Ezekiel Chapter 27
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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM
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For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of my house.
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And furthermore ye have sent for men that come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent, and, lo, they came; for whom thou didst wash thyself, paint thine eyes, and deck thyself with ornaments,
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and sit upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou didst set mine incense and mine oil.
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And the voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with men of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness; and they put bracelets upon the hands of them
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twain, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.
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Then said I of her that was old in adulteries, Now will they play the harlot with her, and she
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with them.
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And they went in unto her, as they go in unto a harlot: so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah, the lewd women.
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And righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
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For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will bring up a company against them, and will give them to be tossed to and fro and robbed.
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And the company shall stone them with stones, and despatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
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Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
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And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols; and ye shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
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Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth
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day of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, write thee the name of the day,
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even of this selfsame day: the king of Babylon drew close unto Jerusalem this selfsame day.
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And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:
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gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
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Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile
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of wood for the bones under
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the caldron; make it boil well; yea, let the bones thereof be boiled in the midst of it.
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Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece; No lot is fallen upon it.
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For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust.
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That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.
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Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
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Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that it may be hot, and the brass thereof may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the rust of it may be consumed.
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She hath wearied
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herself with toil; yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her; her rust
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goeth not forth by fire.
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In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have cleansed thee and thou wast not cleansed, thou shalt not be cleansed from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my wrath toward thee to rest.
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I, Jehovah, have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it: I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.
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Also the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet thou shalt neither mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
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Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind thy headtire upon thee, and put thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying:
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And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,
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and say unto Tyre: O thou that art situate at the entries of the sea, and traffickest with the peoples in many isles, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou, Tyre, hast said, I am perfect in beauty.
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Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
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They made all thy double boards of cypress-trees of Senir; they took cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
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Of the oaks of Bashan did they make thine oars; they made thy benches of ivory, inlaid in box-wood, out of the isles of Chittim.
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Byssus with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, to serve thee for a banner; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.
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The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy rowers; thy wise men, O Tyre, who were in thee, were thy pilots.
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The elders of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee repairing thy leaks; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee, to barter with thee.
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Persia and Lud and Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged shield and helmet in thee; they gave splendour to thee.
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The children of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadim were on thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they made thy beauty perfect.
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Tarshish dealt with thee by reason of the abundance of all substance; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they furnished thy markets.
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Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers: they bartered with thee the persons of men, and vessels of bronze.
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They of the house of Togarmah furnished thy markets with horses, and horsemen, and mules.
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The children of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand: they rendered in payment horns of ivory, and ebony.
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Syria dealt with thee for the multitude of thy handiworks: they traded in thy markets with carbuncles, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and corals, and rubies.
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Judah and the land of Israel were thy traffickers: they bartered with thee wheat of Minnith, and sweet cakes, and honey, and oil, and balm.
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Damascus dealt with thee because of the multitude of thy handiworks, by reason of the abundance of all substance, with wine of Helbon, and white wool.
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Vedan and Javan of Uzal traded in thy markets: wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were in thy traffic.
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Dedan was thy trafficker in precious riding-cloths.
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Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were the merchants of thy hand: in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these did they trade with thee.
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The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were thy traffickers: they furnished thy markets with all the choice spices, and with all precious stones and gold.
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Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with thee:
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these traded with thee in sumptuous clothes, in wrappings of blue and broidered work, and in chests full of variegated stuffs, bound with cords and made of cedar-wood, amongst thy merchandise.
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The ships of Tarshish were thy caravans for thy traffic; and thou wast replenished, and highly honoured, in the heart of the seas.
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Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters; the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.
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Thy substance, and thy markets, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, they that repair thy leaks, and they that barter with thee, and all thy men of war that are in thee, along with all thine assemblage which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy fall.
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The open places shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
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And all that handle the oar, the mariners, all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships; they shall stand upon the land,
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and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly; and they shall cast up dust upon their heads; they shall wallow themselves in ashes.
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And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird themselves with sackcloth; and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.
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And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, [saying,] Who is like Tyre, like her that is destroyed in the midst of the sea?
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When thy wares went forth over the seas, thou filledst many peoples; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the abundance of thy substance and of thy merchandise.
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In the time [when] thou art broken by the seas, in the depths of the waters, thy merchandise and all thine assemblage in the midst of thee have fallen.
