Ezekiel 28

¹ The word of the LORD came to me:

² "Son of man, say to the ruler 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 gods
in the heart of the seas"—
yet you are a man and not a god,
though you set your heart
as the heart of a god—

³ yes, you are wiser than Daniel!
No secret is hidden from you!

⁴ By your wisdom and understanding
you have gained wealth for yourself
and gathered gold and silver
into your treasuries.

⁵ By your great skill in trade
you have increased your wealth,
and your heart has grown proud
because of your wealth—

⁶ therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
Because you have set your heart
as the heart of a god,

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

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

⁹ Will you still say "I am a god"
before the one who kills you?
You are a man and not a god
in the hand of the one who slays you.

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

¹¹ The word of the LORD came to me:

¹² "Son of man, raise a lament over the king of Tyre and say to him:
Thus says the Lord GOD:
You were the seal of perfection,
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

¹³ You were in Eden, the garden of God.
Every precious stone was your covering:
carnelian, topaz, and diamond,
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire, turquoise, and emerald,
with gold.
The workmanship of your settings and mountings
was prepared in you on the day you were created.

¹⁴ You were an anointed guardian cherub;
I placed you there.
You were on the holy mountain of God;
you walked among the stones of fire.

¹⁵ You were blameless in your ways
from the day you were created
until wickedness was found in you.

¹⁶ Through your abundant trade
you were filled with violence,
and you sinned.
So I cast you as profane
from the mountain of God,
and I destroyed you, guardian cherub,
from among the stones of fire.

¹⁷ Your heart was proud because of your beauty;
you corrupted your wisdom
on account of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I placed you before kings
for them to gaze at you.

¹⁸ By the multitude of your iniquities,
through the injustice of your trade,
you profaned your sanctuaries.
So I brought fire out from within you;
it consumed you.
I reduced you to ashes on the ground
in the eyes of all who saw you.

¹⁹ All who knew you among the peoples
are appalled at you.
You have become a horror
and will be no more, forever.

²⁰ The word of the LORD came to me:

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

²² Say: Thus says the Lord GOD:
I am against you, Sidon,
and I will gain glory in your midst.
Then they will know that I am the LORD
when I execute judgments in her
and manifest my holiness in her.

²³ I will send a plague against her
and blood in her streets.
The slain will fall in her midst
by the sword against her on every side.
Then they will know that I am the LORD.

²⁴ Then there will no longer be
a pricking brier or a painful thorn
for the house of Israel
from any of those around them
who treat 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,
I will manifest my holiness through them
in the sight of the nations.
Then they will dwell in their land
that I gave to my servant Jacob.

²⁶ They will dwell there in security.
They will build houses and plant vineyards;
they will dwell in security
when I execute judgments
on all those around them who treat them with contempt.
Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.