Ezekiel 28
Open in the reader1And the word of He-Who-Is came to me, saying,
2“Son of man, tell the ruler of The-Rock that this is what the Lord He-Who-Is says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; 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.
3Behold, you are wiser than My-God-Has-Judged; no secret is hidden from you!
4By your wisdom and understanding you have gained your wealth and amassed gold and silver for your treasuries.
5By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.
6Therefore this is what the Lord He-Who-Is says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a God,
7behold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and will defile your splendor.
8They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
9Will you still say, ‘I am a God,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.
10You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken, declares the Lord He-Who-Is.”
11Again the word of He-Who-Is came to me, saying,
12“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of The-Rock and tell him that this is what the Lord He-Who-Is says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13You were in Delight, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.
14You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the devoted mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones.
15From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways— until wickedness was found in you.
16By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
17Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.
18By the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you.
19All the nations who know you are appalled over you. You have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
20Then the word of He-Who-Is came to me, saying,
21“Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her.
22And you are to declare that this is what the Lord He-Who-Is says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am He-Who-Is when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My devotedness through her.
23I will send a plague against her and shed blood in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am He-Who-Is.
24For the people of Strives-with-God will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord He-Who-Is.’
25This is what the Lord He-Who-Is says: ‘When I gather the house of Strives-with-God from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will show Myself devoted among them in the sight of the nations. Then they will dwell in their own land, which I have given to My servant Heel-Grabber.
26And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am He-Who-Is their God.’”