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The Sad Message About Tyre

26 In the eleventh year of exile,[a] on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me. He said, “Son of man,[b] Tyre said bad things about Jerusalem: ‘Hurray! The city gate protecting the people is destroyed! The city gate is open for me. The city of Jerusalem is ruined, so I can get plenty of valuable things out of it!’”

So the Lord God says: “I am against you, Tyre! I will bring many nations to fight against you. They will come again and again, like waves on the beach.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 26:1 eleventh year of exile This was probably the summer of 587 B.C. See 2 Kings 25:3.
  2. Ezekiel 26:2 Son of man This was usually just a way of saying “a person” or “a human being.” Here, it is a way of addressing Ezekiel.

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