Ezekiel 28

1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.

3 Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you!

4 By your wisdom and understanding you have gained your wealth and amassed gold and silver for your treasuries.

5 By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.

6 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god,

7 behold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and will defile your splendor.

8 They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.

9 Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.

10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.”

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

12 “Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.

14 You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones.

15 From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways—until wickedness was found in you.

16 By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.

17 Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.

18 By the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you.

19 All the nations who know you are appalled over you. You have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”

20 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

21 “Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her.

22 And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her.

23 I will send a plague against her and shed blood in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

24 For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’

25 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations. Then they will dwell in their own land, which I have given to My servant Jacob.

26 And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’”

1 ¶ The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart [is] lifted up, and thou hast said, I [am] a God, I sit [in] the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou [art] a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

3 Behold, thou [art] wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:

4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

5 By thy great wisdom [and] by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;

7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of [them that are] slain in the midst of the seas.

9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I [am] God? but thou [shalt be] a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken [it], saith the Lord GOD.

11 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone [was] thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

14 Thou [art] the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee [so]: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

15 Thou [wast] perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never [shalt] thou [be] any more.

20 ¶ Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

21 Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,

22 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.

23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.

24 And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor [any] grieving thorn of all [that are] round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD.

25 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.

26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD their God.

1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the LORD GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and saith, I am GOD, I sit in the throne of GOD, in the midst of the sea, though thou be a man, and not GOD: yet is thy heart lifted up as the heart of GOD;

3 Behold, thou thinkest thyself wiser than Daniel, that nothing is hid from thee,

4 And by thy wisdom and understanding thou hast wrought such power, and gathered treasures of gold and silver.

5 And by thy great wisdom and mightiness thou hast obtained so great power, and hast become so proud that thou art mighty:

6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy heart is lifted up as the heart of GOD,

7 Therefore, behold, I will send strangers upon thee, even the tyrants of the heathen; and they shall draw their sword upon thy fair wisdom, and shall put thy great honour to shame.

8 And they shall cast thee into the pit, and thou shalt die in the midst of the sea, as the slain.

9 What matter if thou then shalt say before thy slayer, I am God; when thou art not God, but a man, and in the hand of thy slayer?

10 Thou shalt die, as the uncircumcised, at the hand of the stranger: for I have spoken it, saith the LORD GOD.

11 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

12 Son of man, make a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say of him, Thus saith the LORD GOD; Thou art a pure seal, full of wisdom, and fair beyond measure.

13 Thou art in the garden of pleasure of God, adorned with all manner of precious stones, namely, sardius, topaz, demonds, turquoise, onyx, jasper, sapphire, amethyst, emeralds, and gold. On the day thou wast created, thy timbrel and thy pipes were ready with thee.

14 Thou art as a cherub spreading abroad and covering: and I have set thee upon the holy mountain of God, to walk among the fiery stones,

15 And were without change in thy doings from the day that thou wast created, until thine iniquity was found.

16 For inwardly thou hast become full of iniquity because of thy great wickedness, and hast sinned. Therefore will I desecrate thee from off the mount of God, and will cast thee out of the fiery stones, a cherub spread abroad.

17 And because thine heart is lifted up, because thou art fair, and because thy wisdom hath deceived thee in thy splendor, therefore will I cast thee down to the ground, and make a spectacle of thee before the kings.

18 For thou hast corrupted thy sanctuary with thy great iniquity and unrighteousness. Therefore will I cause a fire to come up out of thee, and it shall devour thee; and I will make thee as ashes upon the earth, and all the world shall behold.

19 All they that know thee among the heathen shall be astonished at thee, because thou hast perished so suddenly, and canst never rise again.

20 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

21 Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against them.

22 And say, Thus saith the LORD GOD; Behold, I will put honour upon thee, Zidon, and will put honour upon thee, that it may be known that I am the LORD, when I shall execute judgment upon her, and she shall shew that I am holy.

23 And I will send pestilence and bloodshed among them in their streets, and they shall fall deadly wounded within by the sword, which shall go upon them every where; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

24 And from henceforth there shall not be left round about the house of Israel, where their enemies are, a thorn to prick, nor a sting to hurt: that they may know that I am the LORD GOD.

25 Thus saith the LORD GOD; When I shall gather again the house of Israel from among the nations whither they are scattered, then will I shew them before the heathen that I am holy. And they shall dwell in their land, which I have given unto Jacob my servant;

26 And they shall dwell securely therein, and build houses, and plant vineyards: yea, securely shall they dwell, when I shall execute judgment upon all their enemies round about: and they shall know that I am the LORD their GOD.