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         <div class="label">27</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Lament Over Tyre</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, take up a lament concerning Tyre. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Say to Tyre, situated at the gateway to the sea, merchant of peoples on many coasts, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.27.3"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;You say, Tyre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.27.3"><span class="content">&#8220;I am perfect in beauty.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.27.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Your domain was on the high seas;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.27.4"><span class="content">your builders brought your beauty to perfection.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.27.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They made all your timbers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.27.5"><span class="content">of juniper from Senir</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, Mount Hermon</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.27.5"><span class="content">they took a cedar from Lebanon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.27.5"><span class="content">to make a mast for you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.27.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Of oaks from Bashan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.27.6"><span class="content">they made your oars;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.27.6"><span class="content">of cypress wood</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:6 </span><span class="ft">Targum; the Masoretic Text has a different division of the consonants.</span></span></span><span class="content"> from the coasts of Cyprus</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.27.6"><span class="content">they made your deck, adorned with ivory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.27.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.27.7"><span class="content">and served as your banner;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.27.7"><span class="content">your awnings were of blue and purple</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.27.7"><span class="content">from the coasts of Elishah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.27.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.27.8"><span class="content">your skilled men, Tyre, were aboard as your sailors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.27.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Veteran craftsmen of Byblos were on board</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.27.9"><span class="content">as shipwrights to caulk your seams.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.27.9"><span class="content">All the ships of the sea and their sailors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.27.9"><span class="content">came alongside to trade for your wares.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.27.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Men of Persia, Lydia and Put</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.27.10"><span class="content">served as soldiers in your army.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.27.10"><span class="content">They hung their shields and helmets on your walls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.27.10"><span class="content">bringing you splendor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.27.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Men of Arvad and Helek</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="content">guarded your walls on every side;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="content">men of Gammad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="content">were in your towers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="content">They hung their shields around your walls;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="content">they brought your beauty to perfection.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin and lead for your merchandise.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.27.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.27.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Greece, Tubal and Meshek did business with you; they traded human beings and articles of bronze for your wares.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.27.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.27.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Men of Beth Togarmah exchanged chariot horses, cavalry horses and mules for your merchandise.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.27.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.27.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The men of Rhodes</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:15 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Dedan</span></span></span><span class="content"> traded with you, and many coastlands were your customers; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.27.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.27.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Aram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:16 </span><span class="ft">Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac </span><span class="fqa">Edom</span></span></span><span class="content"> did business with you because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple fabric, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies for your merchandise.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.27.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.27.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Judah and Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith and confections,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:17 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> honey, olive oil and balm for your wares.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.27.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.27.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Damascus did business with you because of your many products and great wealth of goods. They offered wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.27.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">and casks of wine from Izal in exchange for your wares: wrought iron, cassia and calamus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.27.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.27.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Dedan traded in saddle blankets with you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.27.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.27.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers; they did business with you in lambs, rams and goats.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.27.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.27.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your merchandise they exchanged the finest of all kinds of spices and precious stones, and gold.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.27.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.27.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Harran, Kanneh and Eden and merchants of Sheba, Ashur and Kilmad traded with you. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.27.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">In your marketplace they traded with you beautiful garments, blue fabric, embroidered work and multicolored rugs with cords twisted and tightly knotted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.27.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.27.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The ships of Tarshish serve</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.27.25"><span class="content">as carriers for your wares.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.27.25"><span class="content">You are filled with heavy cargo</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.27.25"><span class="content">as you sail the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.27.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.27.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Your oarsmen take you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.27.26"><span class="content">out to the high seas.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.27.26"><span class="content">But the east wind will break you to pieces</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.27.26"><span class="content">far out at sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.27.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Your wealth, merchandise and wares,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="content">your mariners, sailors and shipwrights,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="content">your merchants and all your soldiers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="content">and everyone else on board</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="content">will sink into the heart of the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="content">on the day of your shipwreck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.27.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The shorelands will quake</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.27.28"><span class="content">when your sailors cry out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.27.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.27.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">All who handle the oars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.27.29"><span class="content">will abandon their ships;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.27.29"><span class="content">the mariners and all the sailors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.27.29"><span class="content">will stand on the shore.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.27.