Ezekiel 28:14–26

¹⁴With an anointed guardian cherub I placed you;^s

you were on the holy mountain of God;

in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.

¹⁵You were blameless in your ways

from the day you were created,

till 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 the guardian cherub drove you out

from the midst of 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 forth fire from the midst of you;

it consumed you,

and I turned you to ashes upon 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 for ever.”

²⁰The word of the Lord came to me: ²¹“Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her ²²and say, Thus says the Lord GOD:

“Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,

and I will manifest my glory in the midst of you.

And they shall know that I am the Lord

when I execute judgments in her,

and manifest my holiness in her;

²³for I will send pestilence into her,

and blood into her streets;

and the slain shall fall in the midst of her,

by the sword that is against her on every side.

Then they will know that I am the Lord.

²⁴“And for the house of Israel there shall be no more a brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.

²⁵“Thus says the Lord GOD: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they shall dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob. ²⁶And they shall dwell securely in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely, when I execute judgments upon all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.”