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Ezekiel 28:1 (show verse)
Jehovah continued to speak to me:
Ezekiel 28:2 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
You think that you are wiser than Daniel and that no secret can be hidden from you.
Ezekiel 28:4 (show verse)
Because you are wise and understanding, you have made yourself rich. You saved gold and silver in your treasuries.
Ezekiel 28:5 (show verse)
Because of your great skill in trading, you have made yourself very wealthy. You have become arrogant because of your wealth.'
Ezekiel 28:6 (show verse)
Therefore the Lord Jehovah says: Because you have made your heart like (consider yourself to be like) the heart of God,
Ezekiel 28:7 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
They will throw you into a pit. You will die a violent death in the sea.
Ezekiel 28:9 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
You will die at the hands of foreigners like a godless person.' I have spoken, declares Jehovah.
Ezekiel 28:11 (show verse)
Jehovah continued to speak his word to me:
Ezekiel 28:12 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
I appointed an angel to guard you. You were on God's holy mountain. You walked among fiery stones.
Ezekiel 28:15 (show verse)
Your behavior was perfect from the time you were created, until evil was found in you.
Ezekiel 28:16 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you. You have become terrified. You will cease to be forever.'
Ezekiel 28:20 (show verse)
The word of Jehovah came to me, He said:
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Ezekiel 28:21 (show verse)
Son of man, set your face (pay attention) toward Sidon, prophesy against her.
Ezekiel 28:22 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
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!'