Ezekiel 28:11-19

New International Reader's Version

“ ‘ “You were the model of perfection.
    You were full of wisdom.
    You were perfect and beautiful.
¹³ You were in Eden.
    It was my garden.
All kinds of jewels decorated you.
Here is a list of them:
    carnelian, chrysolite and emerald,
    topaz, onyx and jasper,
    lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.
Your settings and mountings were made out of gold.
    On the day you were created,
    they were prepared.
¹⁴ I appointed you to be like a guardian angel.
    I anointed you for that purpose.
You were on my holy mountain.
    You walked among the gleaming jewels.
¹⁵ Your conduct was without blame
    from the day you were created.
    But soon you began to sin.
¹⁶ You traded with many nations.
    You harmed people everywhere.
    And you sinned.
So I sent you away from my mountain in shame.
    Guardian angel, I drove you away
    from among the gleaming jewels.
¹⁷ You thought you were so handsome
    that it made your heart proud.
You thought you were so glorious
    that it spoiled your wisdom.
So I threw you down to the earth.
    I made an example out of you in front of kings.
¹⁸ Your many sins and dishonest trade
    made your holy places impure.
So I made you go up in flames.
    I turned you into nothing but ashes on the ground.
    I let everyone see it.
¹⁹ All the nations that knew you
    are shocked because of what happened to you.
You have come to a horrible end.
    And you will be gone forever.” ’ ”