Ezekiel 28
The Lord God condemns the leader of Tyre for his arrogance and claim to be God, stating that he will be destroyed by foreigners and die the death of the uncircumcised. The king of Tyre was once perfect in beauty and wisdom, but his heart was corrupted by his own beauty and business dealings, leading to his downfall. The Lord also speaks against Sidon, promising to execute judgments and send a pestilence upon the city. Ultimately, the Lord will gather the house of Israel from their dispersion and they will live securely in their own land, knowing that the Lord is their God.
1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying2"Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre: Thus says the Lord God: Because your heart has been exalted, and you have said, ‘I am God, and I sit in the chair of God, in the heart of the sea,’ though you are a man, and not God, and because you have presented your heart as if it were the heart of God3Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is concealed from you4By your wisdom and prudence, you have made yourself strong, and you have acquired gold and silver for your storehouses5By the multitude of your wisdom, and by your business dealings, you have multiplied strength for yourself. And your heart has been exalted by your strength6Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Because your heart has been exalted as if it were the heart of God7for this reason, behold, I will lead over you foreigners, the most robust among the Gentiles. And they will bare their swords over the beauty of your wisdom, and they will defile your beauty8They will destroy you and pull you down. And you will die the death of those slain in the heart of the sea9So then, will you speak, in the presence of those who are destroying you, before the hand of those who are killing you, saying, ‘I am God,’ though you are a man, and not God10You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hand of foreigners. For I have spoken, says the Lord God.11And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: "Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre12and you shall say to him: Thus says the Lord God: You were the seal of similitudes, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty13You were with the delights of the Paradise of God. Every precious stone was your covering: sardius, topaz, and jasper, chrysolite, and onyx, and beryl, sapphire, and garnet, and emerald. The work of your beauty was of gold, and your fissures were ready in the day when you were formed14You were a cherub, stretched out and protecting, and I stationed you on the holy mountain of God. You have walked in the midst of stones containing fire15You were perfect in your ways, from the day of your formation, until iniquity was found in you16By the multitude of your business dealings, your interior was filled with iniquity, and you sinned. And I cast you away from the mountain of God, and I perished you, O protecting cherub, from the midst of the stones containing fire17And your heart was exalted by your beauty; you have destroyed your own wisdom by your beauty. I have cast you to the ground. I have presented you before the face of kings, so that they may examine you18You have defiled your sanctuaries, by the multitude of your iniquities and by the iniquity of your business dealings. Therefore, I will produce a fire from your midst, which will consume you, and I will make you into ashes upon the earth, in the sight of all who are watching you19All who gaze upon you among the Gentiles will be stupefied over you. You were made out of nothing, and you shall not be, forever.20And the word of the Lord came to me, saying21"Son of man, set your face against Sidon, and you shall prophesy about it22And you shall say: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Sidon, and I will be glorified in your midst. And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have executed judgments in her, and when I will have been sanctified in her23And I will send a pestilence upon her, and there will be blood in her streets. And they will fall, slain by the sword, on every side in her midst. And they shall know that I am the Lord24And the house of Israel will no longer be a stumbling block of bitterness, nor a thorn bringing pain everywhere around them, to those who turn against them. And they shall know that I am the Lord God.25Thus says the Lord God: "When I will have gathered together the house of Israel, from the peoples among whom they have been dispersed, I shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the Gentiles. And they shall live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob26And they shall live within it securely. And they shall build houses and plant vineyards. And they shall live in confidence, when I will have executed judgments upon all those who turn against them on every side. And they shall know that I am the Lord their God.
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