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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]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 28:11 Literally “was”
  2. Ezekiel 28:11 Literally “to say”
  3. Ezekiel 28:12 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  4. Ezekiel 28:12 Or “for”
  5. Ezekiel 28:13 Meaning of Hebrew uncertain
  6. Ezekiel 28:13 Or “lapis lazuli”
  7. Ezekiel 28:14 Literally “on the mountain of the holiness of God”
  8. Ezekiel 28:15 Literally “being created you”
  9. Ezekiel 28:16 Or “guarding”
  10. Ezekiel 28:17 Literally “in the face of”
  11. Ezekiel 28:17 Literally “to look at you”
  12. Ezekiel 28:18 Literally “before the eyes of all seeing you”
  13. Ezekiel 28:19 Literally “all of the knowers of you”
  14. Ezekiel 28:19 Literally “there is not you until eternity”

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,
sapphire,[d] turquoise[e] and emerald.[f]
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[g] 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,[h]
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 earth;
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 nations
are appalled at you.
You have become an object of horror
and will never exist again.”(H)

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Footnotes

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