Ezekiel 28:1-13 ▼

1 This message came to me from the LORD:

2 |Son of Man, tell Tyre's Commander-in-Chief, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: |Because your heart is arrogant, and because you keep saying, 'I have taken my seat, I am a god, seated in God's seat right in the middle of the sea,' and because you're a man, and not a god, even though you pretend that you have a god-like heart...

3 Look! You're wiser than Daniel, aren't you? No secret is too mysterious for you!

4 Your wisdom and understanding brought you phenomenal wealth. You've brought gold and silver into your treasuries.

5 By your great wisdom, by your skills in trading you have amassed wealth for yourself and your heart has become arrogant because of your wealth.|

6 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: |Because you've made your heart like that of God

7 Therefore, look! I'm bringing foreigners in your direction, the most terrifying of nations! They will direct their violence against the grandeur that you've created by your wisdom.

8 They'll send you down to the Pit, and you'll die defiled in the depths of the sea.

9 Is that when you'll say, 'I'm God' to the face of those who will be killing you? After all, you're a man, and have never been a god, especially when you're under the control of those who will defile you!

10 You will die a death fit for the uncircumcised at the hand of foreigners.| 'for I have said it will be so,' declares the LORD.|

11 Another message came to me from the LORD, and this is what it said:

12 |Son of Man, start singing this lamentation for the king of Tyre. Tell him, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: |You served as my model, my example of complete wisdom and perfect beauty.

13 You used to be in Eden— God's paradise! You wore precious stones for clothing: ruby, topaz, diamond, beryl, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and carbuncle. Your settings were crafted in gold, along with your engravings. On the day of your creation they had been prepared!