<p class="poetry">He plucked off its topmost shoot;p> <p class="poetry">he brought it to a land of merchantsp> <p class="poetry">and planted it in a city of traders.p>

and say: &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Look,<n id="1" /> I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

<t /><p class="bodytext">As I watched, I saw<n id="1" /> on the platform<n id="2" /> above the top of the cherubim something like a sapphire, resembling the shape of a throne, appearing above them.

At the head of every street you erected your pavilion and you disgraced<n id="1" /> your beauty when you spread<n id="2" /> your legs to every passerby and multiplied your promiscuity.

&#8220;Son of man, turn toward<n id="1" /> Gog,<n id="2" /> of the land of Magog,<n id="3" /> the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.<n id="4" /> Prophesy against him

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;As for you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say: &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Look, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal!

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is the law of the temple: The entire area on top of the mountain all around will be most holy. Indeed, this is the law of the temple.p>

and say &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Woe to those who sew bands<n id="1" /> on all their wrists<n id="2" /> and make headbands<n id="3" /> for heads of every size to entrap people&#8217;s lives!<n id="4" /> Will you entrap my people&#8217;s lives, yet preserve your own lives?

&#8220;Son of man, King Nebuchadrezzar<n id="1" /> of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre.<n id="2" /> Every head was rubbed bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; yet he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the work he carried out against it.