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1. In the eleventh year of exile, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me. He said,
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1. And it came to pass H1961 in the eleventh H6249 H6240 year H8141 , in the first H259 day of the month H2320 , that the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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2. "Son of man, Tyre said bad things about Jerusalem: 'Hurray! The city gate protecting the people is destroyed! The city gate is open for me. The city of Jerusalem is ruined, so I can get plenty of valuable things out of it!'"
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2. Son H1121 of man H120 , because that H3282 H834 Tyrus H6865 hath said H559 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 , Aha H1889 , she is broken H7665 that was the gates H1817 of the people H5971 : she is turned H5437 unto H413 me : I shall be replenished H4390 , now she is laid waste H2717 :
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3. So the Lord God says: "I am against you, Tyre! I will bring many nations to fight against you. They will come again and again, like waves on the beach.
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3. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Behold H2009 , I am against H5921 thee , O Tyrus H6865 , and will cause many H7227 nations H1471 to come up H5927 against H5921 thee , as the sea H3220 causeth his waves H1530 to come up H5927 .
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4. "The enemy soldiers will destroy the walls of Tyre and pull down her towers. I will also scrape the topsoil from her land. I will make Tyre a bare rock.
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4. And they shall destroy H7843 the walls H2346 of Tyrus H6865 , and break down H2040 her towers H4026 : I will also scrape H5500 her dust H6083 from H4480 her , and make H5414 her like the top H6706 of a rock H5553 .
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5. Tyre will become a place by the sea for spreading fishing nets. I have spoken!" The Lord God says, "Tyre will be like the valuable things soldiers take in war.
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5. It shall be H1961 a place for the spreading H4894 of nets H2764 in the midst H8432 of the sea H3220 : for H3588 I H589 have spoken H1696 it , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 : and it shall become H1961 a spoil H957 to the nations H1471 .
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6. Her daughters on the mainland will be killed in battle. Then they will know that I am the Lord."
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6. And her daughters H1323 which H834 are in the field H7704 shall be slain H2026 by the sword H2719 ; and they shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 .
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7. This is what the Lord God says: "I will bring an enemy from the north against Tyre. That enemy is Nebuchadnezzar, the great king of Babylon! He will bring a very large army. There will be horses, chariots, horse soldiers and many other soldiers. They will be from many different nations.
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7. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Behold H2009 , I will bring H935 upon H413 Tyrus H6865 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 , a king H4428 of kings H4428 , from the north H4480 H6828 , with horses H5483 , and with chariots H7393 , and with horsemen H6571 , and companies H6951 , and much H7227 people H5971 .
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8. Nebuchadnezzar will kill your daughters on the mainland. He will build towers to attack your city. He will build a dirt road around your city and a dirt road leading up to the walls.
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8. He shall slay H2026 with the sword H2719 thy daughters H1323 in the field H7704 : and he shall make H5414 a fort H1785 against H5921 thee , and cast H8210 a mount H5550 against H5921 thee , and lift up H6965 the buckler H6793 against H5921 thee.
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9. He will bring the logs to break down your walls. He will use picks and break down your towers.
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9. And he shall set H5414 engines H4239 of war H6904 against thy walls H2346 , and with his axes H2719 he shall break down H5422 thy towers H4026 .
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10. There will be so many of his horses that the dust from them will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of horse soldiers, wagons, and chariots when the king of Babylon enters the city through your city gates. Yes, they will come into your city because its walls will be pulled down.
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10. By reason of the abundance H4480 H8229 of his horses H5483 their dust H80 shall cover H3680 thee : thy walls H2346 shall shake H7493 at the noise H4480 H6963 of the horsemen H6571 , and of the wheels H1534 , and of the chariots H7393 , when he shall enter H935 into thy gates H8179 , as men enter into H3996 a city H5892 wherein is made a breach H1234 .
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11. The king of Babylon will come riding through your city. His horses' hoofs will come pounding over your streets. He will kill your people with swords. The strong columns in your city will fall to the ground.
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11. With the hooves H6541 of his horses H5483 shall he tread down H7429 H853 all H3605 thy streets H2351 : he shall slay H2026 thy people H5971 by the sword H2719 , and thy strong H5797 garrisons H4676 shall go down H3381 to the ground H776 .
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12. Nebuchadnezzar's men will take away your riches. They will take the things you wanted to sell. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. They will throw the wood and stones into the sea like garbage.
