Ezekiel 28
EasyEnglish Bible
God warns the king of Tyre
28 The Lord gave this message to me: 2 ‘Son of man, say this to the ruler of Tyre. “This is what the Almighty Lord says:
You are a very proud man.
You say, ‘I am a god and Tyre is my throne.
I rule over all the seas around me.’
But, whatever you think, you are only a man. You are not a god.
3 You think that you are wiser than Daniel,
and that you know all secrets.
4 You have been wise and clever enough to make yourself rich.
You have stored much gold and silver in your palace.
5 Because you are a clever trader,
you have become even richer.
And because of your riches, you have become very proud.
6 So this is what the Almighty Lord says:
You think that you are as wise as a god.
7 So listen! I will bring a foreign army to attack you.
They will be a very cruel enemy.
They will use their swords to destroy your beautiful city.
They will spoil the beautiful things that you have used your wisdom to get for yourselves.
8 They will kill you violently in battle,
and the sea will become your grave.
9 When your enemies attack you,
you will no longer say, ‘I am a god.’
When they are ready to kill you,
you will know that you are only human.
10 Foreign people will kill you.
You will die like people who do not belong to me.
I, the Almighty Lord have said this.” ’
11 The Lord gave this message to me: 12 ‘Son of man, sing this funeral song about the king of Tyre. Tell him, “This is what the Almighty Lord says:
At one time, you were the example of a good man.
You were completely wise and beautiful.
13 You lived in God's beautiful garden, Eden.
You wore valuable jewels on your clothes.
The jewels were ruby, topaz, emerald,
chrysolite, onyx, jasper,
sapphire, turquoise and beryl.[a]
They were fixed to pieces of gold.
They were ready for you to wear on the day that you were born.
14 I put you there with a cherub to be your guard.
You lived on my holy mountain.
You walked among the stones that burned with fire.
15 Everything that you did was completely good
from the day that you were born.
But later, you started to do wicked things.
16 As a trader, you bought and sold many things.
As a result, you became violent and you did evil things.
So I sent you away in shame.
I would not allow you to remain on my mountain.
The cherub that had been your guard chased you out.
You could no longer walk among the stones that burned with fire.
17 But because you were so beautiful, you were very proud.
You used your wisdom to do bad things,
because you loved to have beautiful things.
So I threw you down to the ground.
I let other kings see what had happened to you.
18 As a trader, you did many wrong things to cheat people.
Your holy places became unclean.
So I caused fire to completely destroy your city.
Everyone could see that only ashes remained on the ground.
19 All the people of other nations who knew you are very afraid.
They have seen the terrible thing that has happened to you.
You have come to a complete end and you will never return.” ’
God warns Sidon[b]
20 The Lord gave this message to me: 21 ‘Son of man, turn and look towards Sidon. Tell them my message to warn them. 22 Say, “This is what the Almighty Lord says:
Listen! I have become your enemy, Sidon.
I will show your people how great I am.
Then they will know that I am the Lord.
I will punish your people for their sins
so that they know that I am a holy God.
23 I will cause disease to kill people in the city.
Enemies will attack from all around the city,
and people will die in the streets.
Then they will know that I am the Lord.
24 Israel will no longer suffer because of the nations that are around them. Those nations will not be like sharp thorns that give the Israelites pain. They will not insult the Israelites any more. Then they will know that I am the Almighty Lord.
25 This is what the Almighty Lord says: I will bring Israel's people back from the countries where I sent them to live. Then all the nations will see that I am a holy God for my people. My people will live in their own land that I gave to my servant, Jacob.[c] 26 They will live there safely. They will build houses and they will plant vineyards. I will punish all the nations around them who have insulted them. Then my people will live safely in their homes. And they will know that I am the Lord their God.” ’
Footnotes
- 28:13 These are all names of jewels. See Exodus 28:18; 39:11; Revelation 21:20.
- 28:20 Sidon was a city on the coast about 25 miles north of Tyre.
- 28:25 Jacob was the ancestor of the Israelite people.
Ezekiel 28
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.
11 And the word of Yahweh came[q] to me, saying,[r] 12 “Son of man,[s] raise a lament over the king of Tyre, and you must say to him, ‘thus says the Lord Yahweh:
“You were a perfect model of[t] an example,
full of wisdom and perfect of beauty.
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God,
and every precious stone was your adornment:
carnelian, topaz and moonstone,[u]
turquoise, onyx and jasper,
sapphire,[v] malachite and emerald.
And gold was the craftsmanship of your settings
and your mountings in you;
on the day when you were created they were prepared.
14 You were an anointed guardian cherub,
and I placed you on God’s holy mountain;[w]
you walked in the midst of stones of fire.
15 You were blameless in your ways
from the day when you were created,[x]
until wickedness was found in you.
16 In the abundance of your trading,
they filled the midst of you with violence, and you sinned;
and I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God,
and I expelled you, the guardian[y] cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty;
you ruined your wisdom because of your splendor.
