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Say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God : Thus says the Lord God , Because you said, "Aha!" over my sanctuary when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and over the house of Judah when it went into exile;

For thus says the Lord God : Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the malice within you against the land of Israel,

Thus says the Lord God : Because Moab said, The house of Judah is like all the other nations,

Thus says the Lord God : Because Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended in taking vengeance upon them,

therefore thus says the Lord God , I will stretch out my hand against Edom, and cut off from it humans and animals, and I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan they shall fall by the sword.

I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall act in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath; and they shall know my vengeance, says the Lord God .

Thus says the Lord God : Because with unending hostilities the Philistines acted in vengeance, and with malice of heart took revenge in destruction;

therefore thus says the Lord God , I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, cut off the Cherethites, and destroy the rest of the seacoast.

therefore, thus says the Lord God : See, I am against you, O Tyre! I will hurl many nations against you, as the sea hurls its waves.

It shall become, in the midst of the sea, a place for spreading nets. I have spoken, says the Lord God . It shall become plunder for the nations,

For thus says the Lord God : I will bring against Tyre from the north King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, king of kings, together with horses, chariots, cavalry, and a great and powerful army.

I will make you a bare rock; you shall be a place for spreading nets. You shall never again be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken, says the Lord God .

Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: Shall not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when slaughter goes on within you?

For thus says the Lord God : When I make you a city laid waste, like cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters cover you,

I will bring you to a dreadful end, and you shall be no more; though sought for, you will never be found again, says the Lord God .

and say to Tyre, which sits at the entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, Thus says the Lord God : O Tyre, you have said, "I am perfect in beauty."

Mortal, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God : Because your heart is proud and you have said, "I am a god; I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas," yet you are but a mortal, and no god, though you compare your mind with the mind of a god.

Therefore thus says the Lord God : Because you compare your mind with the mind of a god,

Will you still say, "I am a god," in the presence of those who kill you, though you are but a mortal, and no god, in the hands of those who wound you?

You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, says the Lord God .