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Major Prophets

Ezekiel 28

A Prophecy against the Ruler of Tyre

1And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

1And the word of YHWH 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.

2“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, thus says the Lord YHWH: Because your heart is lifted up, and you say, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the midst of the seas,’ and you are a man and not a god, and you give your heart as the heart of a god,

3Behold, you are wiser than Daniel;

no secret is hidden from you!

3behold, you are wiser than Daniel—anything hidden is not in the dark for you!

4By your wisdom and understanding

you have gained your wealth

and amassed gold and silver

for your treasuries.

4With your wisdom and with your understanding you have made for yourself wealth, and you have made gold and silver in your treasuries.

5By your great skill in trading

you have increased your wealth,

but your heart has grown proud

because of it.

5By the abundance of your wisdom in trading you have increased your wealth, and your heart is lifted high in your wealth.

6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says:

Because you regard your heart

as the heart of a god,

6Therefore, thus says the Lord YHWH: Because you have given 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.

7therefore, behold, I am bringing upon you strangers, the ruthless of the nations! And they will draw out their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they 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.

8They bring you down into the Pit, and you will die the death of the slain in the midst 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.

9Will you really say, ‘I am a god,’ before the face of the One slaying you and you are a man and not a god in the hand of the One slaying you?

10You will die the death of the uncircumcised

at the hands of foreigners.

For I have spoken,

declares the Lord GOD.”

10You will die the death of the uncircumcised, by the hand of strangers. For I have spoken, a declaration of the Lord YHWH.”

A Lament for the King of Tyre

11Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

11And the word of YHWH 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.

12“Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘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:

ruby, topaz, and diamond,

beryl, onyx, and jasper,

sapphire, turquoise, and emerald.

Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold,

prepared on the day of your creation.

13You were in Eden, the garden of God, with every precious stone your covering—ruby, topaz, and diamond; beryl, onyx, and jasper; sapphire, turquoise, and emerald; and of gold was the workmanship of your timbrels and pipes, established for you 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.

14You were a cherub anointed as a guardian, and I set you on the mountain of the holiness of God; you were in the midst of the stones of fire; you walked about.

15From the day you were created

you were blameless in your ways—

until wickedness was found in you.

15Perfect you were in your ways from the day you were created, until iniquity 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.

16With the abundance of your trading, your midst became filled with violence, and you sinned; and I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I made you depart, O guardian cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

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.

17Your heart was lifted up in your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor! Upon the ground I cast you; before the faces of kings I set you that they might gaze at you.

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.

18By the multitude of your iniquities, with the injustice of your trading, you have profaned your holy places. And I have brought forth fire from your midst; it has devoured you, and I have given you to ashes upon the earth, before the eyes of all those looking at you!

19All the nations who know you

are appalled over you.

You have come to a horrible end

and will be no more.’”

19All knowing you among the peoples are appalled over you; you have become a horror, and you will be no more, even to forever!’”

A Prophecy against Sidon

20Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

20And the word of YHWH came to me, saying:

21“Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her.

21“Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her.

22And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says:

‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,

and I will be glorified within you.

They will know that I am the LORD

when I execute judgments against her

and demonstrate My holiness through her.

22And say, thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified in your midst; and they will know that I am YHWH, in my making judgments against her, and I display My holiness against her.

23I will send a plague against her

and shed blood in her streets;

the slain will fall within her,

while the sword is against her on every side.

Then they will know that I am the LORD.

23For I will send against her pestilence, and blood in her streets; and the slain will fall in her midst, by the sword against her on every side—and they will know that I am YHWH!

24For 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.’

24And there will be no longer for the house of Israel a brier bringing malice or a thorn giving pain from all those around them who despise them; and they will know that I am the Lord YHWH.’

The Restoration of Israel

25This 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.

Then they will dwell in their own land, which I have given to My servant Jacob.

25Thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘In My gathering the house of Israel from the peoples, among whom they are scattered, and I will show Myself holy among them before the eyes of the nations, and they will dwell in their own land that I gave to My servant Jacob.

26And 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.’”

26And they will dwell upon it in safety, and they will build houses and plant vineyards, and they will dwell in safety, with My making judgments against all those despising them from around them. And they will know that I am YHWH their God.’”