Behold,the Lordwill dispossessher And casther wealthinto the sea;And she will be consumedwith fire.
Ill-gottengainsdo not profit,But righteousnessdeliversfrom death.
Richesdo not profitin the dayof wrath,But righteousnessdeliversfrom death.
He has stretchedHis handout overthe sea,He has made the kingdomstremble;The LORDhas givena commandconcerningCanaanto demolishits strongholds.
"They will takeup a lamentationoveryou and sayto you, 'Howyou have perished,O inhabitedone, From the seas,O renownedcity,Whichwas mightyon the sea,She and her inhabitants,Whoimposedher terrorOn allher inhabitants!
"By the abundanceof your tradeYou were internallyfilledwith violence,And you sinned;Therefore I have castyou as profaneFrom the mountainof God.And I have destroyedyou, O coveringcherub,From the midstof the stonesof fire.
"By the multitudeof your iniquities,In the unrighteousnessof your tradeYou profanedyour sanctuaries.Therefore I have broughtfirefrom the midstof you; It has consumedyou, And I have turnedyou to asheson the earthIn the eyesof allwho seeyou.
"Sonof man,sayto the leaderof Tyre,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Becauseyour heartis liftedup And you have said,I am a god,I sitin the seatof godsIn the heartof the seas;Yet you are a manand not God,Although you makeyour heartlike the heartof God--
They will bringyou downto the pit,And you will diethe deathof those who are slainIn the heartof the seas.
"Also I will sellyour sonsand your daughtersinto the handof the sonsof Judah,and they will sellthem to the Sabeans,to a distantnation,"for the LORDhas spoken.
"So I will sendfireupon the wallof TyreAnd it will consumeher citadels."
Ashkelonwill see[it] and be afraid.Gazatoo will writhein greatpain;Also Ekron,for her expectationhas beenconfounded.Moreover, the kingwill perishfrom Gaza,And Ashkelonwill not be inhabited.
