Ezekiel 28:1–19

¹And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ²“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says:

Your heart is proud,

and you have said,

‘I am a god;

I sit in the seat of gods

in the heart of the sea.’

Yet you are a man and not a god,

though you have regarded your heart

as that of a god.

³Behold, you are wiser than Daniel;

no secret is hidden from you!

⁴By your wisdom and understanding

you have gained your wealth

and amassed gold and silver

for your treasuries.

⁵By your great skill in trading

you have increased your wealth,

but your heart has grown proud

because of it.

⁶Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says:

Because you regard your heart

as the heart of a god,

⁷behold, I will bring foreigners against you,

the most ruthless of nations.

They will draw their swords

against the beauty of your wisdom

and will defile your splendor.

⁸They will bring you down to the Pit,

and you will die a violent death

in the heart of the seas.

⁹Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’

in the presence of those who slay you?

You will be only a man, not a god,

in the hands of those who wound you.

¹⁰You will die the death of the uncircumcised

at the hands of foreigners.

For I have spoken,

declares the Lord GOD.”

¹¹Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ¹²“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says:

‘You were the seal of perfection,

full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

¹³You were in Eden,

the garden of God.

Every kind of precious stone adorned you:^a

ruby, topaz, and diamond,

beryl, onyx, and jasper,

sapphire,^b turquoise, and emerald.

Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold,

prepared on the day of your creation.

¹⁴You were anointed as a guardian cherub,

for I had ordained you.

You were on the holy mountain of God;

you walked among the fiery stones.

¹⁵From the day you were created

you were blameless in your ways—

until wickedness was found in you.

¹⁶By the vastness of your trade,

you were filled with violence, and you sinned.

So I drove you in disgrace

from the mountain of God,

and I banished you, O guardian cherub,

from among the fiery stones.

¹⁷Your heart grew proud of your beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor;

so I cast you to the earth;

I made you a spectacle before kings.

¹⁸By the multitude of your iniquities

and the dishonesty of your trading

you have profaned your sanctuaries.

So I made fire come from within you,

and it consumed you.

I reduced you to ashes on the ground

in the eyes of all who saw you.

¹⁹All the nations who know you

are appalled over you.

You have come to a horrible end

and will be no more.’”