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All the inhabitants of the isles are amazed at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid, [their] countenance is troubled.
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The merchants among the peoples hiss at thee; thou art become a terror, and thou shalt never be any more.
lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation against Sor;
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and thou shalt say to Sor that dwells at the entrance of the sea, to the mart of the nations coming from many islands, Thus saith the Lord to Sor; Thou hast said, I have clothed myself with my beauty.
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In the heart of the sea thy sons have put beauty upon thee for Beelim.
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Cedar in Senir was employed for thee in building: boards of cypress timber were taken out of Libanus, and wood to make thee masts of fir.
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They made thine oars [of wood] out of the land of Basan; thy sacred utensils they made of ivory, thy shady houses of wood from the isles of Chetiim.
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Fine linen with embroidery from Egypt supplied thy couch, to put honour upon thee, and to clothe thee with blue and purple from the isles of Elisai; and they became thy coverings.
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And thy princes were the dwellers in Sidon, and the Aradians were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Sor, who were in thee, these were thy pilots.
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The elders of the Biblians, and their wise men, who were in thee, these helped thy counsel: and all the ships of the sea and their rowers traded for thee to the utmost west.
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Persians and Lydians and Libyans were in thine army: thy warriors hung in thee shields and helmets; these gave [thee] thy glory.
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The sons of the Aradians and thine army were upon thy walls; there were guards in thy towers: they hung their quivers on thy battlements round about; these completed thy beauty.
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The Carthaginians were thy merchants because of the abundance of all thy strength; they furnished thy market with silver, and gold, and iron, and tin, and lead.
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Greece, both the whole [world], and the adjacent coasts, these traded with thee in the persons of men, and they gave [as] thy merchandise vessels of brass.
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Out of the house of Thogarma horses and horsemen furnished thy market.
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The sons of the Rhodians were thy merchants; from the islands they multiplied thy merchandise, [even] elephants' teeth: and to them that came in thou didst return thy prices,
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[even] men [as] thy merchandise, from the multitude of thy trading [population], myrrh and embroidered works from Tharsis: Ramoth also and Chorchor furnished thy market.
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Juda and the children of Israel, these were thy merchants; in the sale of corn and ointments and cassia: and they gave the best honey, and oil, and resin, to thy trading [population].
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[The people of] Damascus were thy merchants by reason of the abundance of all thy power; wine out of Chelbon, and wool from Miletus; and they brought wine into thy market.
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Out of Asel [came] wrought iron, and there is the sound of wheels among thy trading [population].
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[The people of] Dædan were thy merchants, with choice cattle for chariots.
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Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, these were thy traders with thee, [bringing] camels, and lambs, and rams, in which they trade with thee.
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The merchants of Sabba and Ramma, these were thy merchants, with choice spices, and precious stones: and they brought gold to thy market.
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Charra, and Chanaa, these were thy merchants: Assur, and Charman, were thy merchants:
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bringing [for] merchandise blue, and choice stores bound with cords, and cypress wood.
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Ships were thy merchants, in abundance, with thy trading [population]: and thou wast filled and very heavily loaded in the heart of the sea.
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Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the south wind has broken thee in the heart of the sea.
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Thy forces, and thy gain, and that of thy traders, and thy rowers, and thy pilots, and thy counsellors, and they that traffic with thee, and all thy warriors that are in thee: and all thy company in the midst of thee shall perish in the heart of the sea, in the day of thy fall.
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At the cry of thy voice thy pilots shall be greatly terrified.
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And all the rowers and the mariners shall come down from the ships, and the pilots of the sea shall stand on the land.
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And they shall wail over thee with their voice, and cry bitterly, and put earth on their heads, and spread ashes under them.
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And their sons shall take up a [lament] for thee, even a lamentation for Sor, [saying],
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How large a reward hast thou gained from the sea? thou hast filled nations out of thine abundance; and out of thy mixed merchandise thou hast enriched all the kings of the earth.
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Now art thou broken in the sea, thy traders are in the deep water, and all thy company in the midst of thee: all thy rowers have fallen.
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All the dwellers in the islands have mourned over thee, and their kings have been utterly amazed, and their countenance has wept.
