| International Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1This message came to me from the LORD: | 1The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, |
| 2"Son of Man, tell Tyre's Commander-in-Chief, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "Because your heart is arrogant, and because you keep saying, 'I have taken my seat, I am a god, seated in God's seat right in the middle of the sea,' and because you're a man, and not a god, even though you pretend that you have a god-like heart… | 2"Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because your heart is lifted up And you have 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 God, Although you make your heart like the heart of God-- |
| 3Look! You're wiser than Daniel, aren't you? No secret is too mysterious for you! | 3Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; There is no secret that is a match for you. |
| 4Your wisdom and understanding brought you phenomenal wealth. You've brought gold and silver into your treasuries. | 4"By your wisdom and understanding You have acquired riches for yourself And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries. |
| 5By your great wisdom, by your skills in trading you have amassed wealth for yourself and your heart has become arrogant because of your wealth." | 5"By your great wisdom, by your trade You have increased your riches And your heart is lifted up because of your riches-- |
| 6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "Because you've made your heart like that of God | 6Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because you have made your heart Like the heart of God, |
| 7Therefore, look! I'm bringing foreigners in your direction, the most terrifying of nations! They will direct their violence against the grandeur that you've created by your wisdom. | 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. |
| 8They'll send you down to the Pit, and you'll die defiled in the depths of the sea. | 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. |
| 9Is that when you'll say, 'I'm God' to the face of those who will be killing you? After all, you're a man, and have never been a god, especially when you're under the control of those who will defile you! | 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? |
| 10You will die a death fit for the uncircumcised at the hand of foreigners." 'for I have said it will be so,' declares the LORD." | 10'You will die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!' declares the Lord GOD!"'" |
| 11Another message came to me from the LORD, and this is what it said: | 11Again the word of the LORD came to me saying, |
| 12"Son of Man, start singing this lamentation for the king of Tyre. Tell him, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "You served as my model, my example of complete wisdom and perfect beauty. | 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. |
| 13You used to be in Eden— God's paradise! You wore precious stones for clothing: ruby, topaz, diamond, beryl, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and carbuncle. Your settings were crafted in gold, along with your engravings. On the day of your creation they had been prepared! | 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; having been set in place on the holy mountain of God, you walked in the midst of fiery stones. | 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. |
| 15You were blameless in your behavior from the day you were created until wickedness was discovered in you. | 15"You were blameless in your ways From the day you were created Until unrighteousness was found in you. |
| 16Since your vast business dealings filled you with violent intent from top to bottom, you sinned, so I cast you away as defiled from the mountain of God. I destroyed you, you guardian cherub, from the midst of the fiery stones. | 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. |
| 17Your heart grew arrogant because of your beauty; you annihilated your own wisdom because of your splendor. Then I threw you to the ground in the presence of kings, giving them a good look at you! | 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. |
| 18By all of your iniquity and unrighteous businesses you defiled your sanctuaries, so I'm going to bring out fire from within you and burn you to ashes on the earth before the whole watching world! | 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. |
| 19Everyone who knows you throughout all the nations will be appalled at your calamity and you will no longer exist forever."'" | 19"All who know you among the peoples Are appalled at you; You have become terrified And you will cease to be forever."'" |
| 20Another message came to me from the LORD, who had this to say: | 20And the word of the LORD came to me saying, |
| 21"Son of Man, turn your attention to Sidon and prophesy against her. | 21"Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, prophesy against her |
| 22Tell her: 'Pay attention to me, Sidon! I'm against you, and I'm going to glorify myself right in your midst.' They'll learn that I am the LORD when I carry out these punishments and manifest my holiness in her midst. | 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. |
| 23I'm going to send disease into that city and blood into her streets. People will drop dead in her midst from the violence done to her from every side. Then they'll learn that I am the Lord GOD." | 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"The house of Israel will never again suffer from painful briers and sharp thorn bushes that surround them on every side, and they will learn 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." |
| 25This is what the Lord GOD says: 'When I gather the house of Israel from the nations to which I've scattered them, I will show them my holiness before the watching world, and they will live on the land that I gave to my servant Jacob. | 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. |
| 26They will live in safety in the land, building houses and planting vineyards. They'll live in safety while I judge everyone who maligns them among those who surround them. At that time they'll learn that I am the LORD their God.'" | 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."'" |
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