Ezekiel 28:2-19

Christian Standard Bible

Because you regard your heart as that of a god,
⁷ I am about to bring strangers against you,
ruthless men from the nations.
They will draw their swords
against your magnificent wisdom
and will pierce your splendor.^(D)
8 They will bring you down to the Pit,^(E)
and you will die a violent death
in the heart of the sea.
⁹ Will you still say, “I am a god,”
in the presence of those who slay^[b] you?
Yet you will be only a man, not a god,
in the hands of those who kill you.
¹⁰ You will die the death of the uncircumcised^(F)
at the hands of strangers.^(G)
For I have spoken.

You were the seal^[c] of perfection,^[d]
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.^(I)
13 You were in Eden,^(J) the garden of God.
Every kind of precious stone covered you:
carnelian, topaz, and diamond,^[e]
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
lapis lazuli, turquoise^[f] and emerald.^[g]
Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold;^(K)
they were prepared on the day you were created.
¹⁴ You were an anointed guardian cherub,^(L)
for^[h] 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,^[i]
from among the fiery stones.
¹⁷ Your heart became proud because of your beauty;^(M)
For the sake of your splendor
you corrupted your wisdom.
So I threw you down to the ground;^[j]
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.^(N)
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.’”^(O)