and say to Tyre, (A)who sits at the [a]entrance to the sea, (B)merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, ‘This is what the Lord [b]God says:

“Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
Your borders are in the heart of the seas;
Your builders have perfected your beauty.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:3 Lit entrances
  2. Ezekiel 27:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch

Behold, you are wiser than (A)Daniel;
There is no secret that is a match for you!
By your wisdom and understanding
You have acquired (B)riches for yourself
And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.
By your great wisdom, by your (C)trade
You have increased your riches,
And your (D)heart is haughty because of your riches—

Therefore this is what the Lord God says:

‘Because you have (E)made your heart
Like the heart of God,

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12 “Son of man, (A)take up a song of mourning over the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord God says:

“You [a]had the seal of [b]perfection,
Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 28:12 Lit were the one sealing
  2. Ezekiel 28:12 Or a pattern

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