Ezekiel 28
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.
