Ezekiel28

¹The word of the Lord came again to me, saying,

²“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘The Lord God says this: “Because your heart is haughty And you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods In the heart of the seas’; Yet you are a mortal and not God, Although you make your heart like the heart of God—

³Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; There is no secret that is a match for you!

⁴By your wisdom and understanding You have acquired riches for yourself And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.

⁵By your great wisdom, by your trade You have increased your riches, And your heart is haughty because of your riches—

⁶Therefore this is what the Lord God says: ‘Because you have made your heart Like the heart of God,

⁷Therefore, behold, I am going to bring strangers against you, The most ruthless of the nations. And they will draw their swords Against the beauty of your wisdom And profane your splendor.

⁸They will bring you down to the pit, And you will die the death of those who are killed In the heart of the seas.

⁹Will 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?

¹⁰You will die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!’ declares the Lord God!”’”

¹¹Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

¹²“Son of man, take up a song of mourning over the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “You had the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

¹³You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created They were prepared.

¹⁴You were the anointed cherub who covers, And I placed you there. You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked in the midst of the stones of fire.

¹⁵You were blameless in your ways From the day you were created Until unrighteousness was found in you.

¹⁶By the abundance of your trade You were internally filled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, you covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire.

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

¹⁸By the multitude of your wrongdoings, In the unrighteousness of your trade You profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you; It has consumed you, And I have turned you to ashes on the earth In the eyes of all who see you.

¹⁹All who know you among the peoples Are appalled at you; You have become terrified And you will cease to be forever.”’”

²⁰And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

²¹“Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, prophesy against her

²²and say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Behold, I am against you, Sidon, And I will appear in My glory in your midst. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I execute judgments against her, And I will reveal Myself as holy in her.

²³For I will send a plague to her And blood to her streets, And the wounded will fall in her midst By the sword upon her on every side; Then they will know that I am the Lord.

²⁴And there will no longer be for the house of Israel a painful thorn or a hurtful thorn bush from any surrounding them who despised them; then they will know that I am the Lord God.”

²⁵‘This is what the Lord God says: “When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations, then they will live on their land which I gave to My servant Jacob.

²⁶They will live on it securely; and they will build houses, plant vineyards, and live securely when I execute judgments upon all around them who despise them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.”’”