Ezekiel 28 — Legacy Standard Bible

Prophesy Against the King of Tyre

28The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying, ²“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Because your heart is loftyAnd you have said, ‘^aI am a god;I sit enthroned in the seat of ¹godsIn the heart of the seas’;Yet you are a ^bman and not God,Although you make your heart like the heart of God—

³Behold, you are wiser than ^aDaniel;There is no secret that is a match for you.⁴“By your wisdom and understandingYou have acquired ^awealth for yourselfAnd have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.⁵“By your great wisdom, by your ^atradeYou have increased your wealth,And your ^bheart is lofty because of your wealth—

⁶Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Because you have ^amade your heartLike the heart of God,

⁷Therefore, behold, I will bring ^astrangers upon you,The ^bmost ruthless of the nations.And they will draw their swordsAgainst the beauty of your wisdomAnd defile your splendor.⁸‘They will bring you down to the pit,And you will die the ^adeath of those who are slainIn the heart of the seas.⁹‘Will you still say, “I am a god,”In the presence of the one who kills you,Though you are a man and not God,In the hands of those who slay you?¹⁰‘You will die the death of the ^auncircumcisedBy the hand of strangers,For I have spoken!’ declares Lord Yahweh!”’”

Lament over the King of Tyre

¹¹Again the word of Yahweh came to me saying, ¹²“Son of man, ^atake up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “You ¹had the seal of perfection,Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

¹³“You were in ^aEden, the garden of God;^bEvery precious stone was your covering:The ^cruby, the topaz, and the diamond;The beryl, the onyx, and the jasper;The ¹lapis lazuli, the turquoise, and the emerald;And the gold, the workmanship of your ²^,^dsettings and ³sockets,Was in you.On the day that you were createdThey were prepared.¹⁴“You were the ^aanointed cherub who ¹covers,And I placed you there.You were on the holy ^bmountain of God;You walked in the midst of the ^cstones of fire.¹⁵“You were ^ablameless in your waysFrom the day you were createdUntil ^bunrighteousness was found in you.¹⁶“By the ^aabundance of your trade¹You were internally ^bfilled with violence,And you sinned;Therefore I have cast you as profaneFrom the mountain of God.And I have destroyed you, O ²covering cherub,From the midst of the stones of fire.¹⁷“Your heart was lofty because of your ^abeauty;You ^bcorrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor.I cast you to the ground;I put you before ^ckings,That they may see you.¹⁸“By the abundance of your iniquities,In the unrighteousness of your tradeYou profaned your sanctuaries.Therefore I have brought out ^afire from the midst of you;It has consumed you,And I have turned you to ^bashes on the earthIn the eyes of all who see you.¹⁹“All who know you among the peoplesAre appalled at you;You have become ¹^,^aterrified,And you will cease to be ^bforever.”’”

Prophesy Against Sidon

²⁰And the word of Yahweh came to me saying, ²¹“Son of man, ^aset your face toward ^bSidon, prophesy against her ²²and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,And I will ¹be glorified in your midst.Then they will know that I am Yahweh when I ^aexecute judgments in her,And I will manifest My holiness in her.

²³“For ^aI will send pestilence to herAnd blood to her streets,And the ^bwounded will ¹fall in her midstBy the sword upon her on every side;Then they will know that I am Yahweh.

²⁴“And there will be no more for the house of Israel a ^aprickling brier or a painful thorn from any round about them who scorned them; then they will know that I am Lord Yahweh.”

Israel Regathered

²⁵‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “When I ^agather the house of Israel from the peoples, among whom they are scattered, and will manifest My holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they will ^blive in their ¹land which I gave to My servant Jacob. ²⁶“They will ^alive in it securely; and they will ^bbuild houses, plant vineyards, and live securely when I ^cexecute judgments upon all who scorn them all around them. Then they will know that I am Yahweh their God.”’”