Ezekiel 28:1-26 TLB

[1] Here is another message given to me from the Lord: [2] "Son of dust, say to the prince of Tyre, 'The Lord God says: You are so proud you think you are God, sitting on the throne of a god on your island home in the midst of the seas. But you are only a man and not a god, though you boast yourself to be like God. You are wiser than Daniel, for no secret is hidden from you. [4] You have used your wisdom and understanding to get great wealth-gold and silver and many treasures. [5] Yes, your wisdom has made you very rich and very proud.'" [6] Therefore the Lord God says: "Because you claim that you are as wise as God, [7] an enemy army, the terror of the nations, shall suddenly draw their swords against your marvelous wisdom and defile your splendor! [8] They will bring you to the pit of hell, and you shall die as those pierced with many wounds, there on your island in the heart of the seas. [9] Then will you boast as a god? At least to these invaders you will be no god, but merely man! [10] You will die like an outcast at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken it," the Lord God says. [11] Then this further message came to me from the Lord: [12] "Son of dust, weep for the king of Tyre. Tell him, 'The Lord God says: You were the perfection of wisdom and beauty. [13] You were in Eden, the garden of God; your clothing was bejeweled with every precious stone-ruby, topaz, diamond, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, carbuncle, and emerald-all in beautiful settings of finest gold. They were given to you on the day you were created. [14] I appointed you to be the anointed Guardian Angel. You had access to the holy mountain of God. You walked among the stones of fire. [15] "'You were perfect in all you did from the day you were created until that time when wrong was found in you. [16] Your great wealth filled you with internal turmoil, and you sinned. Therefore, I cast you out of the mountain of God like a common sinner. I destroyed you, O Guardian Angel, from the midst of the stones of fire. [17] Your heart was filled with pride because of all your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. Therefore, I have cast you down to the ground and exposed you helpless before the curious gaze of kings. [18] You defiled your holiness with lust for gain; therefore, I brought forth fire from your own actions and let it burn you to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all those watching you. [19] All who know you are appalled at your fate; you are an example of horror; you are destroyed forever.'" [20] Then another message came to me from the Lord: [21] "Son of dust, look toward the city of Sidon and prophesy against it. Say to it, [22] 'The Lord God says: I am your enemy, O Sidon, and I will reveal my power over you. When I destroy you and show forth my holiness upon you, then all who see shall know I am the Lord. [23] I will send an epidemic of disease and an army to destroy; the wounded shall be slain in your streets by troops on every side. Then you will know I am the Lord. [24] No longer shall you and Israel's other neighbor nations prick and tear at Israel like thorns and briars, though they formerly despised her and treated her with great contempt. [25] "'The people of Israel will once more live in their own land, the land I gave their father Jacob. For I will gather them back again from distant lands where I have scattered them, and I will show the nations of the world my holiness among my people. [26] They will live safely in Israel and build their homes and plant their vineyards. When I punish all the bordering nations that treated them with such contempt, then they shall know I am the Lord their God.'"