Chapter 28
1 Yahweh ’s word came again to me , saying ,
2 " Son of man , tell the 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 of those 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 . Then I set you up on 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 . Then they will know that I am Yahweh .
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 ."’"