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27 The Prophet bewaileth the desolation of Tyre, showing what were the riches, power and authority thereof in times past.
1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,
3 And say unto Tyre that is situated at the entry of the sea, which is the mart [a]of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord God, O Tyre, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
4 Thy borders are in the [b]midst of the sea, and thy builders have made thee of perfect beauty.
5 They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of [c]Senir: they have brought cedars from Lebanon, to make masts for thee.
6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine ores: the company of the Assyrians have made thy banks of ivory, brought out of the isles of [d]Kittim.
7 Fine linen with broidered work, brought from Egypt, was spread over thee to be thy sail, blue silk and purple, brought from the isles of Elishah was thy covering.
8 The inhabitants of Sidon, and Arvad were thy mariners, O Tyre: thy wise men that were in thee, they were thy [e]pilots.
9 The ancients of Gebal, and the wise men thereof were in thee thy [f]caulkers, all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
10 They of Persia, and of Lud and of Put were in thine army: thy men of war they hanged the shield and helmet in thee: they set forth thy beauty.
11 The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the [g]Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about: they have made thy beauty perfect.
12 They of Tarshish were thy merchants for the multitude of all riches, for silver, iron, tin, and lead, which they brought to thy fairs.
13 They of [h]Javan, Tubal and Meshech were thy merchants, [i]concerning the lives of men, and they brought vessels of brass for thy merchandise.
14 They of the house of [j]Togarmah brought to thy fairs, horses and horsemen, and mules.
15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants: and the merchandise of many isles were in thine hands: they brought thee for a present, [k]horns, teeth, and peacocks.
16 They of Aram were thy merchants for the multitude of thy [l]wares: they occupied in thy fairs, with [m]emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and [n]fine linen, and coral, and pearl.
17 They of Judah and of the land of Israel were thy merchants: they brought for thy merchandise wheat of [o]Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and [p]balm.
18 They of Damascus were thy merchants in the multitude of thy wares, for the multitude of all riches, as in the wine of Helbon and white wool.
19 They of Dan also and of Javan, going to and fro, occupied in thy fairs: iron work, cassia and calamus were among thy merchandise.
20 They of Dedan were thy merchants in precious clothes for the chariots.
21 They of Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar [q]occupied with thee, in lambs, and rams and goats: in these were thy merchants.
22 The merchants of Sheba, and Raamah were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with the chief of all spices, and with all precious stones and gold.
23 They of Haram and Canneh and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria and Chilmad were thy merchants.
24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in raiment of blue silk, and of broidered work, and in coffers for the rich apparel, which were bound with cords: chains also were among thy merchandise.
25 The ships of Tarshish [r]were thy chief in thy merchandise, and thou wast replenished and made very glorious in the midst of the sea.
26 Thy [s]robbers have brought thee into great waters: the [t]East wind hath broken thee in the midst of the sea.
27 Thy riches and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners and pilots, thy caulkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war that are in thee, and all thy multitude which is in the midst of thee, shall fall in the midst of the sea in the day of thy ruin.
28 The [u]suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
29 And all that handle the oar, the mariners and all the pilots of the sea shall come down from their ships, and shall stand upon the land,
30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast dust upon their heads, and wallow themselves in the ashes.
31 They shall pluck off their hair for thee, and gird them with a sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with sorrow of heart and bitter mourning.
32 And in their mourning, they shall take up a lamentation for thee, saying, What city is like Tyre so destroyed in the midst of the sea!
33 When thy wares went forth of the seas, thou filledst many people, and thou didst enrich the Kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
34 When thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, thy merchandise and all thy multitude which was in the midst of thee, shall fall.
35 All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and all their Kings shall be sore afraid and troubled in their countenance.
36 The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be [v]anymore.
28 2 The word of God against the king of Tyre for his pride. 21 The word of the Lord against Sidon. 25 The Lord promises that he will gather together the children of Israel.
1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord God, because thine heart is exalted, and thou hast said, [w]I am a god, I sit in the seat of God in the midst of the sea, yet thou art but a man and not God, and [x]though thou didst think in thine heart, that thou wast equal with God,
3 Behold, thou art wiser than [y]Daniel: there is no secret that they can hide from thee.
4 With thy wisdom and thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures.
5 By thy great wisdom and by thine occupying hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches.
6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Because thou didst think in thine heart, that thou wast equal with God,
7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, even the terrible nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
8 They shall cast thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the death of them, that are slain in the midst of the sea.
