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28 Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying, “Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord Yahweh says:

“Because your heart is lifted up,
    and you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of God,
    in the middle of the seas;’
yet you are man,
    and not God,
    though you set your heart as the heart of God—
behold, you are wiser than Daniel;
    there is no secret that is hidden from you;
by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches,
    and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries;
by your great wisdom
    and by your trading you have increased your riches,
    and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—”

“‘therefore the Lord Yahweh says:

“Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,
    therefore, behold, I will bring strangers on you,
    the terrible of the nations.
They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom.
    They will defile your brightness.
They will bring you down to the pit.
    You will die the death of those who are slain
    in the heart of the seas.
Will you yet say before him who kills you, ‘I am God’?
    But you are man, and not God,
    in the hand of him who wounds you.
10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised
    by the hand of strangers;
    for I have spoken it,” says the Lord Yahweh.’”

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Tyre’s King Overthrown

28 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, “Son of man, say to the [a]leader of Tyre, ‘The Lord [b]God says this:

“Because your heart is haughty
And you have said, ‘(A)I am a god,
I sit in the seat of [c]gods
In the heart of the seas’;
Yet you are a (B)mortal and not God,
Although you make your heart like the heart of God—
Behold, you are wiser than (C)Daniel;
There is no secret that is a match for you!
By your wisdom and understanding
You have acquired (D)riches for yourself
And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.
By your great wisdom, by your (E)trade
You have increased your riches,
And your (F)heart is haughty because of your riches—

Therefore this is what the Lord God says:

‘Because you have (G)made your heart
Like the heart of God,
Therefore, behold, I am going to bring (H)strangers against you,
The (I)most ruthless of the nations.
And they will draw their swords
Against the beauty of your wisdom
And profane your splendor.
They will bring you down to the pit,
And you will die the (J)death of those who are killed
In the heart of the seas.
Will you still say, “I am a god,”
In the presence of one who kills you,
Though you are a mortal and not God,
In the hands of those who wound you?
10 You will die the death of the (K)uncircumcised
By the hand of strangers,
For I have spoken!’ declares the Lord God!”’”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 28:2 Or ruler, prince
  2. Ezekiel 28:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  3. Ezekiel 28:2 Or God