‏ Ezekiel 28

CHAPTER 28

To the Ruler of Tyre

1And [³came ¹the word ²of the lord] to me, saying, 2And you, O son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre! Thus says Adonai the lord; because [²was raised up high   ¹your heart], and you said, [³the ⁴God ²am ¹I], [²the dwelling ³of God ¹I inhabited] in the heart of the sea. But you are a man, and not God, and you made   your heart as the heart of God. 3  [³wiser than ¹Are ²you]   Daniel, or [²the wise ¹did not] correct you with  their higher knowledge? 4Is it by   your higher knowledge, or in   your intelligence you produced for yourself power, and you procured gold and silver among   your treasures? 5Or by   [²much ³higher knowledge ¹your] and in  your trade did you multiply your power, and raise up high   your heart by   your power? 6On account of this, thus says Adonai the lord; Since you imputed   your heart as the heart of God; 7for this, behold, I bring upon you strange pestilent ones from the nations. And they shall empty out   their swords against you; against the beauty   of your higher knowledge; and they shall spread   your beauty unto destruction. 8And they shall bring you down, and you shall die by death of the slain in the heart of the sea. 9In saying, will you say, [³God ²am ¹I], in the presence of the ones doing away with you?   But you are a man, and not God in the hand of ones piercing you. 10In deaths of the uncircumcised you shall die by the hands of strangers; for I spoke, says Adonai the lord.

A Lamentaion Over the Ruler of Tyre

11And came the word of the lord  to me, saying, 12O son of man, take a lamentation over the ruler of Tyre, and say to him! Thus says Adonai the lord; You are  a seal of likeness full of wisdom, and a crown of beauty. 13[²in ³the ⁴luxury   ⁵of the paradise   ⁶of God ¹You were]; [²every ⁴stone ³precious ¹you bound on] -- sardius, and topaz, and emerald, and carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper, and silver, and gold, and amber, and agate, and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx. And with gold you filled up   your treasuries and   your storehouses among you. 14From which day you were created and were carefully prepared with the cherub being anointed by God, and   encamping in the tent, even I put you on [²mount ¹the holy] of God; you existed among the midst of the stones of fire. 15You were unblemished in   your days of which day you were created, until of which time  [³were found ¹the ²offences] in you. 16From the abundance   of your trade you filled   your storerooms with lawlessness, and sinned. And you were wounded from the mountain   of God, and [⁴led ⁵you ¹the ²cherub   ³overshadowing] from out of the midst of the stones of fire. 17[²was raised up high   ¹Your heart] over   your beauty; [²was corrupted   ¹your higher knowledge] with   your beauty because of the multitude   of your sins. [³upon ⁴the ⁵earth ¹I tossed ²you]; [³before ⁴kings ¹I put ²you] to be made an example. 18Because of the multitude   of your sins and the iniquities   of your trade you profaned   your temples; and I will lead fire from out of your midst, this shall devour you; and I will put you for ashes upon the earth before all the ones seeing you. 19And all the ones knowing you among the nations shall be gloomy over you; [²for destruction ¹you became], and you shall not exist any longer into the eon.

Judgment against Sidon

20And [³came ¹the word ²of the lord] to me, saying, 21O son of man, firmly fix   your face against Sidon, and prophesy against it! 22And say! Thus says Adonai the lord; Behold, I am  against you Sidon; and I shall be glorified in you. And you shall know that I am the lord, in   my executing [²among ³you ¹judgments]; and I shall be sanctified among you. 23And I shall send out against you death and blood in   your squares; and there shall fall men being wounded by swords among you, surrounding you; and they shall know that I am the lord. 24And there will not be any longer in the house of Israel a barb of bitterness, nor a thorn of grief from all the ones surrounding them, of the ones dishonoring them; and they shall know that I am Adonai the lord. 25Thus says Adonai the lord; And I will gather the house of Israel from out of the nations of which they were dispersed there. And I will be sanctified among them before the peoples, and the nations. And they shall dwell upon   their land which I gave to  my servant Jacob. 26And they shall dwell upon it in hope. And they shall build houses, and shall plant vineyards, and shall dwell in hope, whenever I execute judgment on all the ones dishonoring them, among the ones round about them; and they shall know that I am the lord    their God, and the God   of their fathers.