Chapter 28

The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,²

Son of man, say³ unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; Because thine heart [is] lifted up,¹ and thou hast said,⁴ I [am] a God, I sit¹ [in] the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou [art] a man, and not God, though thou set⁴ thine heart as the heart of God:

Behold, thou [art] wiser than Daniel; there is no secret⁷ that they can hide¹ from thee:

With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten¹ thee riches, and hast gotten⁴ gold and silver into thy treasures:

By thy great wisdom [and] by thy traffick hast thou increased⁵² thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up⁴ because of thy riches:

Therefore thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set² thine heart as the heart of God;

Behold, therefore I will bring⁵⁶ strangers⁵ upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw⁵² their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile¹⁴ thy brightness.

They shall bring thee down⁵⁵ to the pit, and thou shalt die¹ the deaths of [them that are] slain in the midst of the seas.

Wilt thou yet² say⁴ before him that slayeth⁶ thee, I [am] God? but thou [shalt be] a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth¹⁸ thee.

Thou shalt die⁴ the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers:⁵ for I have spoken¹⁴ [it], saith⁷ the Lord GOD.

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,²

Son of man, take up³ a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say¹ unto him, Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up⁶ the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

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 prepared⁴⁹ in thee in the day that thou wast created.⁹

Thou [art] the anointed cherub that covereth;⁶ and I have set¹ thee [so]: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down⁹⁸ in the midst of the stones of fire.

Thou [wast] perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created,⁹ till iniquity was found⁸ in thee.

By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled¹ the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned:⁴ therefore I will cast thee as profane¹⁷ out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy¹⁷ thee, O covering⁶ cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

Thine heart was lifted up¹ because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted¹⁴ thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast⁵² thee to the ground, I will lay¹ thee before kings, that they may behold² thee.

Thou hast defiled¹⁴ thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth⁵⁵ a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour¹ thee, and I will bring⁴ thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold⁶ thee.

All they that know⁶ thee among the people shall be astonished¹ at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never [shalt] thou [be] any more. ⁵⁷⁶⁹

Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,²

Son of man, set³ thy face against Zidon, and prophesy¹⁰ against it,

And say,¹ Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified⁸ in the midst of thee: and they shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD, when I shall have executed² judgments in her, and shall be sanctified⁸ in her.

For I will send¹⁴ into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged⁴⁰ in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD.

And there shall be no more a pricking⁵⁶ brier unto the house of Israel, nor [any] grieving⁵⁶ thorn of all [that are] round about them, that despised⁵ them; and they shall know¹ that I [am] the Lord GOD.

Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered¹⁵ the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered,⁸ and shall be sanctified⁸ in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell¹ in their land that I have given¹ to my servant Jacob.

And they shall dwell¹ safely therein, and shall build¹ houses, and plant¹ vineyards; yea, they shall dwell¹ with confidence, when I have executed² judgments upon all those that despise⁵ them round about them; and they shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD their God.