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.27.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">They will raise their voice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.27.30"><span class="content">and cry bitterly over you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.27.30"><span class="content">they will sprinkle dust on their heads</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.27.30"><span class="content">and roll in ashes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.27.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.27.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">They will shave their heads because of you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.27.31"><span class="content">and will put on sackcloth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.27.31"><span class="content">They will weep over you with anguish of soul</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.27.31"><span class="content">and with bitter mourning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.27.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.27.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">As they wail and mourn over you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.27.32"><span class="content">they will take up a lament concerning you:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.27.32"><span class="content">&#8220;Who was ever silenced like Tyre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.27.32"><span class="content">surrounded by the sea?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.27.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.27.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When your merchandise went out on the seas,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.27.33"><span class="content">you satisfied many nations;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.27.33"><span class="content">with your great wealth and your wares</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.27.33"><span class="content">you enriched the kings of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.27.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.27.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Now you are shattered by the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.27.34"><span class="content">in the depths of the waters;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.27.34"><span class="content">your wares and all your company</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.27.34"><span class="content">have gone down with you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.27.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.27.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">All who live in the coastlands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.27.35"><span class="content">are appalled at you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.27.35"><span class="content">their kings shudder with horror</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.27.35"><span class="content">and their faces are distorted with fear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.27.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="EZK.27.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">The merchants among the nations scoff at you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="EZK.27.36"><span class="content">you have come to a horrible end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="EZK.27.36"><span class="content">and will be no more.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">28</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against the King of Tyre</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;In the pride of your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">you say, &#8220;I am a god;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">I sit on the throne of a god</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">in the heart of the seas.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">But you are a mere mortal and not a god,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">though you think you are as wise as a god.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Are you wiser than Daniel</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Danel</span><span class="ft">, a man of renown in ancient literature</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.28.3"><span class="content">Is no secret hidden from you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.28.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">By your wisdom and understanding</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.28.4"><span class="content">you have gained wealth for yourself</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.28.4"><span class="content">and amassed gold and silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.28.4"><span class="content">in your treasuries.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.28.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">By your great skill in trading</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.28.5"><span class="content">you have increased your wealth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.28.5"><span class="content">and because of your wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.28.5"><span class="content">your heart has grown proud.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.28.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Therefore this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.28.6"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Because you think you are wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.28.6"><span class="content">as wise as a god,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.28.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I am going to bring foreigners against you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.28.7"><span class="content">the most ruthless of nations;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.28.7"><span class="content">they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.28.7"><span class="content">and pierce your shining splendor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.28.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They will bring you down to the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.28.8"><span class="content">and you will die a violent death</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.28.8"><span class="content">in the heart of the seas.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.28.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Will you then say, &#8220;I am a god,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.28.9"><span class="content">in the presence of those who kill you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.28.9"><span class="content">You will be but a mortal, not a god,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.28.9"><span class="content">in the hands of those who slay you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.28.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You will die the death of the uncircumcised</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.28.10"><span class="content">at the hands of foreigners.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.28.10"><span class="content">I have spoken, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.28.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.28.12"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;You were the seal of perfection,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.28.12"><span class="content">full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.28.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You were in Eden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">the garden of God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">every precious stone adorned you:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">carnelian, chrysolite and emerald,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">topaz, onyx and jasper,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:13 </span><span class="ft">The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">Your settings and mountings</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:13 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> were made of gold;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">on the day you were created they were prepared.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You were anointed as a guardian cherub,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.28.14"><span class="content">for so I ordained you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.28.14"><span class="content">You were on the holy mount of God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.28.14"><span class="content">you walked among the fiery stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.28.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You were blameless in your ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.28.15"><span class="content">from the day you were created</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.28.15"><span class="content">till wickedness was found in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.28.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Through your widespread trade</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="content">you were filled with violence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="content">and you sinned.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="content">So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="content">and I expelled you, guardian cherub,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="content">from among the fiery stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Your heart became proud</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="content">on account of your beauty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="content">and you corrupted your wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="content">because of your splendor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="content">So I threw you to the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="content">I made a spectacle of you before kings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">By your many sins and dishonest trade</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="content">you have desecrated your sanctuaries.