A Lament for Tyre
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The word of the Lord came to me:
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"Now you, t son of man, u raise a lamentation over Tyre,
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and say to Tyre, who dwells at v the entrances to the sea, w merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord God:
"O Tyre, you have said,
'I am x perfect in beauty.'
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Your borders are y in the heart of the seas;
your builders made perfect your beauty.
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They made all your planks
of fir trees from z Senir;
they took a a cedar from Lebanon
to make a mast for you.
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Of b oaks of Bashan
they made your oars;
they made your deck of pines
from c the coasts of Cyprus,
inlaid with ivory.
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d Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
was your sail,
serving as your banner;
blue and purple from c the coasts of Elishah
was your awning.
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The inhabitants of Sidon and e Arvad
were your rowers;
your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you;
they were f your pilots.
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The elders of g Gebal and her skilled men were in you,
h caulking your seams;
all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you
to barter for your wares.
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i "Persia and j Lud and i Put were in your army as your men of war. k They hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor.
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Men of e Arvad and Helech were on your walls all around, and men of Gamad were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they made x perfect your beauty.
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l "Tarshish did m business with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your n wares.
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o Javan, p Tubal, and p Meshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.
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From q Beth-togarmah they exchanged horses, war horses, and mules r for your wares.
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The men of s Dedan traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony.
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Syria t did business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares u emeralds, u purple, v embroidered work, w fine linen, coral, and x ruby.
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Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise y wheat of z Minnith, meal, honey, oil, and a balm.
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b Damascus did business with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon and c wool of Sahar
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and casks of wine from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, d cassia, and e calamus were bartered for your merchandise.
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Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding.
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Arabia and all the princes of f Kedar were your favored dealers f in lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you.
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The traders of g Sheba and g Raamah traded with you; they exchanged h for your wares i the best of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold.
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j Haran, Canneh, j Eden, traders of Sheba, k Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.
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In your market these traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of l blue and l embroidered work, and in carpets of colored material, bound with cords and made secure.
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m The ships of n Tarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden o in the heart of the seas.
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"Your rowers have brought you out
into the high seas.
p The east wind has wrecked you
in the heart of the seas.
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Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,
your mariners and q your pilots,
r your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,
and all your men of war who are in you,
with all your crew
that is in your midst,
sink into the heart of the seas
s on the day of your fall.
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At the sound of the cry of your pilots
t the countryside shakes,
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and down from their ships
u come all who handle the oar.
The mariners and all the pilots of the sea
stand on the land
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u and shout aloud over you
and cry out bitterly.
v They cast dust on their heads
w and wallow in ashes;
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they x make themselves bald for you
and put sackcloth on their waist,
and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,
with bitter mourning.
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In their wailing they y raise a lamentation for you
and lament over you:
z 'Who is like Tyre,
like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?
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When your wares came from the seas,
a you satisfied many peoples;
with your abundant wealth and merchandise
a you enriched the kings of the earth.
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Now b you are wrecked by the seas,
in the depths of the waters;
your merchandise and all your crew in your midst
have sunk with you.
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c All the inhabitants of the coastlands
are appalled at you,
and d the hair of their kings bristles with horror;
their faces are convulsed.
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e The merchants among the peoples f hiss at you;
g 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 19:1
And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel.
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Isaiah 23:1
The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor! From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them.
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Isaiah 23:3
And on many waters your revenue was the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile; you were the merchant of the nations.
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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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Ezekiel 27:25
The ships of Tarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden in the heart of the seas.
Ezekiel 27:27
Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners and your pilots, your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you, with all your crew that is in your midst, sink into the heart of the seas on the day of your fall.
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Deuteronomy 3:9
(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, while the Amorites call it Senir).
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Judges 9:15
And the bramble said to the trees, 'If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade, but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
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Isaiah 2:13
Against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up; and against all the oaks of Bashan.
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Genesis 10:4
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
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Ezekiel 16:10
I clothed you also with embroidered cloth and shod you with fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.
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Ezekiel 27:6
Of oaks of Bashan they made your oars; they made your deck of pines from the coasts of Cyprus, inlaid with ivory.
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Genesis 10:18
The Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the clans of the Canaanites dispersed.
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Ezekiel 27:27
Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners and your pilots, your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you, with all your crew that is in your midst, sink into the heart of the seas on the day of your fall.
Ezekiel 27:29
And down from their ships come all who handle the oar. The mariners and all the pilots of the sea stand on the land
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1 Kings 5:18
So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the men of Gebal did the cutting and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.
Psalms 83:7
Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
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Ezekiel 27:27
Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners and your pilots, your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you, with all your crew that is in your midst, sink into the heart of the seas on the day of your fall.
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Ezekiel 38:5
Persia, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet.
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Ezekiel 38:5
Persia, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet.
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Ezekiel 30:5
Cush, and Put, and Lud, and all Arabia, and Libya, and the people of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
Isaiah 66:19
And I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands far away, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations.
Jeremiah 46:9
Advance, O horses, and rage, O chariots! Let the warriors go out: men of Cush and Put who handle the shield, men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
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2 Samuel 8:7
And David took the shields of gold that were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
Song of Solomon 4:4
Your neck is like the tower of David, built in rows of stone; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.
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Ezekiel 27:8
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you; they were your pilots.
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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 27:25
The ships of Tarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden in the heart of the seas.
Ezekiel 38:13
Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its leaders will say to you, 'Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to seize great spoil?
1 Kings 10:22
For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
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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.
Ezekiel 27:18
Damascus did business with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon and wool of Sahar
Ezekiel 27:21
Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your favored dealers in lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you.
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Ezekiel 27:14
From Beth-togarmah they exchanged horses, war horses, and mules for your wares.
