammon will not be remembered among the nations.

11 So I will execute judgments against Moab, and they will know that I am Yahweh.”

Judgment against Edom

12 This is what the LordGodsays: “Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judahand incurred grievous guilt by taking revenge on them,

13 therefore this is what the LordGodsays: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off both man and animal from it. I will make it a wasteland; they will fall by the sword from Teman to Dedan.

14 I will take My vengeanceon Edom through My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. So they will know My vengeance.” This is the declaration of the LordGod.

Judgment against Philistia

15 This is what the LordGodsays: “Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with deep contempt,destroying because of their ancient hatred,

16 therefore this is what the LordGodsays: I am about to stretch out My hand against the Philistines,cutting off the Cherethites and wiping out what remains of the coastal peoples.

17 I will execute great vengeance against them with furious rebukes. They will know that I am Yahwehwhen I take My vengeance on them.”

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The Downfall of Tyre

1 In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of theLordcame to me:

2 “Son of man, because Tyresaid about Jerusalem, ‘Good!The gateway to the peoples is shattered. She has been turned over to me. I will be filled now that she lies in ruins,’

3 therefore this is what the LordGodsays: See, I am against you, Tyre!I will raise up many nations against you, just as the sea raises its waves.

4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and turn her into a bare rock.

5 She will become a place in the sea to spread nets, for I have spoken.” This is the declaration of the LordGod. “She will become plunder for the nations,

6 and her villages on the mainland will be slaughtered by the sword.Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”

7 For this is what the LordGodsays: “See, I am about to bring King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, king of kings,against Tyre from the north with horses, chariots, cavalry, and a vast company of troops.

8 He will slaughter your villages on the mainland with the sword. He will set up siege works against you,and will build a rampand raise a wall of shields against you.

9 He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his iron tools.

10 His horses will be so numerous that their dust will cover you. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots.

11 He will trample all your streets with the hooves of his horses.He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.

12 They will take your wealth as spoil and plunder your merchandise.They will also demolish your walls and tear down your beautiful homes. Then they will throw your stones, timber, and soil into the water.

13 I will put an end to the noise of your songs,and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard.

14 I will turn you into a bare rock, and you will be a place to spread nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, Yahweh, have spoken.”This is the declaration of the LordGod.

15 This is what the LordGodsays to Tyre: “Won’t the coasts and islands quake at the sound of your downfall,when the wounded groan and slaughter occurs within you?

16 All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones,remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble continually, and be appalledat you.

17 Then they will lamentfor you and say of you:

How you have perished, city of renown,

you who were populated from the seas!

She who was powerful on the sea,

she and all of her inhabitants

inflicted their terror.

18 Now the coastlands tremble

on the day of your downfall;

the islands in the sea

are alarmed by your demise.”

19 For this is what the LordGodsays: “When I make you a ruined city like other deserted cities, when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,

20 then I will bring you down to be with those who descend to the Pit,to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the underworldlikethe ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or display your splendorin the land of the living.

21 I will make you an object of horror, and you will no longer exist.You will be sought but will never be found again.” This is the declaration of the LordGod.

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The Sinking of Tyre

1 The word of theLordcame to me:

2 “Now, son of man, lament for Tyre.

3 Say to Tyre, who is located at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoplesto many coasts and islands: This is what the LordGodsays:

Tyre, you declared,

‘I am perfect in beauty.’

4 Your realm was in the heart of the sea;

your builders perfected your beauty.

5 They constructed all your planking

with pine trees from Senir.

They took a cedar from Lebanon

to make a mast for you.

6 They made your oars of oaks from Bashan.

They made your deck of cypress wood

from the coasts of Cyprus,

inlaid with ivory.

7 Your sail was made of

fine embroidered linen from Egypt,

and served as your banner.

Your awning was of blue and purple fabric

from the coasts of Elishah.

8 The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad

were your rowers.

Your wise men were within you, Tyre;

they were your captains.