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Merchants from the nations have hissed at thee; thou art utterly destroyed, and shalt not be any more for ever.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:
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Tu ergo fili hominis assume super Tyrum lamentum:
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Et dices Tyro, quæ habitat in introitu maris, negotiationi populorum ad insulas multas: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: O Tyre, tu dixisti: Perfecti decoris ego sum,
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et in corde maris sita. Finitimi tui, qui te ædificaverunt, impleverunt decorem tuum:
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abietibus de Sanir extruxerunt te cum omnibus tabulatis maris: cedrum de Libano tulerunt ut facerent tibi malum.
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Quercus de Basan dolaverunt in remos tuos: et transtra tua fecerunt tibi ex ebore Indico, et prætoriola de insulis Italiæ.
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Byssus varia de Ægypto texta est tibi in velum ut poneretur in malo: hyacinthus, et purpura de insulis Elisa facta sunt operimentum tuum.
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Habitatores Sidonis, et Aradii fuerunt remiges tui: sapientes tui, Tyre, facti sunt gubernatores tui.
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Senes Giblii, et prudentes eius habuerunt nautas ad ministerium variæ supellectilis tuæ: omnes naves maris, et nautæ earum fuerunt in populo negotiationis tuæ.
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Persæ, et Lydii, et Libyes erant in exercitu tuo viri bellatores tui: clypeum, et galeam suspenderunt in te pro ornatu tuo.
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Filii Aradii cum exercitu tuo erant super muros tuos in circuitu: sed et Pigmæi, qui erant in turribus tuis, pharetras suas suspenderunt in muris tuis per gyrum: ipsi compleverunt pulchritudinem tuam.
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Chartaginenses negotiatores tui, a multitudine cunctarum divitiarum, argento, ferro, stanno, plumboque repleverunt nundinas tuas.
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Græcia, Thubal, et Mosoch, ipsi institores tui: mancipia, et vasa ærea advexerunt populo tuo.
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De domo Thogorma, equos, et equites, et mulos adduxerunt ad forum tuum.
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Filii Dedan negotiatores tui: insulæ multæ negotiatio manus tuæ: dentes eburneos, et hebeninos commutaverunt in pretio tuo.
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Syrus negotiator tuus propter multitudinem operum tuorum, gemmam, et purpuram, et scutulata, et byssum, et sericum, et chodchod proposuerunt in mercatu tuo.
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Iuda et terra Israel ipsi institores tui in frumento primo, balsamum, et mel, et oleum, et resinam proposuerunt in nundinis tuis.
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Damascenus negotiator tuus in multitudine operum tuorum, in multitudine diversarum opum, in vino pingui, in lanis coloris optimi.
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Dan, et Græcia, et Mosel in nundinis tuis proposuerunt ferrum fabrefactum: stacte, et calamus in negotiatione tua.
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Dedan institores tui in tapetibus ad sedendum.
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Arabia, et universi principes Cedar, ipsi negotiatores manus tuæ: cum agnis, et arietibus, et hœdis venerunt ad te negotiatores tui.
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Venditores Saba, et Reema, ipsi negotiatores tui: cum universis primis aromatibus, et lapide pretioso, et auro, quod proposuerunt in mercatu tuo.
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Haran, et Chene, et Eden negotiatores tui: Saba, Assur, et Chelmad venditores tui.
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ipsi negotiatores tui multifariam involucris hyacinthi, et polymitorum, gazarumque pretiosarum, quæ obvolutæ, et astrictæ erant funibus: cedros quoque habebant in negotiationibus tuis.
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Naves maris, principes tui in negotiatione tua: et repleta es, et glorificata nimis in corde maris.
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In aquis multis adduxerunt te remiges tui: ventus auster contrivit te in corde maris.
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Divitiæ tuæ, et thesauri tui, et multiplex instrumentum tuum, nautæ tui et gubernatores tui, qui tenebant supellectilem tuam, et populo tuo præerant: viri quoque bellatores tui, qui erant in te cum universa multitudine tua, quæ est in medio tui: cadent in corde maris in die ruinæ tuæ.
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A sonitu clamoris gubernatorum tuorum conturbabuntur classes:
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Et descendent de navibus suis omnes, qui tenebant remum: nautæ, et universi gubernatores maris in terra stabunt:
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et eiulabunt super te voce magna, et clamabunt amare: et superiacient pulverem capitibus suis, et cinere conspergentur.
