Ezekiel 28:14–26

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

A PROPHECY AGAINST SIDON

²⁰The word of the Lord came to me: ²¹“Son of man, face Sidon^k and prophesy against it. ²²You are to say, ‘This is what the Lord God says:

Look! I am against you, Sidon,^l

and I will display my glory within you.

They will know that I am the Lord

when I execute judgments against her^m

and demonstrate my holiness through her.

²³I will send a plague against herⁿ

and bloodshed in her streets;

the slain will fall within her,

while the sword is against her^D on every side.

Then they will know that I am the Lord.

²⁴“ ‘The house of Israel will no longer be hurt by^E prickly briers or painful thorns^o from all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. 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^p from the peoples where they are scattered, I will demonstrate my holiness through them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob. ²⁶They will live there securely,^q build houses, and plant vineyards.^r They will live securely when I execute judgments^s against all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.’ ”