9 The elders of Gebal and its wise men

were within you, repairing your leaks.

All the ships of the sea and their sailors

came toyou to barter for your goods.

10 Men of Persia, Lud, and Put

were in your army, serving as your warriors.

They hung shields and helmets in you;

they gave you splendor.

11 Men of Arvad and Helech

were stationed on your walls all around,

and Gammadites were in your towers.

They hung their shieldsall around your walls;

they perfected your beauty.

12 “Tarshishwas your trading partner because of your great wealth of every kind. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise.

13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshechwere your merchants. They exchanged slavesand bronze utensils for your goods.

14 Those from Beth-togarmahexchanged horses, war horses, and mules for your merchandise.

15 Men of Dedanwere also your merchants; many coasts and islands were your regular markets. They brought back ivory tusksand ebony as your payment.

16 Aramwas your trading partner because of your numerous products. They exchanged turquoise,purple and embroidered cloth, fine linen, coral,and rubiesfor your merchandise.

17 Judah and the land of Israel were your merchants. They exchanged wheat from Minnith,meal,honey, oil, and balm, for your goods.

18 Damascus was also your trading partner because of your numerous products and your great wealth of every kind, trading in wine from Helbon and white wool.

19 Vedanand Javan from Uzaldealt in your merchandise; wrought iron, cassia,and aromatic cane were exchanged for your goods.

20 Dedanwas your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.

21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your businesspartners, trading with you in lambs, rams, and goats.

22 The merchants of Shebaand Raamah traded with you. They exchanged gold, the best of all spices, and all kinds of precious stones for your merchandise.

23 Haran, Canneh, Eden,the merchants of Sheba, Asshur,and Chilmad traded with you.

24 They were your merchants in choice garments, cloaks of blue and embroidered materials, and multicolored carpets,which were bound and secured with cords in your marketplace.

25 Ships of Tarshishwere the carriers for your goods.

So you became full and heavily loaded

in the heart of the sea.

26 Your rowers have brought you

onto the high seas,

but the east wind has shattered you

in the heart of the sea.

27 Your wealth, merchandise, and goods,

your sailors and captains,

those who repair your leaks,

those who barter for your goods,

and all the warriors within you,

with all the other people on board,

sink into the heart of the sea

on the day of your downfall.

28 The countryside shakes

at the sound of your sailors’ cries.

29 All those who handle an oar

disembark from their ships.

The sailors and all the captains of the sea

stand on the shore.

30 They raise their voices over you

and cry out bitterly.

They throw dust on their heads;

they roll in ashes.

31 They shave their heads because of you

and wrap themselves in sackcloth.

They weep over you

with deep anguish and bitter mourning.

32 In their wailing they lament for you,

mourning over you:

Who was like Tyre,

silencedin the middle of the sea?

33 When your merchandise was unloaded from the seas,

you satisfied many peoples.

You enriched the kings of the earth

with your abundant wealth and goods.

34 Now you are shattered by the sea

in the depths of the waters;

your goods and the people within you

have gone down.

35 All the inhabitants of the coasts and islands

are appalledat you.

Their kings shudder with fear;

their faces are contorted.

36 Those who trade among the peoples

mockyou;

you have become an object of horror

and will never exist again.”

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The Fall of Tyre’s Ruler

1 The word of theLordcame to me:

2 “Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre: This is what the LordGodsays:

Yourheart is proud,

and you have said, ‘I am a god;

I sit in the seat of gods

in the heart of the sea.’

Yet you are a man and not a god,

though you have regarded your heart

as that of a god.

3 Yes, you are wiser than Daniel;

no secret is hidden from you!

4 By your wisdom and understanding

you have acquired wealth for yourself.

You have acquired gold and silver

for your treasuries.

5 By your great skill in trading

you have increased your wealth,

but your heart has become proud

because of your wealth.”

6 Therefore this is what the LordGodsays:

Because you regard your heart as that of a god,

7 I am about to bring strangers against you,

ruthless men from the nations.

