Ezekiel 28:1–19
A Prophecy Aimed at the King of Tyre
28 And the word of Yahweh came to me, ⌊saying⌋,a 2 “Son of man,b say to the leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
“Because your heart was haughty,
and you said, ‘I am a god;
I sit in the seat of the gods,
I sit in the heart of the seas!’
Butc you are a human, not a god,
and you gave your heart to be like the heart of a god.
3 Look, are you wiser than Daniel,
so that ⌊no secret⌋d is hidden from you?
4 By your wisdom and by your understanding
you have gained for yourself wealth,
and you have amassed gold and silver
in your treasuries.
5 By the abundance of your wisdom in your trading
you have increased your wealth
and your heart was proud ine your wealth.” ’ ”
6 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:
“Because of your regarding your ⌊mind⌋f
like the ⌊mind⌋g of a god,
7 therefore look! I am bringing strangers over you,
the most ruthless of the peoples,
and they will draw their swords against the beautyh of your wisdom,
and they will defile your splendor.
8 They will thrust you down to the pit,
and you will die ⌊a violent death⌋i
in the heart of the seas.
9 ⌊Will you indeed still say⌋j “I am a god!”
before the face of your killers?k
And in fact you are a humanl and not a god
in the hand of ⌊those who pierce you⌋.m
10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised
by the hand of strangers,
for ⌊I myself⌋n have spoken!” ⌊declares⌋o the Lord Yahweh.
11 And the word of Yahweh came to me, ⌊saying⌋,p 12 “Son of man,q raise a lament over the king of Tyre, and you must say to him, ‘thus says the Lord Yahweh:
“You were a perfect model ofr an example,
full of wisdom and perfect of beauty.
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God,
and every precious stone was your adornment:
carnelian, topaz and moonstone,s
turquoise, onyx and jasper,
sapphire,t malachite and emerald.
And gold was the craftsmanship of your settings
and your mountings in you;
on the day when you were created they were prepared.
14 You were an anointed guardian cherub,
and I placed you on ⌊God’s holy mountain⌋;u
you walked in the midst of stones of fire.
15 You were blameless in your ways
from the day ⌊when you were created⌋,v
until wickedness was found in you.
16 In the abundance of your trading,
they filled the midst of you with violence, and you sinned;
and I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God,
and I expelled you, the guardianw cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty;
you ruined your wisdom because of your splendor.
I threw you on the ground ⌊before⌋x kings;
I have exposed you ⌊for viewing⌋.y
18 From the abundance of your iniquities
in the dishonesty of your trading,
I profaned your sanctuaries
and I brought fire from your midst;
it consumed you, and I have turned you to ashes on the earth
⌊before the eyes of everyone who sees you⌋.z
19 ⌊All who know you⌋a among the peoples
are appalled over you;
you have become as horrors,
and ⌊you shall cease to exist forever⌋.” ’ ”b