The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Ezekiel 28
1 Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying,
2 “Sonofman,tellthe prince of Tyre, ‘The
Lord Yahweh says: “Because your heart is lifted up,
and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of God,
in the middle of the seas;’ yet you are man,
and no god, though you set your heart as the heart
of a god
3 behold, you are wiser than Daniel.
There is no secret that is hidden from
you.
4 By your wisdom and by your understanding
you have gotten yourself riches,
and have gotten gold and silver into
your treasuries.
5 By your great wisdom and by your
trading you have increased your riches,
and your heart is lifted up because of
your riches
6 therefore the Lord Yahweh says:
“Because you have set your heart as the
heart of God,
7 therefore, behold, I will bring strangers on you,
the terrible of the nations. They will draw
their swords against the beauty of your wisdom.
They will defile your brightness.
8 They will bring you down to the pit.
You will die the death ofthose who are
slain in the heart of the seas.
9 Will you yet say before him who kills you,
‘I am God’? But you are man, and not God,
in the hand of him who wounds you.
10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised
by the hand of strangers; for I have spoken
it,” says the Lord Yahweh.
11 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me,
saying,
12 “Son of man, take up a lamentation
over the king of Tyre, and tell him, ‘The
Lord Yahweh says: “You were the seal of full measure,
full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God.
Every precious stone adorned you:
ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite,
onyx, jasper, sapphire,† turquoise,
and beryl. Gold work of tambourines
and of pipes was in you. They were
prepared in the day that you were created.
14 You were the anointed cherub who covers.
ThenI set you upon the holy mountain of God.
You have walked up and down in the
middle of the stones of fire.
15 You were perfect in your ways from the
day that you were created,
until unrighteousness was found in
you.
16 By the abundance of your commerce,
your insides were filled with violence,
and you have sinned. Therefore I have
cast you as profane out of God’s mountain.
I have destroyed you, covering
cherub, from the middle of the stones of fire.
17 Your heart was lifted up because of your
beauty. You have corrupted your wisdom by
reason of your splendor. I have cast you to the ground.
I have laid you before kings, that they may see you.
18 By the multitude of your iniquities,
in the unrighteousness of your commerce,
you have profaned your sanctuaries.
Therefore I have brought out a fire from
the middle of you. It has devoured you.
I have turned you to ashes on the earth
in the sight of all those who see you.
19 All those who know you among the peoples
will be astonished at you.
You have become a terror,
and you will exist no more.
20 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
21 “Son of man, set your face toward
Sidon, and prophesy against it,
22 and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says:
“Behold, I am against you, Sidon.
I will be glorified among you.
Then they will know that I am Yahweh,
when I have executed judgments in
her, and am sanctified in her.
23 For I will send pestilence into her,
and blood into her streets.
The wounded will fall within her,
with the sword on her on every side.
Thenthey will know thatI amYahweh.
24 There will no longer be a pricking
brier to the house of Israel, nor a hurting
thorn of any that are around them that
scorned them. Then they will know that I
am the Lord Yahweh.”
25 “ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “When I
have gathered the house of Israel from the
peoples among whom they are scattered,
and am shown as holy among them in the
sight of the nations, then they will dwell in
their own land which I gave to my servant
Jacob.
26 They will dwell in it securely. Yes, they
will build houses, plant vineyards, and will
dwell securely when I have executed judgments
on all those around them who have
treated them with contempt. Then they
will know that I am Yahweh their God.