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take note, I have stretched out my hand against you, and I will hand you over as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands. I will destroy you; then you will know that I am the Lord .'"

So look, I am about to open up Moab's flank, eliminating the cities, including its frontier cities, the beauty of the land—Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim.

I will execute judgments against Moab. Then they will know that I am the Lord .'"

So this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note, I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines. I will kill the Cherethites and destroy those who remain on the seacoast.

I will exact great vengeance upon them with angry rebukes. Then they will know that I am the Lord , when I exact my vengeance upon them.'"

therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against you, O Tyre! I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

and her daughters who are in the field will be slaughtered by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord .

"For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note that I am about to bring King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre from the north, with horses, chariots, and horsemen, an army and hordes of people.

Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance of the sea, merchant to the peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: "‘O Tyre, you have said, "I am perfectly beautiful."

"Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: "‘Your heart is proud and you said, "I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas"— yet you are a man and not a god, though you think you are godlike.

I am about to bring foreigners against you, the most terrifying of nations. They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom, and they will defile your splendor.

Will you still say, "I am a god," before the one who kills you— though you are a man and not a god— when you are in the power of those who wound you?

Say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: "‘Look, I am against you, Sidon, and I will magnify myself in your midst. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I execute judgments on her and reveal my sovereign power in her.

I will send a plague into the city and bloodshed into its streets; the slain will fall within it, by the sword that attacks it from every side. Then they will know that I am the Lord .

"‘No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord .

They will live securely in it; they will build houses and plant vineyards. They will live securely when I execute my judgments on all those who scorn them and surround them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.'"

Tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: "‘Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the midst of its waterways, who has said, "My Nile is my own, I made it for myself."

Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the Lord because they were a reed staff for the house of Israel;

"‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will kill every person and every animal.

The land of Egypt will become a desolate ruin. Then they will know that I am the Lord . Because he said, "The Nile is mine and I made it,"