Ezekiel 28:1–19

THE FALL OF TYRE’S RULER

28The word of the Lord came to me: ²“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Your^B heart is proud, and you have said, “I am a god;^m I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.” Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god. ³Yes, you are wiser than Daniel;ⁿ no secret is hidden from you! ⁴By your wisdom and understanding you have acquired wealth for yourself. You have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.^{o 5}By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has become proud because of your wealth.

⁶“ ‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

Because you regard your heart as that of a god,

⁷I am about to bring strangers against you,

ruthless men from the nations.

They will draw their swords

against your magnificent wisdom

and will pierce your splendor.^p

⁸They will bring you down to the Pit,^q

and you will die a violent death

in the heart of the sea.

⁹Will you still say, “I am a god,”

in the presence of those who slay^C you?

Yet you will be only a man, not a god,

in the hands of those who kill you.

¹⁰You will die the death of the uncircumcised^a

at the hands of strangers.^b

For I have spoken.

This is the declaration of the Lord God.’ ”

A LAMENT FOR TYRE’S KING

¹¹The word of the Lord came to me: ¹²“Son of man, lament^c for the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord God says:

You were the seal^D of perfection,^E

full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.^d

¹³You were in Eden,^e the garden of God.

Every kind of precious stone covered you:

carnelian, topaz, and diamond,^E

beryl, onyx, and jasper,

lapis lazuli, turquoise^F and emerald.^G

Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold;^f

they were prepared on the day you were created.

¹⁴You were an anointed guardian cherub,^g

for^A I had appointed you.

You were on the holy mountain of God;

you walked among the fiery stones.

¹⁵From the day you were created

you were blameless in your ways

until wickedness was found in you.

¹⁶Through the abundance of your trade,

you were filled with violence, and you sinned.

So I expelled you in disgrace

from the mountain of God,

and banished you, guardian cherub,^B

from among the fiery stones.

¹⁷Your heart became proud because of your beauty;^h

For the sake of your splendor

you corrupted your wisdom.

So I threw you down to the ground;^C

I made you a spectacle before kings.

¹⁸You profaned your sanctuaries

by the magnitude of your iniquities

in your dishonest trade.

So I made fire come from within you,

and it consumed you.ⁱ

I reduced you to ashes on the ground

in the sight of everyone watching you.

¹⁹All those who know you among the peoples

are appalled at you.

You have become an object of horror

and will never exist again.’ ”^j