Ezekiel 28:2–24

^2h“Son of man, say to ⁱthe prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:

^j“Because your heart is proud,

and ^kyou have said, ‘I am a god,

I sit in the seat of the gods,

in the heart of the seas,’

yet ^lyou are but a man, and no god,

^mthough you make your heart like the heart of a god—

³ⁿyou are indeed wiser ^othan ^pDaniel;

no secret is hidden from you;

⁴by your wisdom and your understanding

^qyou have made wealth for yourself,

and have gathered gold and silver

into your treasuries;

⁵by your great wisdom in your trade

you have increased your wealth,

and ^jyour heart has become proud in your wealth—

⁶therefore thus says the Lord God:

^rBecause you make your heart

like the heart of a god,

⁷therefore, behold, I will bring ^sforeigners upon you,

the most ruthless of the nations;

and they shall draw their swords against ^tthe beauty of your wisdom

and defile ^tyour splendor.

^8uThey shall thrust you down into the pit,

^vand you shall die the death of the slain

in the heart of the seas.

^9wWill you still say, ‘I am a god,’

in the presence of those who kill you,

though ^lyou are but a man, and no god,

in the hands of those who slay you?

^10xYou shall die the death of the uncircumcised

by the hand of foreigners;

^yfor I have spoken, declares the Lord God.”

A Lament over the King of Tyre

¹¹Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me: ^12z“Son of man, ^araise a lamentation over ^bthe king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:

“You were the signet of perfection,¹

^cfull of wisdom and ^dperfect in beauty.

¹³You were in ^eEden, the garden of God;

^fevery precious stone was your covering,

^gsardius, topaz, and diamond,

beryl, onyx, and jasper,

sapphire,^{2 f}emerald, and carbuncle;

and crafted in gold were your settings

and your engravings.³

ⁱOn the day that you were created

they were prepared.

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.