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, ³and 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.’
⁴Your borders are ^(F)in the heart of the seas;
    your builders made perfect your beauty.
⁵They made all your planks
    of fir trees from ^(G)Senir;
they took ^(H)a cedar from Lebanon
    to make a mast for you.
⁶Of ^(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.
⁸The inhabitants of Sidon and ^(M)Arvad
    were your rowers;
your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you;
    they were ^(N)your pilots.
⁹The 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. ¹¹Men 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. ¹⁴From ^(AC)Beth-togarmah they exchanged horses, war horses, and mules ^(AD)for your wares. ¹⁵The men of ^(AE)Dedan^[a] traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony. ¹⁶Syria ^(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. ¹⁷Judah 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 ¹⁹and casks of wine^[c] from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, ^(AQ)cassia, and ^(AR)calamus were bartered for your merchandise. ²⁰Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. ²¹Arabia and all the princes of ^(AS)Kedar were your favored dealers ^(AT)in lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you. ²²The 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. ²⁴In 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.
²⁷Your 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.
²⁸At the sound of the cry of your pilots
    ^(BK)the countryside shakes,
²⁹and 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;
³¹they ^(BP)make themselves bald for you
    and put sackcloth on their waist,
and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,
    with bitter mourning.
³²In 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?
³³When 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.
³⁴Now ^(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;
⁴by your wisdom and your understanding
    ^(CJ)you have made wealth for yourself,
and have gathered gold and silver
    into your treasuries;
⁵by your great wisdom in your trade
    you have increased your wealth,
    and ^(CK)your heart has become proud in your wealth—
⁶therefore thus says the Lord God:
^(CL)Because you make your heart
    like the heart of a god,
⁷therefore, 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

¹¹Moreover, 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.
¹³You 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.
¹⁴You 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.
¹⁵You were blameless in your ways
    ^(DH)from the day you were created,
    till unrighteousness was found in you.
¹⁶In 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.
¹⁸By 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.
¹⁹All 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

²⁰The word of the Lord came to me: ²¹^(DQ)“Son of man, ^(DR)set your face toward ^(DS)Sidon, and ^(DT)prophesy against her ²²and 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;
²³for 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

2 Peter 1

English Standard Version

Greeting

1 Simeon^[a] Peter, a servant^[b] and apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who have obtained ^(A)a faith of equal standing with ours ^(B)by the righteousness of our ^(C)God and Savior Jesus Christ:

²^(D)May grace and peace be multiplied to you ^(E)in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

Confirm Your Calling and Election

³His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him ^(F)who called us to^[c] his own glory and excellence,^[d] ⁴by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become ^(G)partakers of the divine nature, ^(H)having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. ⁵For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith ^(I)with virtue,^[e] and virtue ^(J)with knowledge, ⁶and knowledge with self-control, and self-control ^(K)with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, ⁷and godliness ^(L)with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection ^(M)with love. ⁸For if these qualities^[f] are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or ^(N)unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he ^(O)is blind, having forgotten that he was ^(P)cleansed from his former sins. ¹⁰Therefore, brothers,^[g] be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and ^(Q)election, for if you practice these qualities ^(R)you will never fall. ¹¹For in this way there will be richly provided for you ^(S)an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

¹²Therefore I intend ^(T)always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in ^(U)the truth that you have. ¹³I think it right, as long as I am in this ^(V)body,^[h] ^(W)to stir you up by way of reminder, ¹⁴^(X)since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, ^(Y)as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. ¹⁵And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.

Christ's Glory and the Prophetic Word

¹⁶For we did not follow ^(Z)cleverly devised ^(AA)myths when we made known to you ^(AB)the power and ^(AC)coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but ^(AD)we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. ¹⁷For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, ^(AE)“This is my beloved Son,^[i] with whom I am well pleased,” ¹⁸we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on ^(AF)the holy mountain. ¹⁹And ^(AG)we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention ^(AH)as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until ^(AI)the day ^(AJ)dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, ²⁰knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. ²¹For ^(AK)no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God ^(AL)as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Footnotes

2 Peter 1:1 Some manuscripts Simon
2 Peter 1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
2 Peter 1:3 Or by
2 Peter 1:3 Or virtue
2 Peter 1:5 Or excellence; twice in this verse
2 Peter 1:8 Greek these things; also verses 9, 10, 12
2 Peter 1:10 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
2 Peter 1:13 Greek tent; also verse 14
2 Peter 1:17 Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved