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11 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 12 “Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and tell him, ‘The Lord Yahweh says:

“You were the seal of full measure,
    full of wisdom,
    and perfect in beauty.
13 You were in Eden,
    the garden of God.
Every precious stone adorned you:
    ruby, topaz, emerald,
    chrysolite, onyx, jasper,
    sapphire,[a] turquoise, and beryl.
Gold work of tambourines
    and of pipes was in you.
    They were prepared in the day that you were created.
14 You were the anointed cherub who covers.
    Then I set you up on the holy mountain of God.
    You have walked up and down in the middle of the stones of fire.
15 You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created,
    until unrighteousness was found in you.
16 By the abundance of your commerce, your insides were filled with violence,
    and you have sinned.
Therefore I have cast you as profane out of God’s mountain.
    I have destroyed you, covering cherub,
    from the middle of the stones of fire.
17 Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty.
    You have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor.
I have cast you to the ground.
    I have laid you before kings,
    that they may see you.
18 By the multitude of your iniquities,
    in the unrighteousness of your commerce,
    you have profaned your sanctuaries.
Therefore I have brought out a fire from the middle of you.
    It has devoured you.
I have turned you to ashes on the earth
    in the sight of all those who see you.
19 All those who know you among the peoples will be astonished at you.
    You have become a terror,
    and you will exist no more.”’”

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Footnotes

  1. 28:13 or, lapis lazuli

A Lament for Tyre’s King

11 The word of the Lord came to me: 12 “Son of man, lament(A) for the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord God says:

You were the seal[a] of perfection,[b]
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.(B)
13 You were in Eden,(C) the garden of God.
Every kind of precious stone covered you:
carnelian, topaz, and diamond,[c]
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
lapis lazuli, turquoise[d] and emerald.[e]
Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold;(D)
they were prepared on the day you were created.
14 You were an anointed guardian cherub,(E)
for[f] I had appointed you.
You were on the holy mountain of God;
you walked among the fiery stones.
15 From the day you were created
you were blameless in your ways
until wickedness was found in you.
16 Through the abundance of your trade,
you were filled with violence, and you sinned.
So I expelled you in disgrace
from the mountain of God,
and banished you, guardian cherub,[g]
from among the fiery stones.
17 Your heart became proud because of your beauty;(F)
For the sake of your splendor
you corrupted your wisdom.
So I threw you down to the ground;[h]
I made you a spectacle before kings.
18 You profaned your sanctuaries
by the magnitude of your iniquities
in your dishonest trade.
So I made fire come from within you,
and it consumed you.(G)
I reduced you to ashes on the ground
in the sight of everyone watching you.
19 All those who know you among the peoples
are appalled at you.
You have become an object of horror
and will never exist again.’”(H)

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Footnotes

  1. 28:12 Or sealer
  2. 28:12 Hb obscure
  3. 28:13 Hb obscure
  4. 28:13 Or malachite, or garnet
  5. 28:13 Or beryl
  6. 28:14 Or With an anointed guardian cherub
  7. 28:16 Or and the guardian cherub banished you
  8. 28:17 Or earth