I threw you on the ground before[z] kings;
I have exposed you for viewing.[aa]
18 From the abundance of your iniquities
in the dishonesty of your trading,
I profaned your sanctuaries
and I brought fire from your midst;
it consumed you, and I have turned you to ashes on the earth
before the eyes of everyone who sees you.[ab]
19 All who know you[ac] among the peoples
are appalled over you;
you have become as horrors,
and you shall cease to exist forever.”’”[ad]
20 And the word of Yahweh came[ae] to me, saying,[af] 21 “Son of man,[ag] set your face toward Sidon and prophesy against it, 22 and you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
“Look! I am against you, Sidon,
and I display my glory in the midst of you,
and they will know that I am Yahweh
when I execute my judgments,[ah]
and I will show myself holy within it.
23 And I will send into it a plague,
and blood will be in its streets.
And the dead will fall in the midst of her
by the sword that is against it from all around;
and they will know that I am Yahweh.
24 And there will not be any longer[ai] a painful thorn and a sharp thornbush for[aj] the house of Israel from anywhere around them[ak] from those who are despising them,[al] and they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.”’”
25 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples to which they were scattered about in them, and I show myself holy in[am] them before the eyes of the nations, then they will live on their soil, which I gave to my servant Jacob. 26 And they will live on it in safety, and they will build houses, and they will plant vineyards, and they will live in safety when I execute my judgments on all those who despise them from all around them,[an] and then they will know that I am Yahweh their God.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 28:1 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 28:1 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 28:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 28:2 Or “And”
- Ezekiel 28:3 Literally “all of hidden/secret”
- Ezekiel 28:5 Or “by/through”
- Ezekiel 28:6 Literally “heart”
- Ezekiel 28:6 Literally “heart”
- Ezekiel 28:7 Or “splendor”
- Ezekiel 28:8 Literally “a death of a slain”
- Ezekiel 28:9 Literally “Will you say, will you say”
- Ezekiel 28:9 Or “slayers”
- Ezekiel 28:9 Or “man”
- Ezekiel 28:9 Literally “piercers/slayers of you”
- Ezekiel 28:10 Hebrew “I, I”
- Ezekiel 28:10 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 28:11 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 28:11 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 28:12 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 28:12 Or “for”
- Ezekiel 28:13 Meaning of Hebrew uncertain
- Ezekiel 28:13 Or “lapis lazuli”
- Ezekiel 28:14 Literally “on the mountain of the holiness of God”
- Ezekiel 28:15 Literally “being created you”
- Ezekiel 28:16 Or “guarding”
- Ezekiel 28:17 Literally “in the face of”
- Ezekiel 28:17 Literally “to look at you”
- Ezekiel 28:18 Literally “before the eyes of all seeing you”
- Ezekiel 28:19 Literally “all of the knowers of you”
- Ezekiel 28:19 Literally “there is not you until eternity”
- Ezekiel 28:20 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 28:20 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 28:21 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 28:22 Literally “in/at doing in her judgments”
- Ezekiel 28:24 Literally “and not it will be again”
- Ezekiel 28:24 Or “against”
- Ezekiel 28:24 Literally “from all of all around them”
- Ezekiel 28:24 Literally “the ones despising them”
- Ezekiel 28:25 Or “among”
- Ezekiel 28:26 Literally “the ones despising them”
Ezekiel 28
American Standard Version
28 The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the [a]midst of the seas; yet thou art man, and not God, though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God;— 3 behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from thee; 4 by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee [b]riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures; 5 by thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy [c]riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy [d]riches;— 6 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God, 7 therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall [e]defile thy brightness. 8 They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas. 9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou art man, and not God, in the hand of him that [f]woundeth thee. 10 Thou shalt die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
11 Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 12 Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou sealest up the [g]sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 13 Thou wast in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the [h]sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the [i]emerald, and the [j]carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was in thee; in the day that thou wast created they were prepared. 14 Thou wast the anointed cherub that covereth: and I set thee, so that thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till unrighteousness was found in thee. 16 By the abundance of thy traffic they filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore have I cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 17 Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I have cast thee to the ground; I have laid thee before kings, that they may behold thee. 18 By the multitude of thine iniquities, in the unrighteousness of thy traffic, thou hast profaned thy sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of thee; it hath devoured thee, and I have turned thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. 19 All they that know thee among the peoples shall be astonished at thee: thou art become [k]a terror, and thou shalt nevermore have any being.
20 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 21 Son of man, set thy face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it, 22 and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Sidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her. 23 For I will send pestilence into her, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall [l]fall in the midst of her, with the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am Jehovah. 24 And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any that are round about them, that did despite unto them; and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
25 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob. 26 And they shall dwell securely therein; yea, they shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and shall dwell securely, when I have executed judgments upon all those that do them despite round about them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah their God.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 28:2 Hebrew heart.
- Ezekiel 28:4 Or, power
- Ezekiel 28:5 Or, power
- Ezekiel 28:5 Or, power
- Ezekiel 28:7 Or, profane
- Ezekiel 28:9 Or, profaneth
- Ezekiel 28:12 Or, measure. Or, pattern
- Ezekiel 28:13 Or, ruby
- Ezekiel 28:13 Or, carbuncle
- Ezekiel 28:13 Or, emerald
- Ezekiel 28:19 Or, a destruction. Hebrew terrors.
- Ezekiel 28:23 Or, be judged
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