10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised(A)
at the hands of strangers.(B)
For I have spoken.
This is the declaration of the Lord God.

A Lament for Tyre’s King

11 The word of the Lord came to me: 12 “Son of man, lament(C) for the king of Tyre and say to him: This is what the Lord God says:

You were the seal[a] of perfection,[b]
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 28:12 Or sealer
  2. Ezekiel 28:12 Hb obscure

10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised(A)
    at the hands of foreigners.

I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

11 The word of the Lord came to me: 12 “Son of man, take up a lament(B) concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘You were the seal of perfection,
    full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.(C)

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