Ezekiel 28

1 And the word of YHWH came to me, saying:

2 “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, thus says the Lord YHWH: Because your heart is lifted up, and you say, ‘I [am] a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the midst of the seas,’ and you [are] a man and not a god, and you give your heart as the heart of a god,

3 behold, you [are] wiser than Daniel—anything hidden is not in the dark for you!

4 With your wisdom and with your understanding you have made for yourself wealth, and you have made gold and silver in your treasuries.

5 By the abundance of your wisdom in trading you have increased your wealth, and your heart is lifted high in your wealth.

6 Therefore, thus says the Lord YHWH: Because you have given your heart as the heart of a god,

7 therefore, behold, I am bringing upon you strangers, the ruthless of the nations! And they will draw out their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they will defile your splendor.

8 They bring you down into the Pit, and you will die the death of the slain in the midst of the seas!

9 Will you really say, ‘I [am] a god,’ before the face of the One slaying you and you [are] a man and not a god in the hand of the One slaying you?

10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised, by the hand of strangers. For I have spoken, a declaration of the Lord YHWH.”

11 And the word of YHWH came to me, saying:

12 “Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty!

13 You were in Eden, the garden of God, [with] every precious stone your covering—ruby, topaz, and diamond; beryl, onyx, and jasper; sapphire, turquoise, and emerald; and of gold [was] the workmanship of your timbrels and pipes, established for you on the day of your creation.

14 You [were] a cherub anointed as a guardian, and I set you on the mountain of the holiness of God; you were in the midst of the stones of fire; you walked about.

15 Perfect you [were] in your ways from the day you were created, until iniquity was found in you.

16 With the abundance of your trading, your midst became filled with violence, and you sinned; and I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I made you depart, O guardian cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

17 Your heart was lifted up in your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor! Upon the ground I cast you; before the faces of kings I set you that they might gaze at you.

18 By the multitude of your iniquities, with the injustice of your trading, you have profaned your holy places. And I have brought forth fire from your midst; it has devoured you, and I have given you to ashes upon the earth, before the eyes of all those looking at you!

19 All knowing you among the peoples are appalled over you; you have become a horror, and you will be no more, even to forever!’”

20 And the word of YHWH came to me, saying:

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

22 And say, thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘Behold, I [am] against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified in your midst; and they will know that I [am] YHWH, in my making judgments against her, and I display My holiness against her.

23 For I will send against her pestilence, and blood in her streets; and the slain will fall in her midst, by the sword against her on every side—and they will know that I [am] YHWH!

24 And there will be no longer for the house of Israel a brier bringing malice or a thorn giving pain from all those around them [who] despise them; and they will know that I [am] the Lord YHWH.’

25 Thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘In My gathering the house of Israel from the peoples, among whom they are scattered, and I will show Myself holy among them before the eyes of the nations, and they will dwell in their own land that I gave to My servant Jacob.

26 And they will dwell upon it in safety, and they will build houses and plant vineyards, and they will dwell in safety, with My making judgments against all those despising them from around them. And they will know that I [am] YHWH their God.’”