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Et radent super te calvitium, et accingentur ciliciis: et plorabunt te in amaritudine animæ ploratu amarissimo.
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Et assument super te carmen lugubre, et plangent te: Quæ est ut Tyrus, quæ obmutuit in medio maris?
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Quæ in exitu negotiationum tuarum de mari implesti populos multos: in multitudine divitiarum tuarum, et populorum tuorum ditasti reges terræ.
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Nunc contrita es a mari, in profundis aquarum opes tuæ, et omnis multitudo tua, quæ erat in medio tui, ceciderunt.
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Universi habitatores insularum obstupuerunt super te: et reges earum omnes tempestate perculsi mutaverunt vultus.
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Negotiatores populorum sibilaverunt super te: ad nihilum deducta es, et non eris usque in perpetuum.
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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The LORD’s word came again to me, saying,
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“You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;
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and tell Tyre, ‘You who dwell at the entry of the sea, who are the merchant of the peoples to many islands, the Lord GOD says: “You, Tyre, have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
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Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty.
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They have made all your planks of cypress trees from Senir. They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
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They have made your oars of the oaks of Bashan. They have made your benches of ivory inlaid in cypress wood from the islands of Kittim.
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Your sail was of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt, that it might be to you for a banner. Blue and purple from the islands of Elishah was your awning.
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The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your wise men, Tyre, were in you. They were your pilots.
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The old men of Gebal and its wise men were your repairers of ship seams in you. All the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise.
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“‘“Persia, Lud, and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in you. They showed your beauty.
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The men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, and valiant men were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around. They have perfected your beauty.
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“‘“Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches. They traded for your wares with silver, iron, tin, and lead.
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“‘“Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They traded the persons of men and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.
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“‘“They of the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses, war horses, and mules.
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“‘“The men of Dedan traded with you. Many islands were the market of your hand. They brought you horns of ivory and ebony in exchange.
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“‘“Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks. They traded for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies.
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“‘“Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded wheat of Minnith, confections, honey, oil, and balm for your merchandise.
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“‘“Damascus was your merchant for the multitude of your handiworks by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
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“‘“Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for your wares; wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were among your merchandise.
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“‘“Dedan was your merchant in precious saddle blankets for riding.
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“‘“Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your favorite dealers in lambs, rams, and goats. In these, they were your merchants.
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“‘“The traders of Sheba and Raamah were your traders. They traded for your wares with the best of all spices, all precious stones, and gold.
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“‘“Haran, Canneh, Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad, were your traders.
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These were your traders in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and embroidered work, and in cedar chests of rich clothing bound with cords, among your merchandise.
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“‘“The ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your merchandise. You were replenished and made very glorious in the heart of the seas.
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Your rowers have brought you into great waters. The east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.
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Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, your pilots, your repairers of ship seams, the dealers in your merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you, with all your company which is among you, will fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin.
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At the sound of the cry of your pilots, the pasture lands will shake.
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All who handle the oars, the mariners and all the pilots of the sea, will come down from their ships. They will stand on the land,
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and will cause their voice to be heard over you, and will cry bitterly. They will cast up dust on their heads. They will wallow in the ashes.
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They will make themselves bald for you, and clothe themselves with sackcloth. They will weep for you in bitterness of soul, with bitter mourning.
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In their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, ‘Who is there like Tyre, like her who is brought to silence in the middle of the sea?’
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When your wares came from the seas, you filled many peoples. You enriched the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.
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In the time that you were broken by the seas, in the depths of the waters, your merchandise and all your company fell within you.
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All the inhabitants of the islands are astonished at you, and their kings are horribly afraid. They are troubled in their face.
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The merchants among the peoples hiss at you. You have come to a terrible end, and you will be no more.”’”
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:
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`And thou, son of man, lift up concerning Tyre a lamentation, and thou hast said to Tyre:
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O dweller on the entrances of the sea, Merchant of the peoples unto many isles, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: O Tyre, thou--thou hast said: I <FI>am<Fi> the perfection of beauty.
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In the heart of the seas <FI>are<Fi> thy borders, Thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
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Of firs of Senir they have built to thee all thy double-boarded ships, Of cedars of Lebanon they have taken to make a mast for thee,
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Of oaks of Bashan they made thine oars, Thy bench they have made of ivory, A branch of Ashurim from isles of Chittim.
