6Therefore thus says the Lord GOD,
         ‘Because you have made your heart
         Like the heart of God,

7Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you,
         The most ruthless of the nations.
         And they will draw their swords
         Against the beauty of your wisdom
         And defile your splendor.

8‘They will bring you down to the pit,
         And you will die the death of those who are slain
         In the heart of the seas.

9‘Will you still say, “I am a god,”
         In the presence of your slayer,
         Though you are a man and not God,
         In the hands of those who wound you?

10‘You will die the death of the uncircumcised
         By the hand of strangers,
         For I have spoken!’ declares the Lord GOD!”’”

      11Again the word of the LORD came to me saying,

12“Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,
         “You had the seal of perfection,
         Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

13“You were in Eden, the garden of God;
         Every precious stone was your covering:
         The ruby, the topaz and the diamond;
         The beryl, the onyx and the jasper;
         The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald;
         And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets,
         Was in you.
         On the day that you were created
         They were prepared.

14“You were the anointed cherub who covers,
         And I placed you there.
         You were on the holy mountain of God;
         You walked in the midst of the stones of fire.

15“You were blameless in your ways
         From the day you were created
         Until unrighteousness was found in you.

16“By the abundance of your trade
         You were internally filled with violence,
         And you sinned;
         Therefore I have cast you as profane
         From the mountain of God.
         And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub,
         From the midst of the stones of fire.

17“Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty;
         You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor.
         I cast you to the ground;
         I put you before kings,
         That they may see you.

18“By the multitude of your iniquities,
         In the unrighteousness of your trade
         You profaned your sanctuaries.
         Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you;
         It has consumed you,
         And I have turned you to ashes on the earth
         In the eyes of all who see you.

19“All who know you among the peoples
         Are appalled at you;
         You have become terrified
         And you will cease to be forever.”’”

Judgment of Sidon

      20And the word of the LORD came to me saying, 21“Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, prophesy against her

22and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,
         “Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,
         And I will be glorified in your midst.
         Then they will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments in her,
         And I will manifest My holiness in her.

23“For I will send pestilence to her
         And blood to her streets,
         And the wounded will fall in her midst
         By the sword upon her on every side;
         Then they will know that I am the LORD.

24“And there will be no more for the house of Israel a prickling brier or a painful thorn from any round about them who scorned them; then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”

Israel Regathered

      25‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and will manifest My holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they will live in their land which I gave to My servant Jacob. 26“They will live in it securely; and they will build houses, plant vineyards and live securely when I execute judgments upon all who scorn them round about them. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.”’”

NASB ©1995

American Standard Version
therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Because thy heart is lifted up as the heart of God:

Darby Bible Translation
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God,

English Revised Version
therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God;

World English Bible
therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of thy giving out thy heart as the heart of God,The Unseen Watcher
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The Doctrine of Satan.
I. HIS EXISTENCE AND PERSONALITY. 1. EXISTENCE. 2. PERSONALITY. II. HIS PLACE AND POWER. 1. A MIGHTY ANGEL. 2. PRINCE OF POWER OF THE AIR. 3. GOD OF THIS WORLD. 4. HEAD OF KINGDOM OF DARKNESS. 5. SOVEREIGN OVER DEATH. III. HIS CHARACTER. 1. ADVERSARY. 2. DIABOLOS. 3. WICKED ONE. 4. TEMPTER. IV. OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS SATAN. 1. LIMITED POWER OF SATAN. 2. RESIST HIM. V. HIS DESTINY. 1. A CONQUERED ENEMY. 2. UNDER ETERNAL CURSE. VI. DEMONS. THE DOCTRINE OF SATAN. Throughout the Scriptures Satan is set …
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Thomas Watson—The Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1-12

The Controversy Ended
At the close of the thousand years, Christ again returns to the earth. He is accompanied by the host of the redeemed and attended by a retinue of angels. As He descends in terrific majesty He bids the wicked dead arise to receive their doom. They come forth, a mighty host, numberless as the sands of the sea. What a contrast to those who were raised at the first resurrection! The righteous were clothed with immortal youth and beauty. The wicked bear the traces of disease and death. Every eye in that …
Ellen Gould White—The Great Controversy

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To a modern taste, Ezekiel does not appeal anything like so powerfully as Isaiah or Jeremiah. He has neither the majesty of the one nor the tenderness and passion of the other. There is much in him that is fantastic, and much that is ritualistic. His imaginations border sometimes on the grotesque and sometimes on the mechanical. Yet he is a historical figure of the first importance; it was very largely from him that Judaism received the ecclesiastical impulse by which for centuries it was powerfully …
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