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12. And they shall make a spoil H7997 of thy riches H2428 , and make a prey H962 of thy merchandise H7404 : and they shall break down H2040 thy walls H2346 , and destroy H5422 thy pleasant H2532 houses H1004 : and they shall lay H7760 thy stones H68 and thy timber H6086 and thy dust H6083 in the midst H8432 of the water H4325 .
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13. So I will stop the sound of your happy songs. People will not hear your harps anymore.
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13. And I will cause the noise H1995 of thy songs H7892 to cease H7673 ; and the sound H6963 of thy harps H3658 shall be no H3808 more H5750 heard H8085 .
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14. I will make you a bare rock. You will be a place by the sea for spreading fishing nets! You will not be rebuilt, because I, the Lord, have spoken!" This is what the Lord God said.
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14. And I will make H5414 thee like the top H6706 of a rock H5553 : thou shalt be H1961 a place to spread nets upon H4894 H2764 ; thou shalt be built H1129 no H3808 more H5750 : for H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 have spoken H1696 it , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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15. This is what the Lord God says to Tyre: "The countries along the Mediterranean coast will shake at the sound of your fall. That will happen when your people are hurt and killed.
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15. Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 to Tyrus H6865 ; Shall not H3808 the isles H339 shake H7493 at the sound H4480 H6963 of thy fall H4658 , when the wounded H2491 cry H602 , when the slaughter H2027 is made H2026 in the midst H8432 of thee?
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16. Then all the leaders of the countries by the sea will step down from their thrones and show their sadness. They will take off their special robes and their beautiful clothes. Then they will put on their 'clothes of shaking.' They will sit on the ground and shake with fear. They will be shocked at how quickly you were destroyed.
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16. Then all H3605 the princes H5387 of the sea H3220 shall come down H3381 from H4480 H5921 their thrones H3678 , and lay away H5493 H853 their robes H4598 , and put off H6584 their embroidered H7553 garments H899 : they shall clothe H3847 themselves with trembling H2731 ; they shall sit H3427 upon H5921 the ground H776 , and shall tremble H2729 at every moment H7281 , and be astonished H8074 at H5921 thee.
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17. They will sing this sad song about you: "'Tyre, you were a famous city. People came from across the sea to live in you. You were famous, but now you are gone! You were strong on the sea, and so were the people who lived in you. You made all who live on the mainland afraid of you.
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17. And they shall take up H5375 a lamentation H7015 for H5921 thee , and say H559 to thee, How H349 art thou destroyed H6 , that wast inhabited H3427 of seafaring men H4480 H3220 , the renowned H1984 city H5892 , which H834 wast H1961 strong H2389 in the sea H3220 , she H1931 and her inhabitants H3427 , which H834 cause H5414 their terror H2851 to be on all H3605 that haunt H3427 it!
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18. Now, on the day you fall, the countries along the coast will shake with fear. You started many colonies along the coast. Now those people will be scared when you are gone!'"
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18. Now H6258 shall the isles H339 tremble H2729 in the day H3117 of thy fall H4658 ; yea , the isles H339 that H834 are in the sea H3220 shall be troubled H926 at thy departure H4480 H3318 .
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19. This is what the Lord God says: "Tyre, you will become an old, empty city. No one will live there. I will cause the sea to flow over you. The great sea will cover you.
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19. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; When I shall make H5414 thee a desolate H2717 city H5892 , like the cities H5892 that H834 are not H3808 inhabited H3427 ; when I shall bring up H5927 H853 the deep H8415 upon H5921 thee , and great H7227 waters H4325 shall cover H3680 thee;
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20. I will send you down into that deep hole� to the place of death. You will join those who died long ago. I will send you to the world below, like all the other old, empty cities. You will be with all the others who go down to the grave. No one will live in you then. You will never again be in the land of the living!
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20. When I shall bring thee down H3381 with H854 them that descend H3381 into the pit H953 , with H413 the people H5971 of old time H5769 , and shall set H3427 thee in the low parts H8482 of the earth H776 , in places desolate H2723 of old H4480 H5769 , with H854 them that go down H3381 to the pit H953 , that H4616 thou be not H3808 inhabited H3427 ; and I shall set H5414 glory H6643 in the land H776 of the living H2416 ;
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21. Other people will be afraid about what happened to you. You will be finished. People will look for you, but they will never find you again." That is what the Lord God says.
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21. I will make H5414 thee a terror H1091 , and thou shalt be no H369 more : though thou be sought for H1245 , yet shalt thou never H3808 H5769 be found H4672 again H5750 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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