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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.
29 He prophesieth against Pharaoh and Egypt. 13 The Lord promiseth that he will restore Egypt after forty years. 18 Egypt is the reward of King Nebuchadnezzar for the labor which he took against Tyre.
1 In the [an]tenth year and in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt.
3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I come against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great [ao]dragon, that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it for myself.
4 But I will put [ap]hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will draw thee out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
5 And I will leave thee in the wilderness, both thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open field: thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: for I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field, and to the fowls of heaven.
6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because they have been a staff of [aq]reed to the house of Israel.
7 When they took hold of thee with their hand, thou didst break and rent all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest and madest all their loins to [ar]stand [as]upright.
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and destroy man and beast out of thee.
9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate, and waste, and they shall know that I am the Lord: because he hath said, [at]The river is mine, and I have made it,
10 Behold, therefore I come upon thee, and upon thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate from the tower of Syene, even unto the borders of the [au]black Moors.
11 No foot of man shall pass by it, nor foot of beast shall pass by it, neither shall it be inhabited 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 saith the Lord God, (A)At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people, where they were scattered,
14 And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation, and they shall be there a [av]small kingdom.
15 It shall be the smallest of the kingdoms, neither shall it exalt itself anymore above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule the nations.
16 And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, to bring their [aw]iniquity to remembrance by looking after them, so shall they know that I am the Lord God.
17 ¶ In the [ax]seven and twentieth year also in the first month, and in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,
18 Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel caused his army to serve a great [ay]service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was made bare: yet he had no wages, [az]nor his army for Tyre, for the service that he served against it.
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babel, and he shall take her multitude, and spoil her spoil, and take her prey, and it shall be the wages for his army.
20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor, that he served [ba]against it, because they wrought [bb]for me, saith the Lord God.
21 In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to grow, and I will give thee an open mouth in the midst of them, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
3 1 That Christian women should not contemn their husbands, though they be infidels. 6 He bringeth in examples of godly Women. 8 General exhortations, 14 patiently to bear persecutions, 15 and boldly to yield a reason of their faith. 18 Christ’s example.
1 Likewise (A)[a]let the wives be subject to their husbands, [b]that even they which obey not the word, may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives.
2 While they behold your pure conversation which is with fear:
3 (B)[c]Whose appareling let it not be that outward, with braided hair, and gold put about, or in putting on of apparel:
4 But let it be the [d]hidden man of the heart, which consisteth in the incorruption of a meek and quiet spirit, which is [e]before God a thing much set by.
5 [f]For even after this manner in time past did the holy women, which trusted in God, tire themselves, and were subject to their husbands.
6 As Sarah obeyed Abraham, and (C)called him Sir: whose daughters ye are, while ye do well, [g]not being afraid of any terror.
7 (D)[h]Likewise ye husbands, [i]dwell with them as men of [j]knowledge, [k]giving [l]honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker [m]vessel, [n]even as they which are heirs together of the [o]grace of life, [p]that your prayers be not interrupted.
8 [q]Finally, be ye all of one mind: one suffer with another: love as brethren: be pitiful, be courteous.
9 (E)[r]Not rendering evil for evil, neither rebuke for rebuke: but contrariwise bless, [s]knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should be heirs of blessing.
10 (F)[t]For if any man long after life, and to [u]see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile.
11 (G)Let him eschew evil and do good: let him seek peace and follow after it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: and the [v]face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
13 [w]And who is it that will harm you, if ye follow that which is good?
14 (H)Notwithstanding blessed are ye, if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake. [x]Yea, (I)fear not their [y]fear, neither be troubled.
15 But [z]sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, [aa]and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and reverence.
16 Having a good conscience, that when they speak evil of you as of evil doers, they may be ashamed which slander your good conversation in Christ.
17 [ab]For it is better (if the will of God be so) that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
18 (J)[ac]For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, [ad]the just for the unjust, [ae]that he might bring us to God, [af]and was put to death concerning the [ag]flesh, but was quickened by the spirit.
19 [ah]By [ai]the which he also went, and preached unto the [aj]spirits that are in prison.
20 Which were in time passed disobedient, when [ak]once the long suffering of God abode in the days of (K)Noah, while the Ark was preparing, wherein few, that is, eight [al]souls were saved in the water.
21 [am]Whereof the baptism that now is, answering that figure, (which is not a putting away of the filth of the flesh, but a confident demanding with a good conscience maketh to [an]God) saveth us also [ao]by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
22 Which is at the right hand of God, gone into heaven, to whom the Angels, and Powers, and might are subject.
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