But they said, “Get out of the way!” They also said, “This one came in [a]as a foreigner, and already (A)he is acting like a judge; now we will treat you worse than them!” So they pressed hard against [b]Lot and moved forward to break the door.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 19:9 Lit to sojourn
  2. Genesis 19:9 Lit the man, against Lot

“Get out of our way,” they replied. “This fellow came here as a foreigner,(A) and now he wants to play the judge!(B) We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.

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For (A)the Lord is exalted,
Yet He (B)looks after the lowly,
But He knows the (C)haughty from afar.

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Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly;(A)
    though lofty, he sees them(B) from afar.

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[a]The expression of their faces testifies against them,
And they [b]display their sin like (A)Sodom;
They do not even conceal it.
Woe to [c]them!
For they have (B)done evil to themselves.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:9 Or Their partiality testifies
  2. Isaiah 3:9 Lit proclaim
  3. Isaiah 3:9 Lit their soul

The look on their faces testifies(A) against them;
    they parade their sin like Sodom;(B)
    they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
    They have brought disaster(C) upon themselves.

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“Son of man, say to the [a]leader of Tyre, ‘The Lord [b]God says this:

“Because your heart is haughty
And you have said, ‘(A)I am a god,
I sit in the seat of [c]gods
In the heart of the seas’;
Yet you are a (B)mortal and not God,
Although you make your heart like the heart of God—

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  1. Ezekiel 28:2 Or ruler, prince
  2. Ezekiel 28:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  3. Ezekiel 28:2 Or God

“Son of man(A), say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘In the pride of your heart
    you say, “I am a god;
I sit on the throne(B) of a god
    in the heart of the seas.”(C)
But you are a mere mortal and not a god,
    though you think you are as wise as a god.(D)

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Will you still say, “I am a god,”
In the presence of one who kills you,
Though you are a mortal and not God,
In the hands of those who wound you?

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Will you then say, “I am a god,”
    in the presence of those who kill you?
You will be but a mortal, not a god,(A)
    in the hands of those who slay you.(B)

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17 Your heart was haughty because of your (A)beauty;
You (B)corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor.
I threw you to the ground;
I put you before (C)kings,
That they may see you.

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17 Your heart became proud(A)
    on account of your beauty,
and you corrupted your wisdom
    because of your splendor.
So I threw you to the earth;
    I made a spectacle of you before kings.(B)

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