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="content">So I made a fire come out from you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="content">and it consumed you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="content">and I reduced you to ashes on the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="content">in the sight of all who were watching.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">All the nations who knew you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.28.19"><span class="content">are appalled at you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.28.19"><span class="content">you have come to a horrible end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.28.19"><span class="content">and will be no more.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Sidon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.28.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.28.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.28.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, set your face against Sidon; prophesy against her </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.28.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">and say: &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.28.22"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I am against you, Sidon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.28.22"><span class="content">and among you I will display my glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.28.22"><span class="content">You will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.28.22"><span class="content">when I inflict punishment on you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.28.22"><span class="content">and within you am proved to be holy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.28.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.28.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I will send a plague upon you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.28.23"><span class="content">and make blood flow in your streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.28.23"><span class="content">The slain will fall within you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.28.23"><span class="content">with the sword against you on every side.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.28.23"><span class="content">Then you will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.28.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.28.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;No longer will the people of Israel have malicious neighbors who are painful briers and sharp thorns. Then they will know that I am the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.28.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.28.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: When I gather the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered, I will be proved holy through them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.28.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They will live there in safety and will build houses and plant vineyards; they will live in safety when I inflict punishment on all their neighbors who maligned them. Then they will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">29</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Egypt</span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Judgment on Pharaoh</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.29.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the tenth year, in the tenth month on the twelfth day, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.29.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.29.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Speak to him and say: &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.29.3"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.29.3"><span class="content">you great monster lying among your streams.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.29.3"><span class="content">You say, &#8220;The Nile belongs to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.29.3"><span class="content">I made it for myself.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.29.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.29.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But I will put hooks in your jaws</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.29.4"><span class="content">and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.29.4"><span class="content">I will pull you out from among your streams,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.29.4"><span class="content">with all the fish sticking to your scales.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.29.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.29.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will leave you in the desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.29.5"><span class="content">you and all the fish of your streams.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.29.5"><span class="content">You will fall on the open field</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.29.5"><span class="content">and not be gathered or picked up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.29.5"><span class="content">I will give you as food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.29.5"><span class="content">to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.29.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.29.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.29.6"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;You have been a staff of reed for the people of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.29.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered and you tore open their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and their backs were wrenched.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">29:7 </span><span class="ft">Syriac (see also Septuagint and Vulgate); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">and you caused their backs to stand</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.29.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.29.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Therefore this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: I will bring a sword against you and kill both man and beast. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.29.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.29.9"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Because you said, &#8220;The Nile is mine; I made it,&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.29.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">therefore I am against you and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt a ruin and a desolate waste from Migdol to Aswan, as far as the border of Cush.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">29:10 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.29.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The foot of neither man nor beast will pass through it; no one will live there for forty years. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.29.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will make the land of Egypt desolate among devastated lands, and her cities will lie desolate forty years among ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.29.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.29.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Yet this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations where they were scattered. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.29.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I will bring them back from captivity and return them to Upper Egypt, the land of their ancestry. There they will be a lowly kingdom. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.29.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">It will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the other nations. I will make it so weak that it will never again rule over the nations. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.29.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Egypt will no longer be a source of confidence for the people of Israel but will be a reminder of their sin in turning to her for help. Then they will know that I am the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Nebuchadnezzar&#8217;s Reward</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.29.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.29.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month on the first day, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.29.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon drove his army in a hard campaign against Tyre; every head was rubbed bare and every shoulder made raw. Yet he and his army got no reward from the campaign he led against Tyre. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.29.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Therefore this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: I am going to give Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will carry off its wealth. He will loot and plunder the land as pay for his army. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.29.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I have given him Egypt as a reward for his efforts because he and his army did it for me, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.29.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.29.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;On that day I will make a horn</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">29:21 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes strength.