Psalm 119:89-96

New King James Version

ל LAMED

⁸⁹^(A)Forever, O Lord,
Your word ^[a]is settled in heaven.
⁹⁰Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
You established the earth, and it ^[b]abides.
⁹¹They continue this day according to ^(B)Your ordinances,
For all are Your servants.
⁹²Unless Your law had been my delight,
I would then have perished in my affliction.
⁹³I will never forget Your precepts,
For by them You have given me life.
⁹⁴I am Yours, save me;
For I have sought Your precepts.
⁹⁵The wicked wait for me to destroy me,
But I will ^[c]consider Your testimonies.
⁹⁶^(C)I have seen the consummation of all perfection,
But Your commandment is exceedingly broad.

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Psalm 119:89 Lit. stands firm
Psalm 119:90 Lit. stands
Psalm 119:95 give attention to

Ezekiel 25-27

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Proclamation Against Ammon

25 The word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²“Son of man, ^(A)set your face ^(B)against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them. ³Say to the Ammonites, ‘Hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God: ^(C)“Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into captivity, ⁴indeed, therefore, I will deliver you as a possession to the ^[a]men of the East, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk. ⁵And I will make ^(D)Rabbah ^(E)a stable for camels and Ammon a resting place for flocks. ^(F)Then you shall know that I am the Lord.”

⁶‘For thus says the Lord God: “Because you ^(G)clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and ^(H)rejoiced in heart with all your disdain for the land of Israel, ⁷indeed, therefore, I will ^(I)stretch out My hand against you, and give you as plunder to the nations; I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you to perish from the countries; I will destroy you, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”

Proclamation Against Moab

⁸‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because ^(J)Moab and ^(K)Seir say, ‘Look! The house of Judah is like all the nations,’ ⁹therefore, behold, I will clear the territory of Moab of cities, of the cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and ^(L)Kirjathaim. ¹⁰^(M)To the men of the East I will give it as a possession, together with the Ammonites, that the Ammonites ^(N)may not be remembered among the nations. ¹¹And I will execute judgments upon Moab, and they shall know that I am the Lord.”

Proclamation Against Edom

¹²‘Thus says the Lord God: ^(O)“Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them,” ¹³therefore thus says the Lord God: “I will also stretch out My hand against Edom, cut off man and beast from it, and make it desolate from Teman; ^[b]Dedan shall fall by the sword. ¹⁴^(P)I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, that they may do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance,” says the Lord God.

Proclamation Against Philistia

¹⁵‘Thus says the Lord God: ^(Q)“Because ^(R)the Philistines dealt vengefully and took vengeance with ^[c]a spiteful heart, to destroy because of the ^[d]old hatred,” ¹⁶therefore thus says the Lord God: ^(S)“I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the ^(T)Cherethites ^(U)and destroy the remnant of the seacoast. ¹⁷I will ^(V)execute great vengeance on them with furious rebukes; ^(W)and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I lay My vengeance upon them.” ’ ”

Proclamation Against Tyre

26 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²“Son of man, ^(X)because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ^(Y)‘Aha! She is broken who was the gateway of the peoples; now she is turned over to me; I shall be filled; she is laid waste.’

³“Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up. ⁴And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and ^(Z)make her like the top of a rock. ⁵It shall be a place for spreading nets ^(AA)in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ says the Lord God; ‘it shall become plunder for the nations. ⁶Also her daughter villages which are in the fields shall be slain by the sword. ^(AB)Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’

⁷“For thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north ^(AC)Nebuchadnezzar^[e] king of Babylon, ^(AD)king of kings, with horses, with chariots, and with horsemen, and an army with many people. ⁸He will slay with the sword your daughter villages in the fields; he will ^(AE)heap up a siege mound against you, build a wall against you, and raise a ^[f]defense against you. ⁹He will direct his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. ¹⁰Because of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen, the wagons, and the chariots, when he enters your gates, as men enter a city that has been breached. ¹¹With the hooves of his ^(AF)horses he will trample all your streets; he will slay your people by the sword, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground. ¹²They will plunder your riches and pillage your merchandise; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; they will lay your stones, your timber, and your soil in the ^(AG)midst of the water. ¹³^(AH)I will put an end to the sound of ^(AI)your songs, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more. ¹⁴^(AJ)I will make you like the top of a rock; you shall be a place for spreading nets, and you shall never be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken,’ says the Lord God.

