Ezekiel 28
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The word of the Lord came to me:
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h "Son of man, say to i the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:
j "Because your heart is proud,
and k you have said, 'I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,'
yet l you are but a man, and no god,
m though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
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n you are indeed wiser o than p Daniel;
no secret is hidden from you;
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by your wisdom and your understanding
q you have made wealth for yourself,
and have gathered gold and silver
into your treasuries;
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by your great wisdom in your trade
you have increased your wealth,
and j your heart has become proud in your wealth -
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therefore thus says the Lord God:
r Because you make your heart
like the heart of a god,
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therefore, behold, I will bring s foreigners upon you,
the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against t the beauty of your wisdom
and defile t your splendor.
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u They shall thrust you down into the pit,
v and you shall die the death of the slain
in the heart of the seas.
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w Will you still say, 'I am a god,'
in the presence of those who kill you,
though l you are but a man, and no god,
in the hands of those who slay you?
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x You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
by the hand of foreigners;
y for I have spoken, declares the Lord God."
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Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me:
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z "Son of man, a raise a lamentation over b the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:
"You were the signet of perfection,
c full of wisdom and d perfect in beauty.
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You were in e Eden, the garden of God;
f every precious stone was your covering,
g sardius, topaz, and diamond,
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire, f emerald, and carbuncle;
and crafted in gold were your settings
and your engravings.
i On the day that you were created
they were prepared.
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You were an anointed j guardian cherub.
I placed you; you were on k the holy mountain of God;
in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
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You were blameless in your ways
l from the day you were created,
till unrighteousness was found in you.
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In the abundance of m your trade
you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from k the mountain of God,
and I destroyed you, j O guardian cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.
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n Your heart was proud because of o your beauty;
you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I exposed you before kings,
to feast their eyes on you.
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By the multitude of your iniquities,
in the unrighteousness of your trade
you profaned your sanctuaries;
so p I brought fire out from your midst;
it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
q in the sight of all who saw you.
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All who know you among the peoples
are appalled at you;
r you have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever."
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The word of the Lord came to me:
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s "Son of man, t set your face toward u Sidon, and t prophesy against her
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and say, Thus says the Lord God:
"Behold, v I am against you, O Sidon,
and w I will manifest my glory in your midst.
And x they shall know that I am the Lord
y when I execute judgments in her
and z manifest my holiness in her;
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for I will send a pestilence into her,
and blood into her streets;
and the slain shall fall in her midst,
by the sword that is against her on every side.
Then they will know that I am the Lord.
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"And for the house of Israel b there shall be no more a brier to prick or c a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors d who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.
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"Thus says the Lord God: e When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and z manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, f then they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob.
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g And they shall dwell securely in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely, h when I execute judgments upon all their neighbors d who have treated them with contempt. x Then they will know that I am the Lord their God."
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Ezekiel 2:1
And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
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Ezekiel 28:12
Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God : "You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
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Revelation 18:7
As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, 'I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.
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Ezekiel 28:9
Will you still say, 'I am a god,' in the presence of those who kill you, though you are but a man, and no god, in the hands of those who slay you?
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Isaiah 31:3
The Egyptians are man, and not God, and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall, and they will all perish together.
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Ezekiel 28:6
Therefore thus says the Lord God : Because you make your heart like the heart of a god.
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Ezekiel 28:12
Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God : "You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
Zechariah 9:2
And on Hamath also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
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Daniel 1:17
As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
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Ezekiel 14:14
Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord God.
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Zechariah 9:3
Tyre has built herself a rampart and heaped up silver like dust, and fine gold like the mud of the streets.
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Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God : "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
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Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God : "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
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Ezekiel 28:10
You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, declares the Lord God.
Ezekiel 7:21
And I will give it into the hands of foreigners for prey, and to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and they shall profane it.
Ezekiel 30:12
And I will dry up the Nile and will sell the land into the hand of evildoers; I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it, by the hand of foreigners; I am the Lord ; I have spoken.
Ezekiel 31:12
Foreigners, the most ruthless of nations, have cut it down and left it. On the mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs have been broken in all the ravines of the land, and all the peoples of the earth have gone away from its shadow and left it.
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Ezekiel 28:17
Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
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Ezekiel 28:17
Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
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Ezekiel 32:18 - 19
Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, and send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit:
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Ezekiel 32:20
They shall fall amid those who are slain by the sword. Egypt is delivered to the sword; drag her away, and all her multitudes.
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Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God : "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
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Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God : "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
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Ezekiel 31:18
"Whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? You shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the world below. You shall lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword. "This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord God."
