1 Proclamation Against the King of Tyre The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
2 “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God : “Because your heart is Jer. 49:16; Ezek. 31:10 lifted up, And Is. 14:14; 47:8; Ezek. 28:9;2 Thess. 2:4 you say, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods, Ezek. 27:3, 4 In the midst of the seas,’ Is. 31:3; Ezek. 28:9 Yet you are a man, and not a god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god
3 (Behold, Ezek. 14:14; Dan. 1:20; 2:20–23, 28; 5:11, 12; Zech. 9:3 you are wiser than Daniel! There is no secret that can be hidden from you!
4 With your wisdom and your understanding You have gained Ezek. 27:33; Zech. 9:1–3 riches for yourself, And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
5 Ps. 62:10; Zech. 9:3 By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches, And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),”
6 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God : “Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god,
7 Behold, therefore, I will bring Ezek. 26:7 strangers against you, Ezek. 7:24; 21:31; 30:11; Hab. 1:6–8 The most terrible of the nations; And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, And defile your splendor.
8 They shall throw you down into the Is. 14:15 Pit, And you shall die the death of the slain In the midst of the seas.
9 “Will you still Ezek. 28:2 say before him who slays you, ‘I am a god’? But you shall be a man, and not a god, In the hand of him who slays you.
10 You shall die the death of 1 Sam. 17:26, 36; Ezek. 31:18; 32:19, 21, 25, 27 the uncircumcised By the hand of aliens; For I have spoken,” says the Lord God .’ ”
11 Lamentation for the King of Tyre Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
12 “Son of man, Ezek. 27:2 take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God : Ezek. 27:3; 28:3 “You were the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13 You were in Gen. 2:8; Is. 51:3; Ezek. 31:8, 9; 36:35 Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of Ezek. 26:13 your timbrels and pipes Was prepared for you on the day you were created.
14 “You were the anointed Ex. 25:20; Ezek. 28:16 cherub who covers; I established you; You were on Is. 14:13; Ezek. 20:40 the holy mountain of God; You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.
15 You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, Till (Is. 14:12) iniquity was found in you.
16 “By the abundance of your trading You became filled with violence within, And you sinned; Therefore I cast you as a profane thing Out of the mountain of God; And I destroyed you, Ezek. 28:14 O covering cherub, From the midst of the fiery stones.
17 “Your Ezek. 28:2, 5 heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor; I cast you to the ground, I laid you before kings, That they might gaze at you.
18 “You defiled your sanctuaries By the multitude of your iniquities, By the iniquity of your trading; Therefore I brought fire from your midst; It devoured you, And I turned you to ashes upon the earth In the sight of all who saw you.
19 All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you; Ezek. 26:21 You have become a horror, And shall be no Ezek. 27:36 more forever.” ’ ”
20 Proclamation Against Sidon Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
21 “Son of man, Ezek. 6:2; 25:2; 29:2 set your face Gen. 10:15, 19; Is. 23:2, 4, 12; Ezek. 27:8; 32:30 toward Sidon, and prophesy against her,
22 and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God : Ex. 14:4, 17; Ezek. 39:13 “Behold, I am against you, O Sidon; I will be glorified in your midst; And Ps. 9:16 they shall know that I am the Lord , When I execute judgments in her and am Ezek. 28:25 hallowed in her.
23 Ezek. 38:22 For I will send pestilence upon her, And blood in her streets; The wounded shall be judged in her midst By the sword against her on every side; Then they shall know that I am the Lord .
24 “And there shall no longer be a pricking brier or Num. 33:55; Josh. 23:13; Is. 55:13; Ezek. 2:6 a painful thorn for the house of Israel from among all who are around them, who Ezek. 16:57; 25:6, 7 despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God .”
25 Israel’s Future Blessing ‘Thus says the Lord God : “When I have Ps. 106:47; Is. 11:12, 13; Jer. 32:37; Ezek. 11:17; 20:41; 34:13; 37:21 gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am Ezek. 28:22 hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob.
26 And they will Jer. 23:6; Ezek. 36:28 dwell safely there, Is. 65:21; Jer. 32:15, 43, 44; Amos 9:13, 14 build houses, and Jer. 31:5; Amos 9:14 plant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God.” ’ ”