</span></span></span><span class="content"> grow for the Israelites, and I will open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">30</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">A Lament Over Egypt</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.30.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.30.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, prophesy and say: &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.30.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Wail and say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.30.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Alas for that day!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.30.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.30.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the day is near,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.30.3"><span class="content">the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.30.3"><span class="content">a day of clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.30.3"><span class="content">a time of doom for the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.30.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.30.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A sword will come against Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.30.4"><span class="content">and anguish will come upon Cush.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:4 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region; also in verses 5 and 9</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.30.4"><span class="content">When the slain fall in Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.30.4"><span class="content">her wealth will be carried away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.30.4"><span class="content">and her foundations torn down.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.30.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.30.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Cush and Libya, Lydia and all Arabia, Kub and the people of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.30.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.30.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.30.6"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The allies of Egypt will fall</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.30.6"><span class="content">and her proud strength will fail.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.30.6"><span class="content">From Migdol to Aswan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.30.6"><span class="content">they will fall by the sword within her,</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.30.6"><span class="content">declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.30.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.30.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;They will be desolate</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.30.7"><span class="content">among desolate lands,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.30.7"><span class="content">and their cities will lie</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.30.7"><span class="content">among ruined cities.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.30.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.30.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then they will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.30.8"><span class="content">when I set fire to Egypt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.30.8"><span class="content">and all her helpers are crushed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.30.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.30.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten Cush out of her complacency. Anguish will take hold of them on the day of Egypt&#8217;s doom, for it is sure to come.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.30.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.30.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.30.10"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.30.10"><span class="content">by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.30.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.30.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He and his army&#8212;the most ruthless of nations&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.30.11"><span class="content">will be brought in to destroy the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.30.11"><span class="content">They will draw their swords against Egypt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.30.11"><span class="content">and fill the land with the slain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.30.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.30.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will dry up the waters of the Nile</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.30.12"><span class="content">and sell the land to an evil nation;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.30.12"><span class="content">by the hand of foreigners</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.30.12"><span class="content">I will lay waste the land and everything in it.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.30.12"><span class="content">I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> have spoken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.30.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.30.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.30.13"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I will destroy the idols</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.30.13"><span class="content">and put an end to the images in Memphis.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.30.13"><span class="content">No longer will there be a prince in Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.30.13"><span class="content">and I will spread fear throughout the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.30.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.30.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I will lay waste Upper Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.30.14"><span class="content">set fire to Zoan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.30.14"><span class="content">and inflict punishment on Thebes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.30.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.30.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.30.15"><span class="content">the stronghold of Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.30.15"><span class="content">and wipe out the hordes of Thebes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.30.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.30.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I will set fire to Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.30.16"><span class="content">Pelusium will writhe in agony.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.30.16"><span class="content">Thebes will be taken by storm;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.30.16"><span class="content">Memphis will be in constant distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.30.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.30.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.30.17"><span class="content">will fall by the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.30.17"><span class="content">and the cities themselves will go into captivity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.30.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.30.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.30.18"><span class="content">when I break the yoke of Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.30.18"><span class="content">there her proud strength will come to an end.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.30.18"><span class="content">She will be covered with clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.30.18"><span class="content">and her villages will go into captivity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.30.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.30.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So I will inflict punishment on Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.30.19"><span class="content">and they will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Pharaoh&#8217;s Arms Are Broken</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.30.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.30.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In the eleventh year, in the first month on the seventh day, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.30.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. It has not been bound up to be healed or put in a splint so that it may become strong enough to hold a sword. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.30.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Therefore this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break both his arms, the good arm as well as the broken one, and make the sword fall from his hand. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.30.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.30.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him like a mortally wounded man. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.30.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he brandishes it against Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.30.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries. Then they will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">31</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Pharaoh as a Felled Cedar of Lebanon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.31.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the eleventh year, in the third month on the first day, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.31.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.31.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Who can be compared with you in majesty?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.31.