Ezekiel 32:19
'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised.'
Ezekiel 32:21
The mighty chiefs shall speak of them, with their helpers, out of the midst of Sheol: 'They have come down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
Ezekiel 32:24 - 25
Elam is there, and all her multitude around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into the world below, who spread their terror in the land of the living; and they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.
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Ezekiel 17:24
And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord ; I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am the Lord ; I have spoken, and I will do it.
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Ezekiel 2:1
And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
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Ezekiel 19:1
And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel.
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Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God : "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
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Ezekiel 28:3
You are indeed wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you.
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Ezekiel 27:3
And say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrances to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord God : "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.
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Ezekiel 31:8 - 9
The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it, nor the fir trees equal its boughs; neither were the plane trees like its branches; no tree in the garden of God was its equal in beauty.
Isaiah 51:3
For the Lord comforts Zion; he comforts all her waste places and makes her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the Lord ; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song.
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Ezekiel 27:16
Syria did business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and ruby.
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Ezekiel 27:16
Syria did business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and ruby.
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Revelation 4:3
And he who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald.
Revelation 21:19 - 20
The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald.
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Ezekiel 28:15
You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you.
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Exodus 25:20
The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
1 Kings 8:7
For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.
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Ezekiel 20:40
For on my holy mountain, the mountain height of Israel, declares the Lord God, there all the house of Israel, all of them, shall serve me in the land. There I will accept them, and there I will require your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your sacred offerings.
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Ezekiel 28:13
You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared.
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Ezekiel 28:5
By your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth -
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Ezekiel 28:14
You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
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Ezekiel 28:14
You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
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Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God : "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
Ezekiel 28:5
By your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth -
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Ezekiel 28:7
Therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you, the most ruthless of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor.
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Ezekiel 30:8
Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all her helpers are broken.
Ezekiel 30:14
I will make Pathros a desolation and will set fire to Zoan and will execute judgments on Thebes.
Ezekiel 30:16
And I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall be in great agony; Thebes shall be breached, and Memphis shall face enemies by day.
Revelation 18:8
For this reason her plagues will come in a single day, death and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.
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Ezekiel 28:17
Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
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Ezekiel 26:21
I will bring you to a dreadful end, and you shall be no more. Though you be sought for, you will never be found again, declares the Lord God.
Ezekiel 27:36
The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more forever.'
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Ezekiel 2:1
And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
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Ezekiel 6:2
Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them.
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Ezekiel 6:2
Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them.
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Isaiah 23:2
Be still, O inhabitants of the coast; the merchants of Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you.
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Ezekiel 13:8
Therefore thus says the Lord God : "Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, I am against you, declares the Lord God.
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Ezekiel 39:13
All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day that I show my glory, declares the Lord God.
Exodus 14:4
And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will pursue them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord." And they did so.
Exodus 14:17 - 18
And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen.
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Ezekiel 6:7
And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
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Ezekiel 28:26
And they shall dwell securely in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely, when I execute judgments upon all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.
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Ezekiel 20:41
As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered. And I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.
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Ezekiel 38:22
With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him, and I will rain upon him and his hordes and the many peoples who are with him torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur.
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Numbers 33:55
But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those of them whom you let remain shall be as barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land where you dwell.
Joshua 23:13
Know for certain that the Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground that the Lord your God has given you.
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2 Corinthians 12:7
So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.
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Ezekiel 16:57
Before your wickedness was uncovered? Now you have become an object of reproach for the daughters of Syria and all those around her, and for the daughters of the Philistines, those all around who despise you.
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Ezekiel 11:17
Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord God : I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
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Ezekiel 28:22
And say, Thus says the Lord God : "Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will manifest my glory in your midst. And they shall know that I am the Lord when I execute judgments in her and manifest my holiness in her.
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Ezekiel 36:28
You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Ezekiel 37:25
They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there forever, and David my servant shall be their prince forever.
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Jeremiah 23:6
In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: 'The Lord is our righteousness.
Jeremiah 32:37
Behold, I will gather them from all the countries to which I drove them in my anger and my wrath and in great indignation. I will bring them back to this place, and I will make them dwell in safety.
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Ezekiel 28:22
And say, Thus says the Lord God : "Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will manifest my glory in your midst. And they shall know that I am the Lord when I execute judgments in her and manifest my holiness in her.
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Ezekiel 28:24
And for the house of Israel there shall be no more a brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.
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Ezekiel 28:22
And say, Thus says the Lord God : "Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will manifest my glory in your midst. And they shall know that I am the Lord when I execute judgments in her and manifest my holiness in her.
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