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.
Ezekiel 27:19
And casks of wine from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were bartered for your merchandise.
Ezekiel 27:22
The traders of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; they exchanged for your wares the best of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold.
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Genesis 10:2
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
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Ezekiel 32:26
Meshech-Tubal is there, and all her multitude, her graves all around it, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they spread their terror in the land of the living.
Ezekiel 38:2
Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him
Ezekiel 39:1
And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, Thus says the Lord God : Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
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Ezekiel 32:26
Meshech-Tubal is there, and all her multitude, her graves all around it, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they spread their terror in the land of the living.
Ezekiel 38:2
Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him
Ezekiel 39:1
And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, Thus says the Lord God : Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
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Ezekiel 38:6
Gomer and all his hordes; Beth-togarmah from the uttermost parts of the north with all his hordes - many peoples are with you.
Genesis 10:3
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
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Ezekiel 27:12
Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your wares.
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Genesis 10:7
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
Ezekiel 25:13
Therefore thus says the Lord God, I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it man and beast. And I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan they shall fall by the sword.
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Ezekiel 27:12
Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your wares.
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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 28:13
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 27:7
Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail, serving as your banner; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was your awning.
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1 Chronicles 15:27
David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as also were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers and Chenaniah the leader of the music of the singers. And David wore a linen ephod.
Job 28:18
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls.
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Isaiah 54:12
I will make your pinnacles of agate, your gates of carbuncles, and all your wall of precious stones.
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1 Kings 5:9
My servants shall bring it down to the sea from Lebanon, and I will make it into rafts to go by sea to the place you direct. And I will have them broken up there, and you shall receive it. And you shall meet my wishes by providing food for my household.
1 Kings 5:11
While Solomon gave Hiram 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, and 20,000 cors of beaten oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year.
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Judges 11:33
And he struck them from Aroer to the neighborhood of Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim, with a great blow. So the Ammonites were subdued before the people of Israel.
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Genesis 37:25
Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.
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Isaiah 7:8
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. And within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered from being a people.
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 1:14
The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.
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Exodus 30:24
And 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.
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Exodus 30:23
Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of aromatic cane.
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Isaiah 60:7
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar, and I will beautify my beautiful house.
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Isaiah 60:7
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar, and I will beautify my beautiful house.
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Ezekiel 38:13
Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its leaders will say to you, 'Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to seize great spoil?
Genesis 10:7
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
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Ezekiel 38:13
Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its leaders will say to you, 'Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to seize great spoil?
Genesis 10:7
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
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Ezekiel 27:12
Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your wares.
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Exodus 30:23
Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of aromatic cane.
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2 Kings 19:12
Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?
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2 Kings 19:12
Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?
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Genesis 10:22
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
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Ezekiel 27:7
Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail, serving as your banner; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was your awning.
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Ezekiel 27:7
Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail, serving as your banner; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was your awning.
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Psalms 48:7
By the east wind you shattered the ships of Tarshish.
Isaiah 2:16
Against all the ships of Tarshish, and against all the beautiful craft.
Isaiah 23:14
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.
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Ezekiel 27:12
Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your wares.
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Ezekiel 27:4
Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders made perfect your beauty.
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Jeremiah 18:17
Like the east wind I will scatter them before the enemy. I will show them my back, not my face, in the day of their calamity.
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Ezekiel 27:8
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you; they were your pilots.
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Ezekiel 27:9
The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were in you, caulking your seams; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to barter for your wares.
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Ezekiel 26:18
Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall, and the coastlands that are on the sea are dismayed at your passing.
Ezekiel 32:10
I will make many peoples appalled at you, and the hair of their kings shall bristle with horror because of you, when I brandish my sword before them. They shall tremble every moment, every one for his own life, on the day of your downfall.
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Ezekiel 45:2
Of this a square plot of 500 by 500 cubits shall be for the sanctuary, with fifty cubits for an open space around it.
Ezekiel 48:15
The remainder, 5,000 cubits in breadth and 25,000 in length, shall be for common use for the city, for dwellings and for open country. In the midst of it shall be the city.
Ezekiel 48:17
And the city shall have open land: on the north 250 cubits, on the south 250, on the east 250, and on the west 250.
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Revelation 18:17 - 18
For in a single hour all this wealth has been laid waste." And all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off
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Ezekiel 27:29
And down from their ships come all who handle the oar. The mariners and all the pilots of the sea stand on the land
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Lamentations 2:10
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth; the young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
Revelation 18:19
And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out, "Alas, alas, for the great city where all who had ships at sea grew rich by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been laid waste.
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Jeremiah 6:26
O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
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Isaiah 3:24
Instead of perfume there will be rottenness; and instead of a belt, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a skirt of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.
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Ezekiel 19:1
And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel.
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Revelation 18:18
And cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning, "What city was like the great city?
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Revelation 18:15
The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud.
Revelation 18:19
And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out, "Alas, alas, for the great city where all who had ships at sea grew rich by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been laid waste.
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Revelation 18:15
The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud.
Revelation 18:19
And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out, "Alas, alas, for the great city where all who had ships at sea grew rich by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been laid waste.
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Ezekiel 26:19
For thus says the Lord God : When I make you a city laid waste, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters cover you.
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Ezekiel 26:15 - 16
Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when slaughter is made in your midst?
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Ezekiel 32:10
I will make many peoples appalled at you, and the hair of their kings shall bristle with horror because of you, when I brandish my sword before them. They shall tremble every moment, every one for his own life, on the day of your downfall.
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Revelation 18:11
And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore.
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Jeremiah 18:16
Making their land a horror, a thing to be hissed at forever. Everyone who passes by it is horrified and shakes his head.
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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 28:19
All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more forever.
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