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Jeremiah 42

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¹ "Your rowers have brought you Into great and deep waters; The east wind has broken and shipwrecked you In the heart of the seas.

² "Your riches, your wares, your merchandise Your oarsmen and your pilots, Your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise, And all your men of war who are with you, With all your company that is in your midst, Will sink in the heart of the seas On the day of your ruin.

³ "The pasture lands and the countryside will shake At the [piercing] sound of the [hopeless, wailing] cry of your pilots.

⁴ "All who handle the oar, The mariners and all the pilots of the sea Will come down from their ships; They will stand on the shore,

⁵ And they will make their voice heard [as they wail loudly] over you And they will cry bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads; They will wallow in ashes.

⁶ "And they will make themselves [completely] bald for you And wrap themselves in sackcloth; And in bitterness of soul they will weep for you With bitter mourning and wailing.

⁷ "In their wailing they will take up a dirge (funeral poem to be sung) for you And sing a dirge for you: 'Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent [destroyed] in the midst of the sea?

⁸ 'When your wares went out to the sea, You met the desire, and the demand, and the necessities of many people; You enriched the kings of the earth With your abundant wealth and merchandise.

⁹ 'Now you are shattered by the seas In the depths of the waters; Your merchandise and all your crew Have gone down with you.

¹⁰ 'All the inhabitants of the coastlands Are aghast and appalled at you, And their kings are horribly frightened and shudder; Their faces twitch and pale.

¹¹ 'The merchants among the people hiss at you [with malicious joy]; You have become a horror and a source of terrors. You will cease to be[6] forever.'"'"

¹² The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

¹³ "Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because your heart is lifted up And you have said and thought, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods In the heart of the seas'; Yet you are [only] a man [weak, feeble, made of earth] and not God, Though you [imagine yourself to be more than mortal and] think your mind is as [wise as] the mind of God—

¹⁴ Behold, you are [imagining yourself] wiser than Daniel; There is no secret [you think] that is hidden from you;

¹⁵ With your [own] wisdom and with your [own] understanding You have acquired your riches and power And have brought gold and silver into your treasuries;

¹⁶ By your great wisdom and by your trade You have increased your riches and power, And your heart is proud and arrogant because of your wealth;

¹⁷ Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because you have imagined your mind [to be] Like the mind of God [having thoughts and plans like God Himself],

¹⁸ Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers (Babylonians) upon you, The most ruthless and violent of the nations. And they will draw their swords Against the beauty of your wisdom [O Tyre] And defile your splendor.

¹⁹ 'They will bring you down to the pit [of destruction], And you will die the death of all those who die In the heart of the seas.

²⁰ 'Will you still say, "I am a god," In the presence of him who kills you? But you are [only] a man [made of earth] and not God, In the hands of those who wound and profane you.

²¹ 'You will die the death of the uncircumcised [barbarian] By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!' says the Lord GOD."'"

²² Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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1	"Your rowers have brought you Into great and deep waters; The east wind has broken and shipwrecked you In the heart of the seas.
2	"Your riches, your wares, your merchandise Your oarsmen and your pilots, Your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise, And all your men of war who are with you, With all your company that is in your midst, Will sink in the heart of the seas On the day of your ruin.
3	"The pasture lands and the countryside will shake At the [piercing] sound of the [hopeless, wailing] cry of your pilots.
4	"All who handle the oar, The mariners and all the pilots of the sea Will come down from their ships; They will stand on the shore,
5	And they will make their voice heard [as they wail loudly] over you And they will cry bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads; They will wallow in ashes.
6	"And they will make themselves [completely] bald for you And wrap themselves in sackcloth; And in bitterness of soul they will weep for you With bitter mourning and wailing.
7	"In their wailing they will take up a dirge (funeral poem to be sung) for you And sing a dirge for you: 'Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent [destroyed] in the midst of the sea?
8	'When your wares went out to the sea, You met the desire, and the demand, and the necessities of many people; You enriched the kings of the earth With your abundant wealth and merchandise.
9	'Now you are shattered by the seas In the depths of the waters; Your merchandise and all your crew Have gone down with you.
10	'All the inhabitants of the coastlands Are aghast and appalled at you, And their kings are horribly frightened and shudder; Their faces twitch and pale.
11	'The merchants among the people hiss at you [with malicious joy]; You have become a horror and a source of terrors. You will cease to be[6] forever.'"'"
12	The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
13	"Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because your heart is lifted up And you have said and thought, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods In the heart of the seas'; Yet you are [only] a man [weak, feeble, made of earth] and not God, Though you [imagine yourself to be more than mortal and] think your mind is as [wise as] the mind of God—
14	Behold, you are [imagining yourself] wiser than Daniel; There is no secret [you think] that is hidden from you;
15	With your [own] wisdom and with your [own] understanding You have acquired your riches and power And have brought gold and silver into your treasuries;
16	By your great wisdom and by your trade You have increased your riches and power, And your heart is proud and arrogant because of your wealth;
17	Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because you have imagined your mind [to be] Like the mind of God [having thoughts and plans like God Himself],
18	Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers (Babylonians) upon you, The most ruthless and violent of the nations. And they will draw their swords Against the beauty of your wisdom [O Tyre] And defile your splendor.
19	'They will bring you down to the pit [of destruction], And you will die the death of all those who die In the heart of the seas.
20	'Will you still say, "I am a god," In the presence of him who kills you? But you are [only] a man [made of earth] and not God, In the hands of those who wound and profane you.
21	'You will die the death of the uncircumcised [barbarian] By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!' says the Lord GOD."'"
22	Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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