Ezekiel 28:11-19
King James Version
11 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: 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 iniquity was found in thee.
16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
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Ezekiel 28:11-19
Lexham English Bible
11 And the word of Yahweh came[a] to me, saying,[b] 12 “Son of man,[c] 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[d] 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,[e]
turquoise, onyx and jasper,
sapphire,[f] 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;[g]
you walked in the midst of stones of fire.
15 You were blameless in your ways
from the day when you were created,[h]
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[i] 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[j] kings;
I have exposed you for viewing.[k]
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.[l]
19 All who know you[m] among the peoples
are appalled over you;
you have become as horrors,
and you shall cease to exist forever.”’”[n]
Footnotes
- 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”
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