LEB - Ezekiel - 28

28:1  And the word of Yahweh ⌞came⌟ to me, ⌞saying⌟,

28:2  “Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Because your heart was haughty, and you said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of the gods, I sit in the heart of the seas!’ But you are a human, not a god, and you gave your heart to be like the heart of a god.

28:3  Look, are you wiser than Daniel, so that ⌞no secret⌟ is hidden from you?

28:4  By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gained for yourself wealth, and you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.

28:5  By the abundance of your wisdom in your trading you have increased your wealth and your heart was proud in your wealth.” ’ ”

28:6  Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Because of your regarding your ⌞mind⌟ like the ⌞mind⌟ of a god,

28:7  therefore look! I am bringing strangers over you, the most ruthless of the peoples, and they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they will defile your splendor.

28:8  They will thrust you down to the pit, and you will die ⌞a violent death⌟ in the heart of the seas.

28:9  ⌞Will you indeed still say⌟ “I am a god!” before the face of your killers? And in fact you are a human and not a god in the hand of ⌞those who pierce you⌟.

28:10  You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers, for ⌞I myself⌟ have spoken!” ⌞declares⌟ the Lord Yahweh.

28:11  And the word of Yahweh ⌞came⌟ to me, ⌞saying⌟,

28:12  “Son of man, raise a lament over the king of Tyre, and you must say to him, ‘thus says the Lord Yahweh: “You were a perfect model of an example, full of wisdom and perfect of beauty.

28:13  You were in Eden, the garden of God, and every precious stone was your adornment: carnelian, topaz and moonstone, turquoise, onyx and jasper, sapphire, malachite and emerald. And gold was the craftsmanship of your settings and your mountings in you; on the day when you were created they were prepared.

28:14  You were an anointed guardian cherub, and I placed you on ⌞God’s holy mountain⌟; you walked in the midst of stones of fire.

28:15  You were blameless in your ways from the day ⌞when you were created⌟, until wickedness was found in you.

28:16  In the abundance of your trading, they filled the midst of you with violence, and you sinned; and I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and I expelled you, the guardian cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

28:17  Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you ruined your wisdom because of your splendor. I threw you on the ground ⌞before⌟ kings; I have exposed you ⌞for viewing⌟.

28:18  From the abundance of your iniquities in the dishonesty of your trading, I profaned your sanctuaries and I brought fire from your midst; it consumed you, and I have turned you to ashes on the earth ⌞before the eyes of everyone who sees you⌟.

28:19  ⌞All who know you⌟ among the peoples are appalled over you; you have become as horrors, and ⌞you shall cease to exist forever⌟.” ’ ”

28:20  And the word of Yahweh ⌞came⌟ to me, ⌞saying⌟,

28:21  “Son of man, set your face toward Sidon and prophesy against it,

28:22  and you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Look! I am against you, Sidon, and I display my glory in the midst of you, and they will know that I am Yahweh ⌞when I execute my judgments⌟, and I will show myself holy within it.

28:23  And I will send into it a plague, and blood will be in its streets. And the dead will fall in the midst of her by the sword that is against it from all around; and they will know that I am Yahweh.

28:24  And ⌞there will not be any longer⌟ a painful thorn and a sharp thornbush for the house of Israel from ⌞anywhere around them⌟ from those ⌞who are despising them⌟, and they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.” ’ ”

28:25  Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples to which they were scattered about in them, and I show myself holy in them before the eyes of the nations, then they will live on their soil, which I gave to my servant Jacob.

28:26  And they will live on it in safety, and they will build houses, and they will plant vineyards, and they will live in safety when I execute my judgments on all ⌞those who despise them from all around them⌟, and then they will know that I am Yahweh their God.”