Ezekiel 28:9-29:3

English Standard Version

⁹^(A)Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’
    in the presence of those who kill you,
though ^(B)you are but a man, and no god,
    in the hands of those who slay you?
¹⁰^(C)You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
    by the hand of foreigners;
    ^(D)for I have spoken, declares the Lord God.”

A Lament over the King of Tyre

¹¹Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me: ¹²^(E)“Son of man, ^(F)raise a lamentation over ^(G)the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:

“You were the signet of perfection,^[a]
    ^(H)full of wisdom and ^(I)perfect in beauty.
¹³You were in ^(J)Eden, the garden of God;
    ^(K)every precious stone was your covering,
^(L)sardius, topaz, and diamond,
    beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire,^[b] ^(M)emerald, and carbuncle;
    and crafted in gold were your settings
    and your engravings.^[c]
^(N)On the day that you were created
    they were prepared.
¹⁴You were an anointed ^(O)guardian cherub.
    I placed you;^[d] you were on ^(P)the holy mountain of God;
    in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
¹⁵You were blameless in your ways
    ^(Q)from the day you were created,
    till unrighteousness was found in you.
¹⁶In the abundance of ^(R)your trade
    you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from ^(S)the mountain of God,
    and I destroyed you,^[e] ^(T)O guardian cherub,
    from the midst of the stones of fire.
¹⁷^(U)Your heart was proud because of ^(V)your beauty;
    you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
    I exposed you before kings,
    to feast their eyes on you.
¹⁸By the multitude of your iniquities,
    in the unrighteousness of your trade
    you profaned your sanctuaries;
so ^(W)I brought fire out from your midst;
    it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
    ^(X)in the sight of all who saw you.
¹⁹All who know you among the peoples
    are appalled at you;
^(Y)you have come to a dreadful end
    and shall be no more forever.”

Prophecy Against Sidon

²⁰The word of the Lord came to me: ²¹^(Z)“Son of man, ^(AA)set your face toward ^(AB)Sidon, and ^(AC)prophesy against her ²²and say, Thus says the Lord God:

“Behold, ^(AD)I am against you, O Sidon,
    and ^(AE)I will manifest my glory in your midst.
And ^(AF)they shall know that I am the Lord
    ^(AG)when I execute judgments in her
    and ^(AH)manifest my holiness in her;
²³for I will send ^(AI)pestilence into her,
    and blood into her streets;
and the slain shall fall in her midst,
    by the sword that is against her on every side.
Then they will know that I am the Lord.

²⁴“And for the house of Israel ^(AJ)there shall be no more a brier to prick or ^(AK)a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors ^(AL)who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.

Israel Gathered in Security

²⁵“Thus says the Lord God: ^(AM)When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and ^(AN)manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, ^(AO)then they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob. ²⁶^(AP)And they shall dwell securely in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely, ^(AQ)when I execute judgments upon all their neighbors ^(AR)who have treated them with contempt. ^(AS)Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.”

Prophecy Against Egypt

29 ^(AT)In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: ²^(AU)“Son of man, ^(AV)set your face against ^(AW)Pharaoh king of Egypt, ^(AX)and prophesy against him and ^(AY)against all Egypt; ³speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God:

^(AZ)“Behold, I am against you,
    Pharaoh king of Egypt,
^(BA)the great dragon that lies
    in the midst of his streams,
^(BB)that says, ‘My Nile is my own;
    I made it for myself.’