Ezekiel 28 - Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Fall of Tyre’s Ruler

28 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre: This is what the Lord God says:

Your[a] heart is proud,
and you have said, ‘I am a god;(A)
I sit in the seat of gods
in the heart of the sea.’
Yet you are a man and not a god,
though you have regarded your heart
as that of a god.
3 Yes, you are wiser than Daniel;(B)
no secret is hidden from you!
4 By your wisdom and understanding
you have acquired wealth for yourself.
You have acquired gold and silver
for your treasuries.(C)
5 By your great skill in trading
you have increased your wealth,
but your heart has become proud
because of your wealth.”

6 Therefore this is what the Lord God says:

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 defile 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 kill[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.
This is the declaration of the Lord God.

A Lament for Tyre’s King

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

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,
sapphire,[f] turquoise[g] and emerald.[h]
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[i] 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,[j]
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 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.(N)
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.”(O)

A Prophecy against Sidon

20 The word of the Lord came to me: 21 “Son of man, turn your face toward Sidon(P) and prophesy against it. 22 You are to say: This is what the Lord God says:

Look! I am against you, Sidon,(Q)
and I will display My glory within you.
They will know that I am Yahweh
when I execute judgments against her(R)
and demonstrate My holiness through her.
23 I will send a plague against her(S)
and bloodshed in her streets;
the slain will fall within her,
while the sword is against her[k] on every side.
Then they will know that I am Yahweh.

24 “The house of Israel will no longer be hurt by[l] prickly briers or painful thorns(T) from all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.

25 “This is what the Lord God says: When I gather the house of Israel(U) from the peoples where they are scattered and demonstrate My holiness through them in the sight of the nations, then they will live in their own land, which I gave to My servant Jacob. 26 They will live there securely,(V) build houses, and plant vineyards.(W) They will live securely when I execute judgments(X) against all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am Yahweh their God.”

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 28:2 Lit Because your
  2. Ezekiel 28:9 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read of the one who kills
  3. Ezekiel 28:12 Or sealer
  4. Ezekiel 28:12 Hb obscure
  5. Ezekiel 28:13 Hb obscure
  6. Ezekiel 28:13 Or lapis lazuli
  7. Ezekiel 28:13 Or malachite, or garnet
  8. Ezekiel 28:13 Or beryl
  9. Ezekiel 28:14 Or With an anointed guardian cherub
  10. Ezekiel 28:16 Or and the guardian cherub banished you
  11. Ezekiel 28:23 Or within her by the sword
  12. Ezekiel 28:24 Lit longer have

Cross references

  1. 28:2 : Is 14:14; Ac 12:22-23; 2Th 2:4
  2. 28:3 : Dn 1:20; 2:20-23, 28; 5:11-12
  3. 28:4 : Ezk 27:33; Zch 9:2-3
  4. 28:7 : Ezk 30:11; 31:12; 32:12
  5. 28:8 : Ezk 26:20
  6. 28:10 : Ezk 31:18; 32:30
  7. 28:10 : Ezk 30:12
  8. 28:12 : Ezk 27:2
  9. 28:12 : Ezk 27:3
  10. 28:13 : Gn 2:8; Ezk 31:9, 16, 18; 36:35
  11. 28:13 : Ex 39:10-13
  12. 28:14 : Ex 25:18-22
  13. 28:17 : Ezk 28:2
  14. 28:18 : Ezk 19:14
  15. 28:19 : Ezk 26:21; 27:36
  16. 28:21 : Gn 10:19; Is 23:2; Jl 3:4
  17. 28:22 : Ezk 26:3; Zch 9:2; Mt 11:22
  18. 28:22 : Ezk 30:19
  19. 28:23 : Ezk 38:22
  20. 28:24 : Nm 33:55
  21. 28:25 : Ps 106:47; Ezk 20:41; 34:13
  22. 28:26 : Jr 23:6; Ezk 34:25, 28; 38:8
  23. 28:26 : Jr 32:15; Ezk 11:3
  24. 28:26 : Ezk 25:11

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