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Therefore thus says the Lord God : Because you have all become dross, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

have brought this upon you, because you played the whore with the nations, and polluted yourself with their idols.

Therefore thus says the Lord God : Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, therefore bear the consequences of your lewdness and whorings.

But righteous judges shall declare them guilty of adultery and of bloodshed; because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

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,

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

Mortal, because Tyre said concerning Jerusalem, "Aha, broken is the gateway of the peoples; it has swung open to me; I shall be replenished, now that it is wasted,"

Edom did business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies.

Damascus traded with you for your abundant goods—because of your great wealth of every kind—wine of Helbon, and white wool.

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,

Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.

Then all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord because you were a staff of reed to the house of Israel;

and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. Then they shall know that I am the Lord . Because you said, "The Nile is mine, and I made it,"

I have given him the land of Egypt as his payment for which he labored, because they worked for me, says the Lord God .

Therefore thus says the Lord God : Because it towered high and set its top among the clouds, and its heart was proud of its height,

Thus says the Lord God : On the day it went down to Sheol I closed the deep over it and covered it; I restrained its rivers, and its mighty waters were checked. I clothed Lebanon in gloom for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.