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<p class="indent2"> I sit in the seat of gods <p class="indent2"> in the heart of the sea.’ <p class="indent1"> Yet you are a man and not a god, <p class="indent2"> though you have regarded your heart <p class="indent2"> as that of a god. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; <p class="indent2"> no secret is hidden from you! <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>By your wisdom and understanding <p class="indent2"> you have gained your wealth <p class="indent1"> and amassed gold and silver <p class="indent2"> for your treasuries. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>By your great skill in trading <p class="indent2"> you have increased your wealth, <p class="indent1"> but your heart has grown proud <p class="indent2"> because of it. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: <p class="indent1stline"> Because you regard your heart <p class="indent2"> as the heart of a god, <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>behold, I will bring foreigners against you, <p class="indent2"> the most ruthless of nations. <p class="indent1"> They will draw their swords <p class="indent2"> against the beauty of your wisdom <p class="indent2"> and will defile your splendor. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They will bring you down to the Pit, <p class="indent2"> and you will die a violent death <p class="indent2"> in the heart of the seas. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ <p class="indent2"> in the presence of those who slay you? <p class="indent1"> You will be only a man, not a god, <p class="indent2"> in the hands of those who wound you. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You will die the death of the uncircumcised <p class="indent2"> at the hands of foreigners. <p class="indent1stline"> For I have spoken, <p class="selah"> declares the Lord GOD.” <A name="12"></a><p class="hdg">A Lament for the King of Tyre<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: <p class="indent1stline">‘You were the seal of perfection, <p class="indent2"> full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You were in Eden, <p class="indent2"> the garden of God. <p class="indent1"> Every kind of precious stone adorned you:<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent2"> ruby, topaz, and diamond, <p class="indent1"> beryl, onyx, and jasper, <p class="indent2"> sapphire,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> turquoise, and emerald. <p class="indent1"> Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, <p class="indent2"> prepared on the day of your creation. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You were anointed as a guardian cherub, <p class="indent2"> for I had ordained you. <p class="indent1"> You were on the holy mountain of God; <p class="indent2"> you walked among the fiery stones. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>From the day you were created <p class="indent2"> you were blameless in your ways—<p class="indent2"> until wickedness was found in you. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>By the vastness of your trade, <p class="indent2"> you were filled with violence, and you sinned. <p class="indent1"> So I drove you in disgrace <p class="indent2"> from the mountain of God, <p class="indent1"> and I banished you, O guardian cherub, <p class="indent2"> from among the fiery stones. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Your heart grew proud of your beauty; <p class="indent2"> you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; <p class="indent1"> so I cast you to the earth; <p class="indent2"> I made you a spectacle before kings. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>By the multitude of your iniquities <p class="indent2"> and the dishonesty of your trading <p class="indent2"> you have profaned your sanctuaries. <p class="indent1"> So I made fire come from within you, <p class="indent2"> and it consumed you. <p class="indent1"> I reduced you to ashes on the ground <p class="indent2"> in the eyes of all who saw you. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>All the nations who know you <p class="indent2"> are appalled over you. <p class="indent1"> You have come to a horrible end <p class="indent2"> and will be no more.’” <A name="21"></a><p class="hdg">A Prophecy against Sidon<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: <p class="indent1stline">‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, <p class="indent2"> and I will be glorified within you. <p class="indent1"> They will know that I am the LORD <p class="indent2"> when I execute judgments against her <p class="indent2"> and demonstrate My holiness through her. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>I will send a plague against her <p class="indent2"> and shed blood in her streets; <p class="indent1"> the slain will fall within her, <p class="indent2"> while the sword is against her on every side. <p class="indent1stline"> Then they will know that I am the LORD. <A name="25"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’ <A name="26"></a><p class="hdg">The Restoration of Israel<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../jeremiah/30.htm">Jeremiah 30:1–17</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations. <p class="reg"> Then they will dwell in their own land, which I have given to My servant Jacob. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> The precise identification of some of these gemstones is uncertain.<br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>lapis lazuli</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, unfoldingWord, Bible Aquifer, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain. Free <a href=http://berean.bible/downloads.htm>downloads</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible/licensing.htm>unlimited usage</a> available. 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