They will draw their swords

against your magnificent wisdom

and will defile your splendor.

8 They will bring you down to the Pit,

and you will die a violent death

in the heart of the sea.

9 Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’

in the presence of those who killyou?

Yet you will be only a man, not a god,

in the hands of those who kill you.

10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised

at the hands of strangers.

For I have spoken.

This is the declaration of the LordGod.

A Lament for Tyre’s King

11 The word of theLordcame to me:

12 “Son of man, lamentfor the king of Tyre and say to him: This is what the LordGodsays:

You were the sealof perfection,

full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

13 You were in Eden,the garden of God.

Every kind of precious stone covered you:

carnelian, topaz, and diamond,

beryl, onyx, and jasper,

sapphire,turquoiseand emerald.

Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold;

they were prepared on the day you were created.

14 You were an anointed guardian cherub,

forI had appointed you.

You were on the holy mountain of God;

you walked among the fiery stones.

15 From the day you were created

you were blameless in your ways

until wickedness was found in you.

16 Through the abundance of your trade,

you were filled with violence, and you sinned.

So I expelled you in disgrace

from the mountain of God,

and banished you, guardian cherub,

from among the fiery stones.

17 Your heart became proud because of your beauty;

For the sake of your splendor

you corrupted your wisdom.

So I threw you down to the earth;

I made you a spectacle before kings.

18 You profaned your sanctuaries

by the magnitude of your iniquities

in your dishonest trade.

So I made fire come from within you,

and it consumed you.

I reduced you to ashes on the ground

in the sight of everyone watching you.

19 All those who know you among the nations

are appalled at you.

You have become an object of horror

and will never exist again.”

A Prophecy against Sidon

20 The word of theLordcame to me:

21 “Son of man, turn your face toward Sidonand prophesy against it.

22 You are to say: This is what the LordGodsays:

Look! I am against you, Sidon,

and I will display My glory within you.

They will know that I am Yahweh

when I execute judgments against her

and demonstrate My holiness through her.

23 I will send a plague against her

and bloodshed in her streets;

the slain will fall within her,

while the sword is against heron every side.

Then they will know that I am Yahweh.

24 “The house of Israel will no longer be hurt byprickly briers or painful thornsfrom all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.

25 “This is what the LordGodsays: When I gather the house of Israelfrom the peoples where they are scattered and demonstrate My holiness through them in the sight of the nations, then they will live in their own land, which I gave to My servant Jacob.

26 They will live there securely,build houses, and plant vineyards.They will live securely when I execute judgmentsagainst all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am Yahweh their God.”

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A Prophecy of Egypt’s Ruin

1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month on the twelfth day of the month, the word of theLordcame to me:

2 “Son of man, turn your face toward Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all of Egypt.

3 Speak to him and say: This is what the LordGodsays:

Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,

the great monsterlying in the middle of his Nile,

who says, ‘My Nile is my own;

I made it for myself.’

4 I will put hooks in your jaws

and make the fish of your streams

cling to your scales.

I will haul you up

from the middle of your Nile,

and all the fish of your streams

will cling to your scales.

5 I will leave you in the desert,

you and all the fish of your streams.

You will fall on the open ground

and will not be taken away

or gathered for burial.

I have given you

to the beasts of the earth

and the birds of the sky as food.

6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt

will know that I am Yahweh,

for theyhave been a staff made of reed

to the house of Israel.

7 When Israel grasped you by the hand,

you splintered,tearing all their shoulders;

when they leaned on you,

you shattered and made all their hips unsteady.

8 “Therefore this is what the LordGodsays: I am going to bring a swordagainst you and wipe out man and animal from you.

9 The land of Egypt will be a desolate ruin.Then they will know that I am Yahweh. Because yousaid, ‘The Nile is my own; I made it,’

10 therefore, I am against you and your Nile. I will turn the land of Egypt into ruins, a desolate waste from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush.

