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1. It was the eleventh year of our captivity, on the first day of the month. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
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1. And it came to pass H1961 in the eleventh H6249 H6240 year H8141 , in the first H259 day of the month H2320 , that the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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2. "Human, the city of Tyre has spoken against Jerusalem: 'The city that traded with the nations is destroyed. Now we can be the trading center. Since the city of Jerusalem is ruined, we can make money.'
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2. Son H1121 of man H120 , because that H3282 H834 Tyrus H6865 hath said H559 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 , Aha H1889 , she is broken H7665 that was the gates H1817 of the people H5971 : she is turned H5437 unto H413 me : I shall be replenished H4390 , now she is laid waste H2717 :
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3. So this is what the Lord God says: I am against you, Tyre. I will bring many nations against you, like the sea beating its waves on your island shores.
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3. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Behold H2009 , I am against H5921 thee , O Tyrus H6865 , and will cause many H7227 nations H1471 to come up H5927 against H5921 thee , as the sea H3220 causeth his waves H1530 to come up H5927 .
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4. They will destroy the walls of Tyre and pull down her towers. I will also scrape away her ruins and make her a bare rock.
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4. And they shall destroy H7843 the walls H2346 of Tyrus H6865 , and break down H2040 her towers H4026 : I will also scrape H5500 her dust H6083 from H4480 her , and make H5414 her like the top H6706 of a rock H5553 .
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5. Tyre will be an island where fishermen dry their nets. I have spoken, says the Lord God. The nations will steal treasures from Tyre.
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5. It shall be H1961 a place for the spreading H4894 of nets H2764 in the midst H8432 of the sea H3220 : for H3588 I H589 have spoken H1696 it , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 : and it shall become H1961 a spoil H957 to the nations H1471 .
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6. Also, her villages on the shore across from the island will be destroyed by war. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
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6. And her daughters H1323 which H834 are in the field H7704 shall be slain H2026 by the sword H2719 ; and they shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 .
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7. "This is what the Lord God says: I will bring a king from the north against Tyre. He is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the greatest king, with his horses, chariots, horsemen, and a great army.
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7. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Behold H2009 , I will bring H935 upon H413 Tyrus H6865 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 , a king H4428 of kings H4428 , from the north H4480 H6828 , with horses H5483 , and with chariots H7393 , and with horsemen H6571 , and companies H6951 , and much H7227 people H5971 .
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8. He will fight a battle and destroy your villages on the shore across from the island. He will set up devices to attack you. He will build a road of earth to the top of the walls. He will raise his shields against you.
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8. He shall slay H2026 with the sword H2719 thy daughters H1323 in the field H7704 : and he shall make H5414 a fort H1785 against H5921 thee , and cast H8210 a mount H5550 against H5921 thee , and lift up H6965 the buckler H6793 against H5921 thee.
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9. He will bring logs to pound through your city walls, and he will break down your towers with his iron bars.
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9. And he shall set H5414 engines H4239 of war H6904 against thy walls H2346 , and with his axes H2719 he shall break down H5422 thy towers H4026 .
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10. His horses will be so many that they will cover you with their dust. Your walls will shake at the noise of horsemen, wagons, and chariots. The king of Babylon will enter your city gates as men enter a city where the walls are broken through.
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10. By reason of the abundance H4480 H8229 of his horses H5483 their dust H80 shall cover H3680 thee : thy walls H2346 shall shake H7493 at the noise H4480 H6963 of the horsemen H6571 , and of the wheels H1534 , and of the chariots H7393 , when he shall enter H935 into thy gates H8179 , as men enter into H3996 a city H5892 wherein is made a breach H1234 .
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11. The hoofs of his horses will run over your streets. He will kill your army with the sword, and your strong pillars will fall down to the ground.
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11. With the hooves H6541 of his horses H5483 shall he tread down H7429 H853 all H3605 thy streets H2351 : he shall slay H2026 thy people H5971 by the sword H2719 , and thy strong H5797 garrisons H4676 shall go down H3381 to the ground H776 .
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12. Also, his men will take away your riches and will steal the things you sell. They will break down your walls and destroy your nice houses. They will throw your stones, wood, and trash into the sea.