¹⁵“Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: ‘Will the coastlands not ^(AK)shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when slaughter is made in the midst of you? ¹⁶Then all the ^(AL)princes of the sea will ^(AM)come down from their thrones, lay aside their robes, and take off their embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves with trembling; ^(AN)they will sit on the ground, ^(AO)tremble every moment, and ^(AP)be astonished at you. ¹⁷And they will take up a ^(AQ)lamentation for you, and say to you:

“How you have perished,
O one inhabited by seafaring men,
O renowned city,
Who was ^(AR)strong at sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!
¹⁸Now ^(AS)the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall;
Yes, the coastlands by the sea are troubled at your departure.” ’

¹⁹“For thus says the Lord God: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like cities that are not inhabited, when I bring the deep upon you, and great waters cover you, ²⁰then I will bring you down ^(AT)with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in places desolate from antiquity, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you may never be inhabited; and I shall establish glory ^(AU)in the land of the living. ²¹^(AV)I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; ^(AW)though you are sought for, you will never be found again,’ says the Lord God.”

Lamentation for Tyre

27 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, ²“Now, son of man, ^(AX)take up a lamentation for Tyre, ³and say to Tyre, ^(AY)‘You who ^[g]are situated at the entrance of the sea, ^(AZ)merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord God:

“O Tyre, you have said,
^(BA)‘I am perfect in beauty.’
⁴Your borders are in the midst of the seas.
Your builders have perfected your beauty.
⁵They ^[h]made all your planks of fir trees from ^(BB)Senir;
They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast.
⁶Of ^(BC)oaks from Bashan they made your oars;
The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks
With ivory from ^(BD)the coasts of ^[i]Cyprus.
⁷Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail;
Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you.

⁸“Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen;
Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you;
They became your pilots.
⁹Elders of ^(BE)Gebal and its wise men
Were in you to caulk your seams;
All the ships of the sea
And their oarsmen were in you
To market your merchandise.

¹⁰“Those from Persia, ^[j]Lydia, and ^[k]Libya
Were in your army as men of war;
They hung shield and helmet in you;
They gave splendor to you.
¹¹Men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around,
And the men of Gammad were in your towers;
They hung their shields on your walls all around;
They made ^(BF)your beauty perfect.

¹²^(BG)“Tarshish was your merchant because of your many luxury goods. They gave you silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods. ¹³^(BH)Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They bartered ^(BI)human lives and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. ¹⁴Those from the house of ^(BJ)Togarmah traded for your wares with horses, steeds, and mules. ¹⁵The men of ^(BK)Dedan were your traders; many isles were the market of your hand. They brought you ivory tusks and ebony as payment. ¹⁶Syria was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made. They gave you for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidery, fine linen, corals, and rubies. ¹⁷Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded for your merchandise wheat of ^(BL)Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and ^(BM)balm. ¹⁸Damascus was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made, because of your many luxury items, with the wine of Helbon and with white wool. ¹⁹Dan and Javan paid for your wares, ^[l]traversing back and forth. Wrought iron, cassia, and cane were among your merchandise. ²⁰^(BN)Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding. ²¹Arabia and all the princes of ^(BO)Kedar were your regular merchants. They traded with you in lambs, rams, and goats. ²²The merchants of ^(BP)Sheba and Raamah were your merchants. They traded for your wares the choicest spices, all kinds of precious stones, and gold. ²³^(BQ)Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of ^(BR)Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants. ²⁴These were your merchants in choice items—in purple clothes, in embroidered garments, in chests of multicolored apparel, in sturdy woven cords, which were in your marketplace.

²⁵“The ^(BS)ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise.
You were filled and very glorious ^(BT)in the midst of the seas.
²⁶Your oarsmen brought you into many waters,
But ^(BU)the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas.

²⁷“Your ^(BV)riches, wares, and merchandise,
Your mariners and pilots,
Your caulkers and merchandisers,
All your men of war who are in you,
And the entire company which is in your midst,
Will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin.
²⁸The ^(BW)common-land^[m] will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.

²⁹“All ^(BX)who handle the oar,
The mariners,
All the pilots of the sea
Will come down from their ships and stand on the ^[n]shore.
³⁰They will make their voice heard because of you;
They will cry bitterly and ^(BY)cast dust on their heads;
They ^(BZ)will roll about in ashes;
³¹They will ^(CA)shave themselves completely bald because of you,
Gird themselves with sackcloth,
And weep for you
With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
³²In their wailing for you
They will ^(CB)take up a lamentation,
And lament for you:
^(CC)‘What city is like Tyre,
Destroyed in the midst of the sea?

³³‘When^(CD) your wares went out by sea,
You satisfied many people;
You enriched the kings of the earth
With your many luxury goods and your merchandise.
³⁴But ^(CE)you are broken by the seas in the depths of the waters;
^(CF)Your merchandise and the entire company will fall in your midst.
³⁵^(CG)All the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you;
Their kings will be greatly afraid,
And their countenance will be troubled.
³⁶The merchants among the peoples ^(CH)will hiss at you;
^(CI)You will become a horror, and be no ^(CJ)more forever.’ ” ’ ”