Ezekiel 28:14–26

¹⁴You were anointed^p as a guardian cherub,^q

for so I ordained you.

You were on the holy mount of God;

you walked among the fiery stones.

¹⁵You were blameless in your ways

from the day you were created

till wickedness was found in you.

¹⁶Through your widespread trade

you were filled with violence,^r

and you sinned.

So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God,

and I expelled you, guardian cherub,^s

from among the fiery stones.

¹⁷Your heart became proud^t

on account of your beauty,

and you corrupted your wisdom

because of your splendor.

So I threw you to the earth;

I made a spectacle of you before kings.^u

¹⁸By your many sins and dishonest trade

you have desecrated your sanctuaries.

So I made a fire^v come out from you,

and it consumed you,

and I reduced you to ashes^w on the ground

in the sight of all who were watching.^x

¹⁹All the nations who knew you

are appalled^y at you;

you have come to a horrible end

and will be no more.^z’ ”

A Prophecy Against Sidon

²⁰The word of the Lord came to me: ²¹“Son of man, set your face against^a Sidon;^b prophesy against her ²²and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“ ‘I am against you, Sidon,

and among you I will display my glory.^c

You will know that I am the Lord,

when I inflict punishment^d on you

and within you am proved to be holy.^e

²³I will send a plague upon you

and make blood flow in your streets.

The slain will fall within you,

with the sword against you on every side.

Then you will know that I am the Lord.^f

²⁴“ ‘No longer will the people of Israel have malicious neighbors who are painful briers and sharp thorns.^g Then they will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.

²⁵“ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I gather^h the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered,ⁱ I will be proved holy^j through them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.^{k 26}They will live there in safety^l and will build houses and plant^m vineyards; they will live in safety when I inflict punishmentⁿ on all their neighbors who maligned them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.^o’ ”