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Zechariah 9:4

Contemporary English Version 1995

Now the Lord will punish Tyre with poverty; he will sink its ships and send it up in flames.

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You have cheated so many other merchants that your places of worship are corrupt. So I set your city on fire and burned it down. Now everyone sees only ashes where your city once stood,

and sing this funeral song: “The great city beside the sea is destroyed! Its people once ruled the coast and terrified everyone there.

That's why I will send flames to burn down the city of Tyre along with its fortresses.

I'll hand over your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, who live far away. I, the Lord, have spoken!

You traded with other nations and became more and more cruel and evil. So I forced you to leave my mountain, and the creature that had been your protector now chased you away from the jewels.

Your enemies will brutally kill you, and the sea will be your only grave.

Ezekiel, son of man, tell the king of Tyre that I am saying: You are so arrogant that you think you're a god and that the city of Tyre is your throne. You may claim to be a god, though you're nothing but a mere human.

When God is angry, money won't help you. Obeying God is the only way to be saved from death.

What you gain by doing evil won't help you at all. Obeying God is the only way to be saved from death.

The Lord's hand has reached across the sea, upsetting the nations. He has given a command to destroy fortresses in the land of Canaan.

Both Ashkelon and Gaza will tremble with fear; Ekron will lose all hope. Gaza's king will be killed, and Ashkelon emptied of its people.




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