11 No human foot will pass through it, and no animal foot will pass through it.It will be uninhabited for 40 years.

12 I will make the land of Egypt a desolation amongdesolate lands, and its cities will be a desolation amongruined citiesfor 40 years. I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them across the countries.

13 “For this is what the LordGodsays: At the end of 40 years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations where they were dispersed.

14 I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a lowly kingdom.

15 Egypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself over the nations. I will make them so small they cannot rule over the nations.

16 It will never again be an object of trustfor the house of Israel, drawing attention to their sin of turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.”

Babylon Receives Egypt as Compensation

17 In the twenty-seventh year in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of theLordcame to me:

18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor strenuously against Tyre.Every head was made bald and every shoulder chafed, but he and his army received no compensation from Tyre for the labor he expended against it.

19 Therefore this is what the LordGodsays: I am going to give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,who will carry off its wealth, seizing its spoil and taking its plunder. This will be his army’s compensation.

20 I have given him the land of Egypt as the pay he labored for, since they worked for Me.” This is the declaration of the LordGod.

21 “In that day I will cause a horn to sproutfor the house of Israel, and I will enable you to speak outamong them. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”

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Egypt’s Doom

1 The word of theLordcame to me:

2 “Son of man, prophesy and say: This is what the LordGodsays:

Wail:Woe for the day!

3 For a day is near;

a day belonging to theLordis near.

It will be a day of clouds,

a time of doom for the nations.

4 A sword will come against Egypt,

and there will be anguish in Cush

when the slain fall in Egypt,

and its wealth is taken away,

and its foundations are torn down.

5 Cush, Put, and Lud,

and all the various foreign troops,

plus Libyaand the men of the covenant land

will fall by the sword along with them.

6 This is what theLordsays:

Those who support Egypt will fall,

and its proud strength will collapse.

From Migdol to Syene

they will fall within it by the sword.

This is the declaration of the LordGod.

7 They will be desolate

amongdesolate lands,

and their cities will lie

among ruinedcities.

8 They will know that I am Yahweh

when I set fire to Egypt

and all its allies are shattered.

9 On that day, messengers will go out from Me in shipsto terrify confident Cush. Anguish will come over them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For indeed it is coming.”

10 This is what the LordGodsays:

I will put an end to the hordesof Egypt

by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

11 He along with his people,

ruthless men from the nations,

will be brought in to destroy the land.

They will draw their swords against Egypt

and fill the land with the slain.

12 I will make the streams dry

and sell the land into the hands of evil men.

I will bring desolation

on the land and everything in it

by the hands of foreigners.

I, Yahweh, have spoken.

13 This is what the LordGodsays:

I will destroy the idols and put an end

to the false gods in Memphis.

There will no longer be

a prince from the land of Egypt.

So I will instill fear in that land.

14 I will make Pathrosdesolate,

set fire to Zoan,

and execute judgments on Thebes.

15 I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium,

the stronghold of Egypt,

and will wipe out the crowdsof Thebes.

16 I will set fire to Egypt;

Pelusium will writhe in anguish,

Thebes will be breached,

and Memphis will face foes in broad daylight.

17 The young men of Onand Pi-beseth

will fall by the sword,

and those citieswill go into captivity.

18 The day will be darkin Tehaphnehes,

when I break the yoke of Egypt there

and its proud strength

comes to an end in the city.

A cloudwill cover Tehaphnehes,

and its villages will go into captivity.

19 So I will execute judgments against Egypt,

and they will know that I am Yahweh.

Pharaoh’s Power Broken

20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of theLordcame to me:

21 “Son of man, I have broken the armof Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, it has not been bandaged — no medicine has been applied and no splint put on to bandage it so that it can grow strong enough to handle a sword.

22 Therefore this is what the LordGodsays: Look! I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.

23 I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them among the countries.

24 I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My swordin his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him as a mortally wounded man.

25 I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall. They will know that I am Yahweh when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king and he wields it against the land of Egypt.

26 When I disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them among the countries, they will know that I am Yahweh.”

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