The Book of Ezekiel
28: 1The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying, 28:2Son of man, say unto the
prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy 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 man, and not God, though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God;-
28:3behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from thee;
28:4by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast
gotten gold and silver into thy treasures; 28:5by thy great wisdom and by thy traffic
hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches;-
28:6therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast set thy heart as the
heart of God, 28:7therefore, behold, 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. 28:8They shall bring thee down to the pit; and
thou shalt die the death of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas. 28:9Wilt thou
yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou art man, and not God, in
the hand of him that woundeth thee. 28:10Thou shalt die the death of the
uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord
Jehovah. 28:11Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 28:12Son of man,
take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say unto him, Thus saith the
Lord Jehovah: Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
28:13Thou wast in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering,
the sardius, the 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 in thee; in the day that thou wast created they were
prepared. 28:14Thou wast the anointed cherub that covereth: and I set thee, so that
thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the
midst of the stones of fire. 28:15Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou
wast created, till unrighteousness was found in thee. 28:16By the abundance of thy
traffic they filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore
have I cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed thee,
O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 28:17Thy heart was lifted up
because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy
brightness: I have cast thee to the ground; I have laid thee before kings, that they
may behold thee. 28:18By the multitude of thine iniquities, in the unrighteousness of
thy traffic, thou hast profaned thy sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire
from the midst of thee; it hath devoured thee, and I have turned thee to ashes
upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. 28:19All they that know thee
among the peoples shall be astonished at thee: thou art become a terror, and thou
shalt nevermore have any being. 28:20And the word of Jehovah came unto me,
saying, 28:21Son of man, set thy face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it, 28:22and
say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Sidon; and I will
be glorified in the midst of thee; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I
shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her. 28:23For I will
send pestilence into her, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall fall in
the midst of her, with the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that
I am Jehovah. 28:24And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of
Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any that are round about them, that did despite unto
them; and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah. 28:25Thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among
whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the
nations, then shall they dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob.
28:26And they shall dwell securely therein; yea, they shall build houses, and plant
vineyards, and shall dwell securely, when I have executed judgments upon all
those that do them despite round about them; and they shall know that I am
Jehovah their God.