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.31.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Consider Assyria, once a cedar in Lebanon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.31.3"><span class="content">with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.31.3"><span class="content">it towered on high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.31.3"><span class="content">its top above the thick foliage.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.31.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.31.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The waters nourished it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.31.4"><span class="content">deep springs made it grow tall;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.31.4"><span class="content">their streams flowed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.31.4"><span class="content">all around its base</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.31.4"><span class="content">and sent their channels</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.31.4"><span class="content">to all the trees of the field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.31.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.31.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So it towered higher</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.31.5"><span class="content">than all the trees of the field;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.31.5"><span class="content">its boughs increased</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.31.5"><span class="content">and its branches grew long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.31.5"><span class="content">spreading because of abundant waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.31.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.31.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">All the birds of the sky</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.31.6"><span class="content">nested in its boughs,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.31.6"><span class="content">all the animals of the wild</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.31.6"><span class="content">gave birth under its branches;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.31.6"><span class="content">all the great nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.31.6"><span class="content">lived in its shade.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.31.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.31.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It was majestic in beauty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.31.7"><span class="content">with its spreading boughs,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.31.7"><span class="content">for its roots went down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.31.7"><span class="content">to abundant waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.31.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.31.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The cedars in the garden of God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.31.8"><span class="content">could not rival it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.31.8"><span class="content">nor could the junipers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.31.8"><span class="content">equal its boughs,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.31.8"><span class="content">nor could the plane trees</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.31.8"><span class="content">compare with its branches&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.31.8"><span class="content">no tree in the garden of God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.31.8"><span class="content">could match its beauty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.31.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.31.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I made it beautiful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.31.9"><span class="content">with abundant branches,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.31.9"><span class="content">the envy of all the trees of Eden</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.31.9"><span class="content">in the garden of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.31.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.31.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Therefore this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: Because the great cedar towered over the thick foliage, and because it was proud of its height, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.31.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I gave it into the hands of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with according to its wickedness. I cast it aside, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.31.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">and the most ruthless of foreign nations cut it down and left it. Its boughs fell on the mountains and in all the valleys; its branches lay broken in all the ravines of the land. All the nations of the earth came out from under its shade and left it. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.31.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">All the birds settled on the fallen tree, and all the wild animals lived among its branches. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.31.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Therefore no other trees by the waters are ever to tower proudly on high, lifting their tops above the thick foliage. No other trees so well-watered are ever to reach such a height; they are all destined for death, for the earth below, among mortals who go down to the realm of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.31.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.31.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: On the day it was brought down to the realm of the dead I covered the deep springs with mourning for it; I held back its streams, and its abundant waters were restrained. Because of it I clothed Lebanon with gloom, and all the trees of the field withered away. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.31.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I made the nations tremble at the sound of its fall when I brought it down to the realm of the dead to be with those who go down to the pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.31.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They too, like the great cedar, had gone down to the realm of the dead, to those killed by the sword, along with the armed men who lived in its shade among the nations.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.31.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.31.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Which of the trees of Eden can be compared with you in splendor and majesty? Yet you, too, will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth below; you will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.31.18"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">32</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">A Lament Over Pharaoh</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, take up a lament concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.32.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;You are like a lion among the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.32.2"><span class="content">you are like a monster in the seas</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.32.2"><span class="content">thrashing about in your streams,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.32.2"><span class="content">churning the water with your feet</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.32.2"><span class="content">and muddying the streams.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.32.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.32.3"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;With a great throng of people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.32.3"><span class="content">I will cast my net over you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.32.3"><span class="content">and they will haul you up in my net.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.32.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will throw you on the land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.32.4"><span class="content">and hurl you on the open field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.32.4"><span class="content">I will let all the birds of the sky settle on you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.32.4"><span class="content">and all the animals of the wild gorge themselves on you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.32.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will spread your flesh on the mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.32.5"><span class="content">and fill the valleys with your remains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.32.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will drench the land with your flowing blood</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.32.6"><span class="content">all the way to the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.32.6"><span class="content">and the ravines will be filled with your flesh.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.32.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.32.7"><span class="content">and darken their stars;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.32.7"><span class="content">I will cover the sun with a cloud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.32.7"><span class="content">and the moon will not give its light.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.32.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">All the shining lights in the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.32.8"><span class="content">I will darken over you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.32.8"><span class="content">I will bring darkness over your land,</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.32.8"><span class="content">declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.32.