Ezekiel 28:12–19

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 of^r an example,

full of wisdom and perfect of beauty.

¹³You 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.

¹⁴You were an anointed guardian cherub,

and I placed you on God’s holy mountain;^u

you walked in the midst of stones of fire.

¹⁵You were blameless in your ways

from the day when you were created,^v

until wickedness was found in you.

¹⁶In 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 guardian^w cherub,

from the midst of the stones of fire.

¹⁷Your 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

¹⁸From 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

¹⁹All who know you^a among the peoples

are appalled over you;

you have become as horrors,

and you shall cease to exist forever.” ’ ”^b