Ezekiel 28:1–19

Proclamation against the King of Tyre

²⁸The word of the Lord came to me: ²Mortal, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus says the Lord God:

Because your heart is proud

and you have said, “I am a god;

I sit in the seat of the gods,

in the heart of the seas,”

yet you are but a mortal and no god,

though you compare your mind

with the mind of a god.^*

³You are indeed wiser than Daniel;^e

no secret is hidden from you;^*

⁴by your wisdom and your understanding

you have amassed wealth for yourself

and have gathered gold and silver

into your treasuries.^*

⁵By your great wisdom in trade

you have increased your wealth,

and your heart has become proud in your wealth.^*

⁶Therefore thus says the Lord God:

Because you compare your mind

with the mind of a god,^*

⁷therefore, I will bring strangers against you,

the most terrible of the nations;

they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom

and defile your splendor.^*

⁸They shall thrust you down to the Pit,

and you shall die a violent death

in the heart of the seas.^*

⁹Will you still say, “I am a god,”

in the presence of those who kill you,

though you are but a mortal and no god,

in the hands of those who pierce you?

¹⁰You shall die the death of the uncircumcised

by the hand of foreigners,

for I have spoken, says the Lord God.^*

Lamentation over the King of Tyre

¹¹Moreover the word of the Lord came to me: ¹²Mortal, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him: Thus says the Lord God:

You were the signet of perfection,^f

full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.^*

¹³You were in Eden, the garden of God;

every precious stone was your covering,

carnelian, chrysolite, and moonstone,

beryl, onyx, and jasper,

sapphire,^g turquoise, and emerald;

and worked in gold were your settings

and your engravings.^h

On the day that you were created

they were prepared.^*

¹⁴You were a cherub;ⁱ

I placed you on the holy mountain of God;

you walked among the stones of fire.^*

¹⁵You were blameless in your ways

from the day that you were created,

until iniquity was found in you.^*

¹⁶In the abundance of your trade

you were filled with violence, and you sinned,

so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God,

and I drove you out, O guardian cherub,

from among the stones of fire.^*

¹⁷Your heart was proud because of your beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.

I cast you to the ground;

I exposed you before kings,

to feast their eyes on you.^*

¹⁸By the multitude of your iniquities,

in the unrighteousness of your trade,

you profaned your sanctuaries.

So I brought out fire from within you;

it consumed you,

and I turned you to ashes on the earth

in the sight of all who saw you.^*

¹⁹All who know you among the peoples

are appalled at you;

you have come to a dreadful end

and shall be no more forever.^*