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Rh Tyre, and say unto him: Thus saith the Lord : Thou seal most accurate, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty, thou wast in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the carnelian, the topaz, and the emerald, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the carbuncle, and the smaragd, and gold; the workmanship of thy settings and of thy sockets was in thee, in the day that thou wast created they were prepared. Thou wast the far-covering cherub; and I set thee, so that thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till unrighteousness was found in thee. By the multitude of thy traffic they filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned; therefore have I cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness; I have cast thee to the ground, I have laid thee before kings, that they may gaze upon thee. By the multitude of thine iniquities, in the unrighteousness of thy traffic, thou hast profaned thy sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of thee, it hath devoured thee, and I have turned thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. All they that know thee among the peoples shall be appalled at thee; thou art become a terror, and thou shalt never be any more.'

And the word of the came unto me, saying: 'Son of man, set thy face toward Zidon, and prophesy against it, and say: Thus saith the Lord :


 * Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon,
 * And I will be glorified in the midst of thee;

And they shall know that I am the, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.


 * For I will send into her pestilence
 * And blood in her streets;
 * And the wounded shall fall in the midst of her

By the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the. And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor a piercing thorn of any that are round about them, that did have them in disdain; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Thus saith the Lord : When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob. And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell safely; when I have executed judgments upon all those that have them in disdain round about them; and they shall know that I am the their God.'

In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the came unto me, saying: 'Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt; speak, and say: Thus saith the Lord :


 * Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh
 * King of Egypt,