Ezekiel 28:14–26

¹⁴You were an anointed ^jguardian cherub.

I placed you;⁴ you were on ^kthe holy mountain of God;

in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.

¹⁵You were blameless in your ways

^lfrom the day you were created,

till unrighteousness was found in you.

¹⁶In the abundance of ^myour trade

you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;

so I cast you as a profane thing from ^kthe mountain of God,

and I destroyed you,^{5 j}O guardian cherub,

from the midst of the stones of fire.

¹⁷ⁿYour heart was proud because of ^oyour beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.

I cast you to the ground;

I exposed you before kings,

to feast their eyes on you.

¹⁸By the multitude of your iniquities,

in the unrighteousness of your trade

you profaned your sanctuaries;

so ^pI brought fire out from your midst;

it consumed you,

and I turned you to ashes on the earth

^qin the sight of all who saw you.

¹⁹All who know you among the peoples

are appalled at you;

^ryou have come to a dreadful end

and shall be no more forever.”

Prophecy Against Sidon

²⁰The word of the Lord came to me: ^21s“Son of man, ^tset your face toward ^uSidon, and ^tprophesy against her ²²and say, Thus says the Lord God:

“Behold, ^vI am against you, O Sidon,

and ^wI will manifest my glory in your midst.

And ^xthey shall know that I am the Lord

^ywhen I execute judgments in her

and ^zmanifest my holiness in her;

²³for I will send ^apestilence into her,

and blood into her streets;

and the slain shall fall in her midst,

by the sword that is against her on every side.

Then they will know that I am the Lord.

²⁴“And for the house of Israel ^bthere shall be no more a brier to prick or ^ca thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors ^dwho have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.

Israel Gathered in Security

²⁵“Thus says the Lord God: ^eWhen I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and ^zmanifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, ^fthen they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob. ^26gAnd they shall dwell securely in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely, ^hwhen I execute judgments upon all their neighbors ^dwho have treated them with contempt. ^xThen they will know that I am the Lord their God.”