CHAPTER 28
“Son
of man,
tell
the ruler
of Tyre
that this is what
the Lord
GOD
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.
By your wisdom
and understanding
you have gained
your
wealth
and amassed
gold
and silver
for your treasuries.
By your great
skill
in trading
you have increased
your wealth,
but your heart
has grown proud
because of it.’
behold,
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.
Will 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.
You will die
the death
of the uncircumcised
at the hands
of foreigners.
For
I
have spoken,
declares
the Lord
GOD.’”
“Son
of man,
take up
a lament
for
the king
of Tyre
and tell
him
that this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘You
were the seal
of perfection,
full of
wisdom
and perfect
in beauty.
You were
in Eden,
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.
You
were anointed
as a guardian
cherub,
for I had ordained you.
You were
on the holy
mountain
of God;
you walked
among
the fiery
stones.
By 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.
Your 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.
By 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.
All
the nations
who know you
are appalled
over you.
You have come
to a horrible end
and will be no more.’”
And you are to declare
that this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘Behold,
I am against you,
O Sidon,
and I will be glorified
within you.
They will know
that
I
am the LORD
when I execute
judgments against her
and demonstrate My holiness through her.
I 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 the LORD.
For the people
of Israel
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
GOD.’
This is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘When I gather
the house
of Israel
from
the peoples
among whom
they have been scattered,
I will show Myself holy
among them
in the sight
of the nations.
Then they will dwell
in
their own land,
which
I have given
to My servant
Jacob.
They will live there securely,
build
houses,
and plant
vineyards.
They will dwell
securely
when I execute
judgments
against all
around them
who treat them with contempt.
Then they will know
that
I
am the LORD
their God.’”