Ezekiel 28:14–26

¹⁴“You were the anointed ^qcherub who covers;

I established you;

You were on ^rthe holy mountain of God;

You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.

¹⁵You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created,

Till ^siniquity was found in you.

¹⁶“By the abundance of your trading

You became filled with violence within,

And you sinned;

Therefore I cast you as a profane thing

Out of the mountain of God;

And I destroyed you, ^tO covering cherub,

From the midst of the fiery stones.

¹⁷“Your ^uheart was ²lifted up because of your beauty;

You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor;

I cast you to the ground,

I laid you before kings,

That they might gaze at you.

¹⁸“You defiled your sanctuaries

By the multitude of your iniquities,

By the iniquity of your trading;

Therefore I brought fire from your midst;

It devoured you,

And I turned you to ashes upon the earth

In the sight of all who saw you.

¹⁹All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you;

^vYou have become a horror,

And shall be no ^wmore forever.” ’ ”

Proclamation Against Sidon

²⁰Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²¹“Son of man, ^xset your face ^ytoward Sidon, and prophesy against her, ²²and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

^z“Behold, I am against you, O Sidon;

I will be glorified in your midst;

And ^athey shall know that I am the Lord,

When I execute judgments in her and am ^bhallowed in her.

^23cFor I will send pestilence upon her,

And blood in her streets;

The wounded shall be judged in her midst

By the sword against her on every side;

Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

²⁴“And there shall no longer be a pricking brier or ^da painful thorn for the house of Israel from among all who are around them, who ^edespise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God.”

Israel’s Future Blessing

²⁵‘Thus says the Lord God: “When I have ^fgathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am ^ghallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob. ²⁶And they will ^hdwell ³safely there, ⁱbuild houses, and ^jplant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God.” ’ ”