Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
The dirge of the prince of Tyre, answering to the dirge of the state. The passage is ironical; its main purpose is to depict all the glory, real or assumed, of "the prince of Tyrus," in order to show how deplorable should be his ruin.