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For her blood was in the midst of her; she put it on a bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.

Sigh in silence for the dead; you shall not make a mourning ceremony. Bind your turban on you, and you must put your sandals on your feet. You must not cover your upper lip, and the bread of mourners you shall not eat."

And the people said to me, "Will you not make known to us what these things that you are doing mean for us?"

For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because of clapping your hand and stamping with your foot, and because you rejoiced in yourself with all of your malice over the land of Israel,

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because of the doings of Edom in avenging himself with vengeance for the house of Judah, and so they became very guilty and they avenged themselves on them,"

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because of the acting of the Philistines in vengeance, so that they avenged themselves relentlessly with malice in themselves for destruction with everlasting hostility,

"Son of man, because Tyre said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Ah! The gates of the peoples are broken; it has swung open to me; I shall be filled, for it lies in ruins!'

It will become a place for spreading out dragnets in the midst of the sea; for I have spoken,' declares the Lord Yahweh. ‘And it will become as plunder for the nations,

For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I am bringing to Tyre Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, from the north, the king of kings, with horse and with chariot and with horsemen and his assembly and many people.

And I will make you into a bare rock, a place for the spreading out of dragnets. You will not be built again, for I, Yahweh, I have spoken," declares the Lord Yahweh.

For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when bringing up over you the deep, the great surging waters will cover you.

They built with pine trees from Senir all of your boards for you; they took cedars from Lebanon to make a sailing mast for you.

Your sail was fine linen with colorful weaving from Egypt to serve as a banner for you; blue and purple cloth from the coastlands of Cyprus was your awning.

"‘Tarshish was your trader; from the abundance of all of their wealth, with silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your merchandise.

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders; in exchange for people and an object of bronze they gave you your wares.

From Beth Togarmah they exchanged horses and war horses and mules for your wares.

Edom was trading with you because of the abundance of your products, trading with malachite, purple wool yarn and colorful weaving, and fine white fabric and black corals and rubies; all these they exchange for your merchandise.

Judah and the land of Israel were trading with you with wheat from Minnith and millet and honey and olive oil and balm; all these they gave for your wares.

Vedan and Javan from Uzal, they exchanged wrought iron, cinnamon, and reed spice for your merchandise; all this was for your wares.

Dedan was trading with you, with garments of woven material for riding.