Ezekiel 28

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 ^theart is proud,

and you have said, ‘I am a god; ^u

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; ^v

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. ^w

⁵By your great skill in trading

you have increased your wealth,

but your heart has become proud

because of your wealth.”

⁶Therefore 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 defile your splendor. ^x

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

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 kill ^zyou?

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 ^cfor the king of Tyre and say to him: This is what the Lord God says:

You were the seal ^dof perfection, ^e

full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. ^f

¹³You were in Eden, ^gthe garden of God.

Every kind of precious stone covered you:

carnelian, topaz, and diamond, ^h

beryl, onyx, and jasper,

sapphire, ⁱturquoise ^jand emerald. ^k

Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold; ^l

they were prepared on the day you were created.

¹⁴You were an anointed guardian cherub, ^m

for ⁿI 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, ^o

from among the fiery stones.

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

For the sake of your splendor

you corrupted your wisdom.

So I threw you down to the earth;

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. ^q

I reduced you to ashes on the ground

in the sight of everyone watching you.

¹⁹All those who know you among the nations

are appalled at you.

You have become an object of horror

and will never exist again.” ^r

A Prophecy against Sidon

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

Look! I am against you, Sidon, ^t

and I will display My glory within you.

They will know that I am Yahweh

when I execute judgments against her ^u

and demonstrate My holiness through her.

²³I will send a plague against her ^v

and bloodshed in her streets;

the slain will fall within her,

while the sword is against her ^won every side.

Then they will know that I am Yahweh.

²⁴“The house of Israel will no longer be hurt by ^xprickly briers or painful thorns ^yfrom all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.

²⁵“This is what the Lord God says: When I gather the house of Israel ^zfrom the peoples where they are scattered and demonstrate My holiness through them in the sight of the nations, then they will live in their own land, which I gave to My servant Jacob. ²⁶They will live there securely, ^abuild houses, and plant vineyards. ^bThey will live securely when I execute judgments ^cagainst all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am Yahweh their God.”