Prophecy Against the Prince of Tyre

¹The word of the Lord came to me: ²h“Son of man, say to ithe prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:

j“Because your heart is proud,

and kyou have said, ‘I am a god,

I sit in the seat of the gods,

in the heart of the seas,’

yet lyou are but a man, and no god,

mthough you make your heart like the heart of a god—

³nyou are indeed wiser othan pDaniel;

no secret is hidden from you;

⁴by your wisdom and your understanding

qyou have made wealth for yourself,

and have gathered gold and silver

into your treasuries;

⁵by your great wisdom in your trade

you have increased your wealth,

and jyour heart has become proud in your wealth—

⁶therefore thus says the Lord God:

rBecause you make your heart

like the heart of a god,

⁷therefore, behold, I will bring sforeigners upon you,

the most ruthless of the nations;

and they shall draw their swords against tthe beauty of your wisdom

and defile tyour splendor.

⁸uThey shall thrust you down into the pit,

vand you shall die the death of the slain

in the heart of the seas.

⁹wWill you still say, ‘I am a god,’

in the presence of those who kill you,

though lyou are but a man, and no god,

in the hands of those who slay you?

¹⁰xYou shall die the death of the uncircumcised

by the hand of foreigners;

yfor I have spoken, declares the Lord God.”

A Lament over the King of Tyre

¹¹Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me: ¹²z“Son of man, araise a lamentation over bthe king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:

“You were the signet of perfection,1

cfull of wisdom and dperfect in beauty.

¹³You were in eEden, the garden of God;

fevery precious stone was your covering,

gsardius, topaz, and diamond,

beryl, onyx, and jasper,

sapphire,2 femerald, and carbuncle;

and crafted in gold were your settings

and your engravings.3

iOn the day that you were created

they were prepared.

¹⁴You were an anointed jguardian cherub.

I placed you;4 you were on kthe holy mountain of God;

in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.

¹⁵You were blameless in your ways

lfrom the day you were created,

till unrighteousness was found in you.

¹⁶In the abundance of myour trade

you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;

so I cast you as a profane thing from kthe mountain of God,

and I destroyed you,5 jO guardian cherub,

from the midst of the stones of fire.

¹⁷nYour heart was proud because of oyour beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.

I cast you to the ground;

I exposed you before kings,

to feast their eyes on you.

¹⁸By the multitude of your iniquities,

in the unrighteousness of your trade

you profaned your sanctuaries;

so pI brought fire out from your midst;

it consumed you,

and I turned you to ashes on the earth

qin the sight of all who saw you.

¹⁹All who know you among the peoples

are appalled at you;

ryou have come to a dreadful end

and shall be no more forever.”

Prophecy Against Sidon

²⁰The word of the Lord came to me: ²¹s“Son of man, tset your face toward uSidon, and tprophesy against her ²²and say, Thus says the Lord God:

“Behold, vI am against you, O Sidon,

and wI will manifest my glory in your midst.

And xthey shall know that I am the Lord

ywhen I execute judgments in her

and zmanifest my holiness in her;

²³for I will send apestilence into her,

and blood into her streets;

and the slain shall fall in her midst,

by the sword that is against her on every side.

Then they will know that I am the Lord.

²⁴“And for the house of Israel bthere shall be no more a brier to prick or ca thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors dwho have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.

Israel Gathered in Security

²⁵“Thus says the Lord God: eWhen I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and zmanifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, fthen they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob. ²⁶gAnd they shall dwell securely in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely, hwhen I execute judgments upon all their neighbors dwho have treated them with contempt. xThen they will know that I am the Lord their God.”