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Ezekiel 28

King James Version

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. 

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Ezekiel 28

English Standard Version



1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God: “Because your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,’ yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god— (Isa 31:3; Eze 2:1; Eze 28:6; Eze 28:9; Eze 28:12; Re 18:7) 3 you are indeed wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you; (Eze 14:14; Eze 28:12; Da 1:17; Zec 9:2) 4 by your wisdom and your understanding you have made wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries; (Zec 9:3) 5 by your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth— (Eze 28:2) 6 therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you make your heart like the heart of a god, (Eze 28:2) 7 therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you, the most ruthless of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor. (Eze 7:21; Eze 28:10; Eze 28:17; Eze 30:12; Eze 31:12) 8 They shall thrust you down into the pit, and you shall die the death of the slain in the heart of the seas. (Eze 32:18; Eze 32:20) 9 Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who kill you, though you are but a man, and no god, in the hands of those who slay you? (Eze 28:2) 10 You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, declares the Lord God.” (Eze 17:24; Eze 31:18; Eze 32:19; Eze 32:21; Eze 32:24) 



11 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me: 12 “Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God: “You were the signet of perfection,[1] full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. (Eze 2:1; Eze 19:1; Eze 27:3; Eze 28:2; Eze 28:3) 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire,[2] emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings.[3] On the day that you were created they were prepared. (Isa 51:3; Eze 27:16; Eze 28:15; Eze 31:8; Re 4:3; Re 21:19) 14 You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you;[4] you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked. (Ex 25:20; 1Ki 8:7; Eze 20:40) 15 You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you. (Eze 28:13) 16 In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned; so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and I destroyed you,[5] O guardian cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. (Eze 28:5; Eze 28:14) 17 Your heart was proud because of 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. (Eze 28:2; Eze 28:5; Eze 28:7) 18 By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries; so I brought fire out from your midst; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all who saw you. (Eze 28:17; Eze 30:8; Eze 30:14; Eze 30:16; Re 18:8) 19 All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more forever.” (Eze 26:21; Eze 27:36) 



20 The word of the Lord came to me: 21 “Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her (Isa 23:2; Eze 2:1; Eze 6:2) 22 and say, Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will manifest my glory in your midst. And they shall know that I am the Lord when I execute judgments in her and manifest my holiness in her; (Ex 14:4; Ex 14:17; Eze 6:7; Eze 13:8; Eze 20:41; Eze 28:26; Eze 39:13) 23 for I will send pestilence 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. (Eze 38:22) 24 “And for the house of Israel there shall be no more a brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God. (Nu 33:55; Jos 23:13; Eze 16:57; 2Co 12:7) 



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

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