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12. And they shall make a spoil H7997 of thy riches H2428 , and make a prey H962 of thy merchandise H7404 : and they shall break down H2040 thy walls H2346 , and destroy H5422 thy pleasant H2532 houses H1004 : and they shall lay H7760 thy stones H68 and thy timber H6086 and thy dust H6083 in the midst H8432 of the water H4325 .
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13. So I will stop your songs; the music of your harps will not be heard anymore.
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13. And I will cause the noise H1995 of thy songs H7892 to cease H7673 ; and the sound H6963 of thy harps H3658 shall be no H3808 more H5750 heard H8085 .
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14. I will make you a bare rock, and you will be a place for drying fishing nets. You will not be built again, because I, the Lord, have spoken, says the Lord God.
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14. And I will make H5414 thee like the top H6706 of a rock H5553 : thou shalt be H1961 a place to spread nets upon H4894 H2764 ; thou shalt be built H1129 no H3808 more H5750 : for H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 have spoken H1696 it , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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15. "This is what the Lord God says to Tyre: The people who live along the seacoast will shake with fear when they hear about your defeat. Those of you who are injured and dying will groan.
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15. Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 to Tyrus H6865 ; Shall not H3808 the isles H339 shake H7493 at the sound H4480 H6963 of thy fall H4658 , when the wounded H2491 cry H602 , when the slaughter H2027 is made H2026 in the midst H8432 of thee?
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16. Then all the leaders of the seacoast will get down from their thrones, take off their beautiful needlework clothes, and show how afraid they are. They will sit on the ground and tremble all the time. When they see you, they will be shocked.
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16. Then all H3605 the princes H5387 of the sea H3220 shall come down H3381 from H4480 H5921 their thrones H3678 , and lay away H5493 H853 their robes H4598 , and put off H6584 their embroidered H7553 garments H899 : they shall clothe H3847 themselves with trembling H2731 ; they shall sit H3427 upon H5921 the ground H776 , and shall tremble H2729 at every moment H7281 , and be astonished H8074 at H5921 thee.
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17. They will begin singing a funeral song about you and will say to you: 'Tyre, you famous city, you have been destroyed! You have lost your sea power! You and your people had great power on the seas. You made everyone around you afraid of you.
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17. And they shall take up H5375 a lamentation H7015 for H5921 thee , and say H559 to thee, How H349 art thou destroyed H6 , that wast inhabited H3427 of seafaring men H4480 H3220 , the renowned H1984 city H5892 , which H834 wast H1961 strong H2389 in the sea H3220 , she H1931 and her inhabitants H3427 , which H834 cause H5414 their terror H2851 to be on all H3605 that haunt H3427 it!
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18. Now the people who live by the coast tremble, now that you have fallen. The islands of the sea are afraid because you have been defeated.'
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18. Now H6258 shall the isles H339 tremble H2729 in the day H3117 of thy fall H4658 ; yea , the isles H339 that H834 are in the sea H3220 shall be troubled H926 at thy departure H4480 H3318 .
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19. "This is what the Lord God says: I will make you an empty city, like cities that have no people living in them. I will bring the deep ocean waters over you, and the Mediterranean Sea will cover you.
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19. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; When I shall make H5414 thee a desolate H2717 city H5892 , like the cities H5892 that H834 are not H3808 inhabited H3427 ; when I shall bring up H5927 H853 the deep H8415 upon H5921 thee , and great H7227 waters H4325 shall cover H3680 thee;
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20. At that time I will send you down to the place of the dead to join those who died long ago. I will make you live with the dead below the earth in places that are like old ruins. You will not come back from there or have any place in the world of the living again.
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20. When I shall bring thee down H3381 with H854 them that descend H3381 into the pit H953 , with H413 the people H5971 of old time H5769 , and shall set H3427 thee in the low parts H8482 of the earth H776 , in places desolate H2723 of old H4480 H5769 , with H854 them that go down H3381 to the pit H953 , that H4616 thou be not H3808 inhabited H3427 ; and I shall set H5414 glory H6643 in the land H776 of the living H2416 ;
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21. Other people will be afraid of what happened to you, and it will be the end of you. People will look for you, but they will never find you again, says the Lord God."
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21. I will make H5414 thee a terror H1091 , and thou shalt be no H369 more : though thou be sought for H1245 , yet shalt thou never H3808 H5769 be found H4672 again H5750 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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