A wind lifted me up and carried me away. I went bitterly,<n id="1" /> my spirit full of fury, and the hand of the <sc>Lordsc> rested powerfully<n id="2" /> on me.

This is because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies (although I have not grieved him), and because you have encouraged the wicked person not to turn from his evil conduct and preserve his life.

Can your heart endure,<n id="1" /> or can your hands be strong when I deal with you?<n id="2" /> I, the <sc>Lord,sc> have spoken, and I will do it!

<p class="poetry">The elders of Gebal<n id="1" /> and her skilled men were within you, mending cracks;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all the ships of the sea and their mariners were within you to trade for your merchandise.<n id="3" />p>

I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and I will place my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan like the fatally wounded before the king of Babylon.<n id="1" />

I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them &#8211; with judgment!p>

The customer will no longer pay the seller<n id="1" /> while both parties are alive, for the vision against their whole crowd<n id="2" /> will not be revoked. Each person, for his iniquity,<n id="3" /> will fail to preserve his life.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;See here &#8211; this was the iniquity<n id="1" /> of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help<n id="2" /> the poor and needy.

<p class="poetry">Your wealth, products, and merchandise, your sailors and captains,p> <p class="poetry">your ship&#8217;s carpenters,<n id="1" /> your merchants,p> <p class="poetry">and all your fighting men within you,p> <p class="poetry">along with all your crew who are in you,p> <p class="poetry">will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.p>

&#8220;Son of man, I have broken the arm<n id="1" /> of Pharaoh king of Egypt.<n id="2" /> Look, it has not been bandaged for healing or set with a dressing so that it might become strong enough to grasp a sword.

I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc> when I place my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon and he extends it against the land of Egypt.

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness<n id="1" /> you have ruled over them.