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Of fine linen with embroidery from Egypt hath been thy sail, To be to thee for an ensign, Of blue and purple from isles of Elishah hath been thy covering.
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Inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad have been rowers to thee, Thy wise men, O Tyre, have been in thee, They <FI>are<Fi> thy pilots.
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Elders of Gebal and its wise men have been in thee, Strengthening thy breach; All ships of the sea and their mariners, Have been in thee, to trade <FI>with<Fi> thy merchandise.
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Persian and Lud and Phut Have been in thy forces--thy men of war. Shield and helmet they hung up in thee, They--they have given out thine honour.
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The sons of Arvad, and thy force, <FI>Are<Fi> on thy walls round about, And short swordsmen in thy towers have been, Their shields they have hung up on thy walls round about, They--they have perfected thy beauty.
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Tarshish <FI>is<Fi> thy merchant, Because of the abundance of all wealth, For silver, iron, tin, and lead, They have given out thy remnants.
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Javan, Tubal, and Meshech--they <FI>are<Fi> thy merchants, For persons of men, and vessels of brass, They have given out thy merchandise.
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They of the house of Togarmah, <FI>For<Fi> horses, and riding steeds, and mules, They have given out thy remnants.
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Sons of Dedan <FI>are<Fi> thy merchants, Many isles <FI>are<Fi> the mart of thy hand, Horns of ivory and ebony they sent back thy reward.
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Aram <FI>is<Fi> thy merchant, Because of the abundance of thy works, For emerald, purple, and embroidery, And fine linen, and coral, and agate, They have given out thy remnants.
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Judah and the land of Israel--they <FI>are<Fi> thy merchants, For wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, And honey, and oil, and balm, They have given out thy merchandise.
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Damascus <FI>is<Fi> thy merchant, For the abundance of thy works, Because of the abundance of all wealth, For wine of Helbon, and white wool.
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Vedan and Javan go about with thy remnants, They have given shining iron, cassia, and cane, In thy merchandise it hath been.
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Dedan <FI>is<Fi> thy merchant, For clothes of freedom for riding.
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Arabia, and all princes of Kedar, They <FI>are<Fi> the traders of thy hand, For lambs, and rams, and he-goats, In these thy merchants.
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Merchants of Sheba and Raamah--they <FI>are<Fi> thy merchants, For the chief of all spices, And for every precious stone, and gold, They have given out thy remnants.
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Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, merchants of Sheba, Asshur--Chilmad--<FI> are<Fi> thy merchants,
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They <FI>are<Fi> thy merchants for perfect things, For wrappings of blue, and embroidery, And for treasuries of rich apparel, With cords bound and girded, for thy merchandise,
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Ships of Tarshish <FI>are<Fi> thy double walls of thy merchandise, And thou art filled and honoured greatly, In the heart of the seas.
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Into great waters have they brought thee, Those rowing thee, The east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.
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Thy wealth and thy remnants, Thy merchandise, thy mariners, And thy pilots, strengtheners of thy breach, And the traders of thy merchandise, And all thy men of war, who <FI>are<Fi> in thee, And in all thine assembly that <FI>is<Fi> in thy midst, Fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy fall,
28
At the voice of the cry of thy pilots shake do the suburbs.
29
And come down from their ships have all handling an oar, Mariners, all the pilots of the sea, on the land they stand,
30
And have sounded for thee with their voice, And cry bitterly, and cause dust to go up on their heads, In ashes they do roll themselves.
31
And they have made for thee baldness, And they have girded on sackcloth, And they have wept for thee, In bitterness of soul--a bitter mourning.
32
And lifted up for thee have their sons a lamentation, And they have lamented over thee, who <FI>is<Fi> as Tyre? As the cut-off one in the midst of the sea?
33
With the outgoing of thy remnants from the seas, Thou hast filled many peoples, With the abundance of thy riches, and thy merchandise, Thou hast made rich things of earth.
34
The time of <FI>thy<Fi> being broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, Thy merchandise and all thy assembly in thy midst have fallen.
35
All inhabitants of the isles have been astonished at thee, And their kings have been sore afraid, They have been troubled in countenance.
36
Merchants among the peoples have shrieked for thee, Wastes thou hast been, and thou art not--to the age!'
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).