Say to them: &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;A great eagle<n id="2" /> with broad wings, long feathers,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">with full plumage which was multi-hued,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">came to Lebanon<n id="5" /> and took the top of the cedar.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Say to them: This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;Will it prosper?p> <p class="poetry">Will he not rip out its rootsp> <p class="poetry">and cause its fruit to rot<n id="1" /> and wither?p> <p class="poetry">All its foliage<n id="2" /> will wither.p> <p class="poetry">No strong arm or large armyp> <p class="poetry">will be needed to pull it out by its roots.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;I will take a sprig<n id="1" /> from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will pluck from the top one of its tender twigs;p> <p class="poetry">I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.p>

&#8220;Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them: &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Are you coming to seek me? As surely as I live, I will not allow you to seek me,<n id="1" /> declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;

and say to them:p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: On the day I chose Israel I swore<n id="1" /> to the descendants<n id="2" /> of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore<n id="3" /> to them, &#8220;I am the <sc>Lordsc> your God.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: In this way too your fathers blasphemed me when they were unfaithful to me.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;As for you, O house of Israel, this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Each of you go and serve your idols,<n id="1" /> if you will not listen to me.<n id="2" /> But my holy name will not be profaned<n id="3" /> again by your sacrifices<n id="4" /> and your idols.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Therefore this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: &#8216;Because you have brought up<n id="1" /> your own guilt by uncovering your transgressions and revealing your sins through all your actions, for this reason you will be taken by force.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;As for you, son of man, prophesy and say, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says concerning the Ammonites and their coming humiliation;<n id="1" /> say:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter,p> <p class="poetry">polished to consume,<n id="2" /> to flash like lightning &#8211;p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Look here,<n id="1" /> I am about to stir up against you the lovers with whom you were disgusted; I will bring them against you from every side:

<p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;Therefore this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">Woe to the city of bloodshed,p> <p class="poetry">the pot whose rot<n id="1" /> is in it,p> <p class="poetry">whose rot has not been removed<n id="2" /> from it!p> <p class="poetry">Empty it piece by piece.p> <p class="poetry">No lot has fallen on it.<n id="3" />p>

Say to the house of Israel, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Realize I am about to desecrate my sanctuary &#8211; the source of your confident pride,<n id="1" /> the object in which your eyes delight,<n id="2" /> and your life&#8217;s passion.<n id="3" /> Your very own sons and daughters whom you have left behind will die<n id="4" /> by the sword.

Say to the Ammonites, &#8216;Hear the word of the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>: This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: You said &#8220;Aha!&#8221; about my sanctuary when it was desecrated, about the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and about the house of Judah when they went into exile.

So this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: I will stretch out my hand against Edom, and I will kill the people and animals within her,<n id="1" /> and I will make her desolate; from Teman to Dedan they will die<n id="2" /> by the sword.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;For this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Take note that<n id="1" /> I am about to bring King Nebuchadrezzar<n id="2" /> of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre from the north, with horses, chariots, and horsemen, an army and hordes of people.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;For this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: When I make you desolate like the uninhabited cities, when I bring up the deep over you and the surging<n id="1" /> waters overwhelm you,

Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance<n id="1" /> of the sea,<n id="2" /> merchant to the peoples on many coasts, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;O Tyre, you have said, &#8220;I am perfectly beautiful.&#8221;p>

&#8220;Son of man, say to the prince<n id="1" /> of Tyre, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;Your heart is proud<n id="2" /> and you said, &#8220;I am a god;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas&#8221; &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">yet you are a man and not a god,p> <p class="poetry">though you think you are godlike.<n id="4" />p>

&#8220;Son of man, sing<n id="1" /> a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;You were the sealer<n id="2" /> of perfection,p> <p class="poetry">full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.p>

Say, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;Look, I am against you,<n id="1" /> Sidon,p> <p class="poetry">and I will magnify myself in your midst.p> <p class="poetry">Then they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">when I execute judgments on herp> <p class="poetry">and reveal my sovereign power<n id="2" /> in her.p>