Ezekiel 28

Prophecy Against the Prince of Tyre

1The word of the Lord came to me: 2#See ch. 2:1 “Son of man, say to #[ver. 12] the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:

# [ Rev. 18:7 ] “Because your heart is proud,

and #[ver. 9] you have said, ‘I am a god,

I sit in the seat of the gods,

in the heart of the seas,’

yet #Isa. 31:3 you are but a man, and no god,

# ver. 6 though you make your heart like the heart of a god—

3 # [ver. 12; Zech. 9:2 ] you are indeed wiser #Dan. 1:17 than #ch. 14:14Daniel;

no secret is hidden from you;

4by your wisdom and your understanding

# [ Zech. 9:3 ] you have made wealth for yourself,

and have gathered gold and silver

into your treasuries;

5by your great wisdom in your trade

you have increased your wealth,

and #[See ver. 2 above]your heart has become proud in your wealth—

6therefore thus says the Lord God:

# ver. 2 Because you make your heart

like the heart of a god,

7therefore, behold, I will bring #ver. 10; ch. 7:21; 30:12; 31:12 foreigners upon you,

the most ruthless of the nations;

and they shall draw their swords against #[ver. 17]the beauty of your wisdom

and defile #[ver. 17]your splendor.

8 # [ch. 32:18, 19 ] They shall thrust you down into the pit,

# [ch. 32:20 ] and you shall die the death of the slain

in the heart of the seas.

9 # [ver. 2 ] Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’

in the presence of those who kill you,

though #[See ver. 2 above]you are but a man, and no god,

in the hands of those who slay you?

10 # ch. 31:18; 32:19, 21, 24, 25 You shall die the death of the uncircumcised

by the hand of foreigners;

# See ch. 17:24 for I have spoken, declares the Lord God.”

A Lament over the King of Tyre

11Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me: 12#See ch. 2:1 “Son of man, #See ch. 19:1 raise a lamentation over #[ver. 2] the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:

“You were the signet of perfection,#28:12 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain

# [ver. 3 ] full of wisdom and #ch. 27:3perfect in beauty.

13You were in #ch. 31:8, 9; See Isa. 51:3 Eden, the garden of God;

# [ch. 27:16 ] every precious stone was your covering,

# Rev. 4:3; 21:19, 20 sardius, topaz, and diamond,

beryl, onyx, and jasper,

sapphire,#28:13 Or lapis lazuli #[ch. 27:16] emerald, and carbuncle;

and crafted in gold were your settings

and your engravings.#28:13 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain

# ver. 15 On the day that you were created

they were prepared.

14You were an anointed #Ex. 25:20; 1 Kgs. 8:7 guardian cherub.

I placed you;#28:14 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain you were on #[ch. 20:40]the holy mountain of God;

in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.

15You were blameless in your ways

# ver. 13 from the day you were created,

till unrighteousness was found in you.

16In the abundance of #[ver. 5] your trade

you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;

so I cast you as a profane thing from #[See ver. 14 above] the mountain of God,

and I destroyed you,#28:16 Or banished you #[See ver. 14 above]O guardian cherub,

from the midst of the stones of fire.

17 # ver. 2, 5 Your heart was proud because of #[ver. 7]your beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.

I cast you to the ground;

I exposed you before kings,

to feast their eyes on you.

18By the multitude of your iniquities,

in the unrighteousness of your trade

you profaned your sanctuaries;

so #[ch. 30:8, 14, 16; Rev. 18:8] I brought fire out from your midst;

it consumed you,

and I turned you to ashes on the earth

# [ver. 17 ] in the sight of all who saw you.

19All who know you among the peoples

are appalled at you;

# ch. 26:21; 27:36 you have come to a dreadful end

and shall be no more forever.”

Prophecy Against Sidon

20The word of the Lord came to me: 21#See ch. 2:1 “Son of man, #See ch. 6:2 set your face toward #See Isa. 23:2Sidon, and #See ch. 6:2 prophesy against her 22and say, Thus says the Lord God:

“Behold, #See ch. 13:8 I am against you, O Sidon,

and #ch. 39:13; [Ex. 14:4, 17, 18] I will manifest my glory in your midst.

And #See ch. 6:7 they shall know that I am the Lord

# ver. 26 when I execute judgments in her

and #See ch. 20:41manifest my holiness in her;

23for I will send #ch. 38:22pestilence into her,

and blood into her streets;

and the slain shall fall in her midst,

by the sword that is against her on every side.

Then they will know that I am the Lord.

24“And for the house of Israel #Num. 33:55; Josh. 23:13 there shall be no more a brier to prick or #[2 Cor. 12:7] a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors #ch. 16:57who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.

Israel Gathered in Security

25“Thus says the Lord God: #See ch. 11:17 When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and #[See ver. 22 above] manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, #ch. 36:28; 37:25then they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob. 26#Jer. 23:6; 32:37 And they shall dwell securely in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely, #ver. 22 when I execute judgments upon all their neighbors #[See ver. 24 above] who have treated them with contempt. #[See ver. 22 above]Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.”

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