9 Wilt thou say then before him that slayeth thee, I am a god? but thou shalt be a man, and no god, in the hands of him that slayeth thee.
10 Thou shalt die the death of the [z]uncircumcised by the hands of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
11 ¶ Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the King of Tyre, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God, Thou sealest up the sum, and art full of [aa]wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God: every precious stone was in thy garment, the ruby, the topaz, and the [ab]diamond, the chrysolite, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, [ac]emerald, and the carbuncle and gold: the workmanship of thy timbrels, and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
14 Thou art [ad]the anointed Cherub, that covereth, and I have set thee [ae]in honor: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God: thou hast walked in the midst of the [af]stones of fire.
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast [ag]created, till iniquity was found in thee.
16 By the multitude of thy merchandise, they have filled the midst of thee with cruelty, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the [ah]mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering Cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, and thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground. I will lay thee before kings that they may behold thee.
18 Thou hast defiled thy [ai]sanctification by the multitude of thine iniquities, and by the iniquity of thy merchandise: therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, which shall devour thee: and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth, in the sight of all them that behold thee.
19 All they that know thee among the people, shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be [aj]a terror, and never shalt thou be anymore.
20 ¶ Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
21 Son of man, set thy face against Sidon, and prophesy against it,
22 And say, Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I come against thee, O Sidon, and I will be [ak]glorified in the midst of thee: 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 into her pestilence, and blood into her streets, and the slain shall fall in the midst of her: [al]the enemy shall come against her with the sword on every side, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
24 And they shall be no more a pricking thorn unto the house of Israel, nor any grievous thorn of all that are round about them, and despised them, and they shall know that I am the Lord God.
25 Thus saith the Lord God, When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people where they are scattered, and shall be [am]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 therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards: yea, they shall dwell safely, when I have executed judgments upon all round about them that despise them, and they shall know that I am the Lord their God.
17 By faith (A)Abraham offered up Isaac, when he was [a]tried, and he that had received the [b]promises, offered his only begotten son.
18 (To whom it was said, (B)In Isaac shall thy seed be called.)
19 For he considered that God was able to raise him up even from the dead: from [c]whence he received him also after [d]a sort.
20 [e]By faith (C)Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, concerning things to come.
21 [f]By faith (D)Jacob when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph, and (E)leaning on the end of his staff, worshipped God.
22 [g]By faith (F)Joseph when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel, and gave commandment of his bones.
23 (G)[h] By faith Moses when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child, neither [i]feared they the king’s (H)commandment.
24 By faith (I)Moses when he was come to age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
25 And chose rather to suffer adversity with the people of God, than to enjoy the [j]pleasures of sin for a season,
26 Esteeming the rebuke of Christ greater riches, than the treasures of Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, and feared not the fierceness of the king: for he endured, as he that saw him which is invisible.
28 Through faith he ordained the (J)Passover and the effusion of blood, lest he that destroyed the first born, should touch them.
29 [k]By faith they (K)passed through the red sea as by dry land, which when the Egyptians had assayed to do, they were swallowed up.
30 [l]By faith the (L)walls of Jericho fell down after they were compassed about seven days.
31 [m]By faith the [n]harlot (M)Rahab perished not with them which obeyed not, when (N)she had received the spies [o]peaceably.
111 1 He giveth thanks to the Lord for his merciful works toward his Church, 10 and declareth wherein true wisdom and right knowledge consisteth.
Praise ye the Lord.
1 I will [a]praise the Lord with my whole heart in the assembly and the congregation of the just.
2 The works of the Lord are [b]great, and ought to be sought out of all them that love them.
3 His work is beautiful and glorious, and his righteousness endureth forever.
4 He hath made his wonderful works to be had in remembrance: the Lord is merciful and full of compassion.
5 He hath given [c]a [d]portion unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
6 He hath showed to his people the power of his works, in giving unto them the heritage of the heathen.
7 The [e]works of his hands are truth and judgment: all his statutes are true.
8 They are established forever and ever, and are done in truth and equity.
9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant forever: holy and fearful is his Name.
10 [f]The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord: all they that observe [g]them, have good understanding: his praise endureth forever.
15 A (A)continual dropping in the day of rain, and a contentious woman are alike.
16 He that hideth her, hideth the wind, and she is as the oil in his right hand that uttereth itself.
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