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And the Word of Yahuah came to me, saying:
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“Son of Adam, say to the ruler of Tzur: Thus says Adonai Yahuah: Because your heart is lifted up and you have said, ‘I am an elohim; I sit in the seat of Elohim, in the heart of the seas,’ yet you are Adam and not Elohim, though you set your heart as the heart of Elohim—
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see, you are wiser than Dani’el; no secret is hidden from you.
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By your wisdom and your understanding you acquired wealth for yourself and gathered gold and silver into your treasuries.
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By the greatness of your wisdom in trade you multiplied your wealth, and your heart was lifted up because of your wealth.
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Therefore thus says Adonai Yahuah: Because you set your heart as the heart of Elohim,
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therefore see, I am bringing strangers against you, the ruthless of the nations. They shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and profane your splendor.
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They shall bring you down to the pit, and you shall die the deaths of those slain in the heart of the seas.
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Will you still say before the one killing you, ‘I am Elohim’? You are Adam and not Elohim in the hand of the one profaning you.
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You shall die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers, for I have spoken,” declares Adonai Yahuah.
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And the Word of Yahuah came to me, saying:
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“Son of Adam, lift up a lamentation over the king of Tzur, and say to him: Thus says Adonai Yahuah: You were the seal of completion, full of wisdom and complete in beauty.
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You were in Eden, the garden of Elohim. Every precious stone was your covering: carnelian, topaz, diamond, beryl, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, emerald, and gold. The workmanship of your settings and sockets was prepared in you on the day you were created.
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You were the anointed keruv who covers, and I appointed you. You were upon the holy mountain of Elohim; you walked in the midst of stones of fire.
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You were complete in your ways from the day you were created, until crookedness was found in you.
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By the abundance of your trade they filled your midst with violence, and you sinned. Therefore I cast you as profane from the mountain of Elohim, and I destroyed you, covering keruv, from the midst of the stones of fire.
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Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I placed you before sovereigns so they might look upon you.
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By the abundance of your crookedness, by the unrighteousness of your trade, you profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I brought fire from your midst; it devoured you, and I turned you to ashes upon the earth before the eyes of all who saw you.
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All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you. You have become terrors, and you shall be no more forever.”
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And the Word of Yahuah came to me, saying:
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“Son of Adam, set your face toward Tzidon and prophesy against her.
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And say: Thus says Adonai Yahuah: See, I am against you, Tzidon, and I shall be glorified in your midst. They shall know that I am Yahuah when I execute judgments in her and show Myself set apart in her.
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I shall send pestilence into her and blood into her streets. The wounded shall fall in her midst by the sword upon her from every side. And they shall know that I am Yahuah.
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There shall no longer be a pricking brier to the House of Yisra’el, nor a painful thorn from any of those around them who treated them with contempt. And they shall know that I am Adonai Yahuah.
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Thus says Adonai Yahuah: When I gather the House of Yisra’el from the peoples among whom they were scattered, and I show Myself set apart in them before the eyes of the nations, then they shall dwell upon their own land that I gave to My servant Yaaqov.
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They shall dwell securely upon it, build houses, and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely when I execute judgments upon all those around them who treated them with contempt. And they shall know that I am Yahuah their Elohim.”