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This is what the Lord God says: "Tyre, you will become an old, empty city. No one will live there. I will cause the sea to flow over you. The great sea will cover you.

Other people will be afraid about what happened to you. You will be finished. People will look for you, but they will never find you again." That is what the Lord God says.

Say this about Tyre: ‘Tyre, you are the door to the seas. You are the merchant for many nations. You travel to many countries along the coast. This is what the Lord God says: "Tyre, you think that you are so beautiful. You think you are perfectly beautiful!

"Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Lord God says: "‘You are very proud! And you say, "I am a god! I sit on the seat of gods in the middle of the seas." "‘But you are a man and not God! You only think you are a god.

"‘So this is what the Lord God says: Tyre, you thought you were like a god.

That person will kill you. Will you still say, "I am a god"? No, he will have you in his power! You will see that you are a man, not God!

Strangers will treat you like a foreigner and kill you, because I gave the command!'" This is what the Lord God said.

"Son of man, sing this sad song about the king of Tyre. Say to him, ‘This is what the Lord God says: "‘You were the perfect man— so full of wisdom and perfectly handsome.

You were in Eden, the garden of God. You had every precious stone— rubies, topaz, and diamonds, beryls, onyx, and jasper, sapphires, turquoise, and emeralds. And each of these stones was set in gold. You were given this beauty on the day you were created. God made you strong.

You were one of the chosen Cherubs who spread your wings over my throne. I put you on the holy mountain of God. You walked among the jewels that sparkled like fire.

Your business brought you many riches. But they also put cruelty inside you, and you sinned. So I treated you like something unclean and threw you off the mountain of God. You were one of the chosen Cherubs who spread your wings over my throne. But I forced you to leave the jewels that sparkled like fire.

Say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: "‘I am against you, Sidon! Your people will learn to respect me. I will punish Sidon. Then people will know that I am the Lord . Then they will learn that I am holy, and they will treat me that way.

"‘Then the surrounding nations that hate Israel will no longer be like stinging nettles and painful thorns. And they will know that I am the Lord God .'"

This is what the Lord God said: "I scattered the people of Israel among other nations, but I will gather the family of Israel together again. Then the nations will know that I am holy, and they will treat me that way. At that time the people of Israel will live in their land—I gave that land to my servant Jacob.

They will live safely in the land. They will build houses and plant vineyards. I will punish the nations around them that hated them. Then the people of Israel will live in safety, and they will know that I am the Lord their God."

Say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: "‘I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt. You are the great monster lying beside the Nile River. You say, "This is my river! I made this river!"

So this is what the Lord God says: "I will bring a sword against you. I will destroy all your people and animals.

Egypt will be empty and destroyed. Then they will know that I am the Lord ." God said, "Why will I do these things? Because you said, ‘This is my river. I made this river.'

This is what the Lord God says: "I will scatter the people of Egypt among many nations. But at the end of 40 years, I will gather those people together again.

And the family of Israel will never again depend on Egypt. The Israelites will remember their sin—they will remember that they turned to Egypt for help and not to God, and they will know that I am the Lord God ."