Ezekiel 28:2–24

²“Son of man, say to the ¹leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord ²God,

“Because your heart is lifted up

And you have said, ‘^aI am a god,

I sit in the seat of ³gods

In the heart of the seas’;

Yet you are a ^bman and not God,

Although you make your heart like the heart of God—

³Behold, you are wiser than ^aDaniel;

There is no secret that is a match for you.

⁴“By your wisdom and understanding

You have acquired ^ariches for yourself

And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.

⁵“By your great wisdom, by your ^atrade

You have increased your riches

And your ^bheart is lifted up because of your riches—

⁶Therefore thus says the Lord God,

‘Because you have ^amade your heart

Like the heart of God,

⁷Therefore, behold, I will bring ^astrangers upon you,

The ^bmost ruthless of the nations.

And they will draw their swords

Against the beauty of your wisdom

And defile your splendor.

⁸‘They will bring you down to the pit,

And you will die the ^adeath of those who are slain

In the heart of the seas.

⁹‘Will you still say, “I am a god,”

In the presence of your slayer,

Though you are a man and not God,

In the hands of those who wound you?

¹⁰‘You will die the death of the ^auncircumcised

By the hand of strangers,

For I have spoken!’ declares the Lord God!” ’ ”

¹¹Again the word of the Lord came to me saying,

¹²“Son of man, ^atake up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God,

“You ¹had the seal of perfection,

Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

¹³“You were in ^aEden, the garden of God;

^bEvery precious stone was your covering:

The ^cruby, the topaz and the diamond;

The beryl, the onyx and the jasper;

The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald;

And the gold, the workmanship of your ^1dsettings and ²sockets,

Was in you.

On the day that you were created

They were prepared.

¹⁴“You were the ^aanointed cherub who ¹covers,

And I placed you there.

You were on the holy ^bmountain of God;

You walked in the midst of the ^cstones of fire.

¹⁵“You were ^ablameless in your ways

From the day you were created

Until ^bunrighteousness was found in you.

¹⁶“By the ^aabundance of your trade

¹You were internally ^bfilled with violence,

And you sinned;

Therefore I have cast you as profane

From the mountain of God.

And I have destroyed you, O ²covering cherub,

From the midst of the stones of fire.

¹⁷“Your heart was lifted up because of your ^abeauty;

You ^bcorrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor.

I cast you to the ground;

I put you before ^ckings,

That they may see you.

¹⁸“By the multitude of your iniquities,

In the unrighteousness of your trade

You profaned your sanctuaries.

Therefore I have brought ^afire from the midst of you;

It has consumed you,

And I have turned you to ^bashes on the earth

In the eyes of all who see you.

¹⁹“All who know you among the peoples

Are appalled at you;

You have become ^1aterrified

And you will cease to be ^bforever.” ’ ”

Judgment of Sidon

²⁰And the word of the Lord came to me saying,

²¹“Son of man, ^aset your face toward ^bSidon, prophesy against her

²²and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God,

“Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,

And I will ¹be glorified in your midst.

Then they will know that I am the Lord when I ^aexecute judgments in her,

And I will manifest My holiness in her.

²³“For ^aI will send pestilence to her

And blood to her streets,

And the ^bwounded will ¹fall in her midst

By the sword upon her on every side;

Then they will know that I am the Lord.

²⁴“And there will be no more for the house of Israel a ^aprickling brier or a painful thorn from any round about them who scorned them; then they will know that I am the Lord God.”