Ezekiel 28:1-10
Modern English Version
A Prophecy Against the King of Tyre
28 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying: 2 Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:
Because your heart is lifted up,
and you have said, “I am a god;
I sit in the seat of gods
in the midst of the seas,”
yet you are a man, and not God,
though you set your heart as the heart of God.
3 You are wiser than Daniel;
there is no secret that is a match for you.
4 With your wisdom and with your understanding,
you have obtained riches for yourself,
and have obtained gold and silver
into your treasuries;
5 by your great wisdom, by your trade,
you have increased your riches,
and your heart is lifted up
because of your riches.
6 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
Because you have set your heart
as the heart of God,
7 therefore, I will bring strangers upon you,
the most cruel of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom,
and defile your brightness.
8 They shall bring you down to the pit,
and you shall die the death of those who are slain
in the midst of the seas.
9 Will you yet say before him who slays you,
“I am a god,”
although you are a man and not God,
in the hands of those who wound you?
10 You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
by the hand of strangers;
for I have spoken! says the Lord God.
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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- 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”
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