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will trouble the hearts of many peoples</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.32.9"><span class="content">when I bring about your destruction among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.32.9"><span class="content">among</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:9 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">bring you into captivity among the nations, / to</span></span></span><span class="content"> lands you have not known.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.32.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.32.10"><span class="content">and their kings will shudder with horror because of you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.32.10"><span class="content">when I brandish my sword before them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.32.10"><span class="content">On the day of your downfall</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.32.10"><span class="content">each of them will tremble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.32.10"><span class="content">every moment for his life.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.32.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;For this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.32.11"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The sword of the king of Babylon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.32.11"><span class="content">will come against you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.32.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.32.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will cause your hordes to fall</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.32.12"><span class="content">by the swords of mighty men&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.32.12"><span class="content">the most ruthless of all nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.32.12"><span class="content">They will shatter the pride of Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.32.12"><span class="content">and all her hordes will be overthrown.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.32.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.32.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I will destroy all her cattle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.32.13"><span class="content">from beside abundant waters</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.32.13"><span class="content">no longer to be stirred by the foot of man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.32.13"><span class="content">or muddied by the hooves of cattle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.32.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.32.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then I will let her waters settle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.32.14"><span class="content">and make her streams flow like oil,</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.32.14"><span class="content">declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.32.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.32.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When I make Egypt desolate</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.32.15"><span class="content">and strip the land of everything in it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.32.15"><span class="content">when I strike down all who live there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.32.15"><span class="content">then they will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.32.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.32.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is the lament they will chant for her. The daughters of the nations will chant it; for Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Egypt&#8217;s Descent Into the Realm of the Dead</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.32.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.32.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.32.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, along with those who go down to the pit. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.32.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Say to them, &#8216;Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.32.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; let her be dragged off with all her hordes. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.32.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">From within the realm of the dead the mighty leaders will say of Egypt and her allies, &#8216;They have come down and they lie with the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.32.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.32.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Assyria is there with her whole army; she is surrounded by the graves of all her slain, all who have fallen by the sword. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.32.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Their graves are in the depths of the pit and her army lies around her grave. All who had spread terror in the land of the living are slain, fallen by the sword.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.32.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.32.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Elam is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword. All who had spread terror in the land of the living went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.32.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A bed is made for her among the slain, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword. Because their terror had spread in the land of the living, they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are laid among the slain.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.32.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.32.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Meshek and Tubal are there, with all their hordes around their graves. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword because they spread their terror in the land of the living. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.32.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But they do not lie with the fallen warriors of old,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:27 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">warriors who were uncircumcised</span></span></span><span class="content"> who went down to the realm of the dead with their weapons of war&#8212;their swords placed under their heads and their shields</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:27 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">punishment</span></span></span><span class="content"> resting on their bones&#8212;though these warriors also had terrorized the land of the living.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.32.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.32.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;You too, Pharaoh, will be broken and will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.32.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.32.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;Edom is there, her kings and all her princes; despite their power, they are laid with those killed by the sword. They lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the pit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.32.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.32.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;All the princes of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down with the slain in disgrace despite the terror caused by their power. They lie uncircumcised with those killed by the sword and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.32.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.32.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;Pharaoh&#8212;he and all his army&#8212;will see them and he will be consoled for all his hordes that were killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.32.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Although I had him spread terror in the land of the living, Pharaoh and all his hordes will be laid among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">33</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Renewal of Ezekiel&#8217;s Call as Watchman</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.33.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.33.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, speak to your people and say to them: &#8216;When I bring the sword against a land, and the people of the land choose one of their men and make him their watchman, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.33.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows the trumpet to warn the people, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.33.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">then if anyone hears the trumpet but does not heed the warning and the sword comes and takes their life, their blood will be on their own head. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.33.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Since they heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, their blood will be on their own head. If they had heeded the warning, they would have saved themselves. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.33.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone&#8217;s life, that person&#8217;s life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.33.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.33.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.33.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When I say to the wicked, &#8216;You wicked person, you will surely die,&#8217; and you do not speak out to dissuade them from their ways, that wicked person will die for</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 9</span></span></span><span class="content"> their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.33.