1 GLT Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, BSB BSB: And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 GLT “Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre,‘The Lord Yahweh says this: Your heart is arrogant! You have said,“I am a god! I will sit in the seat of the gods in the heart of the seas!” Even though you are a man and not a god, you make your heart like the heart of a god; BSB BSB: “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
3 GLT you think that you are wiser than Daniel, and that no secret amazes you! BSB BSB: Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you!
4 GLT You have made yourself wealthy with wisdom and skill, and obtained gold and silver in your treasuries! BSB BSB: By your wisdom and understanding you have gained your wealth and amassed gold and silver for your treasuries.
5 GLT By great wisdom and by your trading, you have multiplied your wealth, so your heart is arrogant because of your wealth. BSB BSB: By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.
6 GLT Therefore, the Lord Yahweh says this: Because you have made your heart like the heart of a god, BSB BSB: Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god,
7 GLT I will therefore bring foreigners against you, terrifying men from other nations. They will bring their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they will profane your splendor. BSB BSB: behold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and will defile your splendor.
8 GLT They will send you down to the pit, and you will die the death of those who die in the heart of the seas. BSB BSB: They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
9 GLT Will you truly say,“I am a god” to the face of one who kills you? You are a man and not God, and you will be in the hand of the one who pierces you. BSB BSB: Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.
10 GLT You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners, for I have declared it— this is the Lord Yahweh’ s declaration.’” BSB BSB: You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.”
11 GLT The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying, BSB BSB: Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
12 GLT “Son of man, lift up a lament for the king of Tyre and say to him,‘The Lord Yahweh says this: You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. BSB BSB: “Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13 GLT You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone covered you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made from gold. It was on the day you were created that they were prepared. BSB BSB: You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.
14 GLT I placed you on the holy mountain of God as the cherub I anointed to guard mankind. You were in the midst of the fiery stones where you walked about. BSB BSB: You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones.
15 GLT You had integrity in your ways from the day you were created until injustice was found within you. BSB BSB: From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways—until wickedness was found in you.
16 GLT Through your great trade you were filled with violence, and so you sinned. So I threw you out of the mountain of God, as one who was defiled, and I destroyed you, guardian cherub, and drove you from among the fiery stones. BSB BSB: By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
17 GLT Your heart was arrogant with your beauty; you ruined your wisdom because of your splendor. I have sent you down to the earth. I have placed you before kings so they may see you. BSB BSB: Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.
18 GLT Because of your many sins and your dishonest trade, you have defiled your holy places. So I have made fire come out from you; it will consume you. I will turn you into ashes on the earth in the sight of all who look at you. BSB BSB: By the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you.
19 GLT All the ones who knew you among the peoples will shudder at you; they will be horrified, and you will be no more forever.’” BSB BSB: All the nations who know you are appalled over you. You have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
20 GLT Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, BSB BSB: Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
21 GLT “Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her. BSB BSB: “Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her.
22 GLT Say,‘The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am against you, Sidon! For I will be glorified in your midst so your people will know that I am Yahweh when I execute justice within you. I will be shown to be holy in you. BSB BSB: And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her.
23 GLT I will send out a plague in you and blood in your streets, and the slain will fall in your midst. When the sword comes against you from all around, then you will know that I am Yahweh. BSB BSB: I will send a plague against her and shed blood in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
24 GLT Then there will no longer be pricking briars and painful thorns for the house of Israel from all those around her who despise her people, so they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh!’ BSB BSB: For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’
25 GLT The Lord Yahweh says this,‘When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they were scattered, and when I am set apart among them, so the nations may see, then they will make their homes in the land I will give to my servant Jacob. BSB BSB: This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations. Then they will dwell in their own land, which I have given to My servant Jacob.
26 GLT Then they will live securely within her and build houses, plant vineyards, and live securely when I execute justice on all the ones who now despise them from all around; so they will know that I am Yahweh their God!’” BSB BSB: And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’”
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