Ezekiel 28:1-13 ▼

1 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,

2 “Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, Thus said Lord YHWH: Because your heart has been high, || And you say: I [am] a god, || I have inhabited the habitation of God, || In the heart of the seas, || And you [are] man, and not God, || And you give out your heart as the heart of God,

3 Behold, you [are] wiser than Daniel, || No hidden thing have they concealed from you.

4 By your wisdom and by your understanding || You have made wealth for yourself, || And make gold and silver in your treasuries.

5 By the abundance of your wisdom, || Through your merchandise, || You have multiplied your wealth, || And your heart is high through your wealth.

6 Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: Because of your giving out your heart as the heart of God,

7 Therefore, behold, I am bringing in strangers against you, || The terrible of the nations, || And they have drawn out their swords || Against the beauty of your wisdom, || And they have pierced your brightness.

8 They bring you down to destruction, || You die by the deaths of the wounded, in the heart of the seas.

9 Do you really say, I [am] God, || Before him who is slaying you? And you [are] man, and not God, || In the hand of him who is piercing you.

10 You die the deaths of the uncircumcised, || By the hand of strangers, for I have spoken,” || A declaration of Lord YHWH.

11 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,

12 “Son of man, lift up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, || And you have said to him, Thus said Lord YHWH: You are sealing up a measurement, || Full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

13 You have been in Eden, the garden of God, || Every precious stone [was] your covering, || Ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, || Sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle, and gold, || The workmanship of your tambourines and of your pipes, || In you in the day of your being produced, have been created;