Ezekiel 28:1-26 CSB

[1] The word of the LORD came to me: [2] "Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, "I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea." Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god. [3] Yes, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you! [4] By your wisdom and understanding you have acquired wealth for yourself. You have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries. [5] By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has become proud because of your wealth. [6] "'Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as that of a god, [7] I am about to bring strangers against you, ruthless men from the nations. They will draw their swords against your magnificent wisdom and will pierce your splendor. [8] They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the sea. [9] Will you still say, "I am a god," in the presence of those who slay you? Yet you will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who kill you. [10] You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of strangers. For I have spoken. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.'" [11] The word of the LORD came to me: [12] "Son of man, lament for the king of Tyre and say to him, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. [13] You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone covered you: carnelian, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold; they were prepared on the day you were created. [14] You were an anointed guardian cherub, for I had appointed you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones. [15] From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways until wickedness was found in you. [16] Through the abundance of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I expelled you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and banished you, guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. [17] Your heart became proud because of your beauty; For the sake of your splendor you corrupted your wisdom. So I threw you down to the ground; I made you a spectacle before kings. [18] You profaned your sanctuaries by the magnitude of your iniquities in your dishonest trade. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of everyone watching you. [19] All those who know you among the peoples are appalled at you. You have become an object of horror and will never exist again.'" [20] The word of the LORD came to me: [21] "Son of man, face Sidon and prophesy against it. [22] You are to say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: Look! I am against you, Sidon, and I will display my glory within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate my holiness through her. [23] I will send a plague against her and bloodshed in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD. [24] "'The house of Israel will no longer be hurt by prickly briers or painful thorns from all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD. [25] "'This is what the Lord GOD says: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples where they are scattered, I will demonstrate my holiness through them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob. [26] They will live there securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will live securely when I execute judgments against all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.'"