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But if you do warn the wicked person to turn from their ways and they do not do so, they will die for their sin, though you yourself will be saved.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.33.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.33.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, say to the Israelites, &#8216;This is what you are saying: &#8220;Our offenses and sins weigh us down, and we are wasting away because of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">away in</span></span></span><span class="content"> them. How then can we live?&#8221;&#8198;&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.33.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Say to them, &#8216;As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.33.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.33.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore, son of man, say to your people, &#8216;If someone who is righteous disobeys, that person&#8217;s former righteousness will count for nothing. And if someone who is wicked repents, that person&#8217;s former wickedness will not bring condemnation. The righteous person who sins will not be allowed to live even though they were formerly righteous.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.33.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">If I tell a righteous person that they will surely live, but then they trust in their righteousness and do evil, none of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered; they will die for the evil they have done. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.33.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And if I say to a wicked person, &#8216;You will surely die,&#8217; but they then turn away from their sin and do what is just and right&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.33.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">if they give back what they took in pledge for a loan, return what they have stolen, follow the decrees that give life, and do no evil&#8212;that person will surely live; they will not die. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.33.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">None of the sins that person has committed will be remembered against them. They have done what is just and right; they will surely live.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.33.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.33.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet your people say, &#8216;The way of the Lord is not just.&#8217; But it is their way that is not just. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.33.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil, they will die for it. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.33.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">And if a wicked person turns away from their wickedness and does what is just and right, they will live by doing so. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.33.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Yet you Israelites say, &#8216;The way of the Lord is not just.&#8217; But I will judge each of you according to your own ways.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jerusalem&#8217;s Fall Explained</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.33.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.33.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month on the fifth day, a man who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, &#8220;The city has fallen!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.33.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Now the evening before the man arrived, the hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was on me, and he opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer silent.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.33.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.33.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.33.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, the people living in those ruins in the land of Israel are saying, &#8216;Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as our possession.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.33.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Therefore say to them, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: Since you eat meat with the blood still in it and look to your idols and shed blood, should you then possess the land? </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.33.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">You rely on your sword, you do detestable things, and each of you defiles his neighbor&#8217;s wife. Should you then possess the land?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.33.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.33.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;Say this to them: &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: As surely as I live, those who are left in the ruins will fall by the sword, those out in the country I will give to the wild animals to be devoured, and those in strongholds and caves will die of a plague. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.33.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">I will make the land a desolate waste, and her proud strength will come to an end, and the mountains of Israel will become desolate so that no one will cross them. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.33.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then they will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the detestable things they have done.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.33.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.33.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;As for you, son of man, your people are talking together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, saying to each other, &#8216;Come and hear the message that has come from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.33.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.33.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.33.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.33.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">&#8220;When all this comes true&#8212;and it surely will&#8212;then they will know that a prophet has been among them.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">34</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading"> Will Be Israel&#8217;s Shepherd</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.34.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.34.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock? </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.34.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.34.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.34.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.34.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.34.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.34.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">: </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.34.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.34.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">: </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.34.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.34.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.34.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;For this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.34.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.34.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.34.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.34.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.34.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.34.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.34.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;As for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: I will judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and goats. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.34.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.34.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.34.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.34.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Therefore this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.34.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns until you have driven them away, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.34.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.34.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.34.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them. I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> have spoken.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.34.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.34.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of savage beasts so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.34.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">34:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be named in blessings </span><span class="ft">(see Gen. 48:20); or </span><span class="fqa">I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be seen as blessed</span></span></span><span class="content"> I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.34.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The trees will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.34.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will make them afraid. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.34.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.34.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then they will know that I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.34.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">You are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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