Ezekiel 28

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

2Son 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:footnote a

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

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

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

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

7Behold, 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.

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

9Wilt 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.footnote c

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

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

12Son 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.

13Thou 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.footnote dfootnote efootnote f

14Thou 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.

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

16By 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.

17Thine 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.

18Thou 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.

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

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

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

22And 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.

23For 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.

24And 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.

25Thus 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.

26And 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.footnote hfootnote i

A Prophecy against the Ruler of Tyre

1And 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 godsin the heart of the sea.’Yet you are a man and not a god,though you have regarded your heartas that of a god.

3Behold, you are wiser than Daniel;no secret is hidden from you! 4By your wisdom and understandingyou have gained your wealthand amassed gold and silverfor your treasuries. 5By your great skill in tradingyou have increased your wealth,but your heart has grown proudbecause of it.

6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says:Because you regard your heartas the heart of a god, 7behold, I will bring foreigners against you,the most ruthless of nations.They will draw their swordsagainst the beauty of your wisdomand will defile your splendor. 8They will bring you down to the Pit,and you will die a violent deathin the heart of the seas.

9Will 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. 10You will die the death of the uncircumcisedat the hands of foreigners.For I have spoken,declares the Lord GOD.”

A Lament for the King of Tyre

11Again 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. 13You were in Eden,the garden of God.Every kind of precious stone adorned you:footnote aruby, topaz, and diamond,beryl, onyx, and jasper,sapphire,footnote bturquoise, and emerald.Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold,prepared on the day of your creation.

14You 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. 15From the day you were createdyou were blameless in your ways—until wickedness was found in you.

16By the vastness of your trade,you were filled with violence, and you sinned.So I drove you in disgracefrom the mountain of God,and I banished you, O guardian cherub,from among the fiery stones. 17Your 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.

18By the multitude of your iniquitiesand the dishonesty of your tradingyou have profaned your sanctuaries.So I made fire come from within you,and it consumed you.I reduced you to ashes on the groundin the eyes of all who saw you. 19All the nations who know youare appalled over you.You have come to a horrible endand will be no more.’”

A Prophecy against Sidon

20Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 21“Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her. 22And 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 LORDwhen I execute judgments against herand demonstrate My holiness through her. 23I will send a plague against herand 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.

24For 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.’

The Restoration of Israel

25This 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. 26And 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.’”