Thematic Bible

Ezekiel 28:1

Jehovah continued to speak to me:

Ezekiel 28:2

Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre: 'This is what the Lord Jehovah says: 'In your arrogance you say, 'I am a god (strong deity). I sit on God's throne in the sea.' But you are only human and not a god, although you think you are a god. (2 Thes 2:4)

Ezekiel 28:3

You think that you are wiser than Daniel and that no secret can be hidden from you.

Ezekiel 28:4

Because you are wise and understanding, you have made yourself rich. You saved gold and silver in your treasuries.

Ezekiel 28:5

Because of your great skill in trading, you have made yourself very wealthy. You have become arrogant because of your wealth.'

Ezekiel 28:6

Therefore the Lord Jehovah says: Because you have made your heart like (consider yourself to be like) the heart of God,

Ezekiel 28:7

I will bring strangers, ruthless nations, upon you. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor.

Ezekiel 28:8

They will throw you into a pit. You will die a violent death in the sea.

Ezekiel 28:9

You will no longer say that you are a god when you face those who kill you. You will be a human, not a god, in the hands of those who kill you.'

Ezekiel 28:10

You will die at the hands of foreigners like a godless person.' I have spoken, declares Jehovah.

Ezekiel 28:11

Jehovah continued to speak his word to me:

Ezekiel 28:12

Son of man, sing a funeral song for the ruler of Tyre. Tell him: 'This is what the Lord Jehovah says: 'You were the perfect example, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

Ezekiel 28:13

You were in Eden, God's garden. You were covered with every kind of precious stone: red quartz, topaz, crystal, beryl, jade, onyx, gray quartz, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your settings and your sockets were made of gold when you were created.

Ezekiel 28:14

I appointed an angel to guard you. You were on God's holy mountain. You walked among fiery stones.

Ezekiel 28:15

Your behavior was perfect from the time you were created, until evil was found in you.

Ezekiel 28:16

By the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. Therefore I have cast you as profane from the mountain of God. I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

Ezekiel 28:17

Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I cast you to the ground. I put you before kings, that they may see you.

Ezekiel 28:18

By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you. It has consumed you. I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the eyes of all who see you.

Ezekiel 28:19

All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you. You have become terrified. You will cease to be forever.'

Ezekiel 28:20

The word of Jehovah came to me, He said:
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Ezekiel 28:21

Son of man, set your face (pay attention) toward Sidon, prophesy against her.

Ezekiel 28:22

You must say,, The Lord Jehovah says: I am against you, O Sidon! I will be glorified in your midst. Then they will know that I am Jehovah when I execute judgments in her. I will manifest my holiness in her.

Ezekiel 28:23

For I will send pestilence to her and blood to her streets. The wounded will fall in her midst by the sword upon her on every side. Then they will know that I am Jehovah.

Ezekiel 28:24

There will be no more prickling brier or a painful thorn for the house of Israel from any round about them who scorned them. Then they will know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 28:25

The Lord Jehovah says: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, I will make known my holiness in them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their land that I gave to my servant Jacob.

Ezekiel 28:26

They will live in it securely. They will build houses, plant vineyards and live securely when I execute judgments upon all who scorn them round about them. Then they will know that I am Jehovah their God!'