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Ezekiel 28:1-10
Lexham English Bible

A Prophecy Aimed at the King of Tyre

28 And the word of Yahweh came[a] to me, saying,[b] 2 “Son of man,[c] say to the leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh:

“Because your heart was haughty,
    and you said, ‘I am a god;
I sit in the seat of the gods,
    I sit in the heart of the seas!’
But[d] you are a human, not a god,
    and you gave your heart to be like the heart of a god.
3 Look, are you wiser than Daniel,
    so that no secret[e] is hidden from you?
4 By your wisdom and by your understanding
    you have gained for yourself wealth,
and you have amassed gold and silver
    in your treasuries.
5 By the abundance of your wisdom in your trading
    you have increased your wealth
    and your heart was proud in[f] your wealth.”’”

6 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:

“Because of your regarding your mind[g]
    like the mind[h] of a god,
7 therefore look! I am bringing strangers over you,
    the most ruthless of the peoples,
and they will draw their swords against the beauty[i] of your wisdom,
    and they will defile your splendor.
8 They will thrust you down to the pit,
    and you will die a violent death[j]
    in the heart of the seas.
9 Will you indeed still say[k] “I am a god!”
    before the face of your killers?[l]
And in fact you are a human[m] and not a god
    in the hand of those who pierce you.[n]
10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised
    by the hand of strangers,

for I myself[o] have spoken!” declares[p] the Lord Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 28:1 Literally “was”
  2. Ezekiel 28:1 Literally “to say”
  3. Ezekiel 28:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  4. Ezekiel 28:2 Or “And”
  5. Ezekiel 28:3 Literally “all of hidden/secret”
  6. Ezekiel 28:5 Or “by/through”
  7. Ezekiel 28:6 Literally “heart”
  8. Ezekiel 28:6 Literally “heart”
  9. Ezekiel 28:7 Or “splendor”
  10. Ezekiel 28:8 Literally “a death of a slain”
  11. Ezekiel 28:9 Literally “Will you say, will you say”
  12. Ezekiel 28:9 Or “slayers”
  13. Ezekiel 28:9 Or “man”
  14. Ezekiel 28:9 Literally “piercers/slayers of you”
  15. Ezekiel 28:10 Hebrew “I, I”
  16. Ezekiel 28:10 Literally “declaration of”
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