28:1 The word of the LORD came to me:
28:2 Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘In the pride of your heart you say, I am a god I sit on the throne of a god in the heart of the seas. But you are a man and not a god, though you think you are as wise as a go
28:3 Are you wiser than Daniel? [Or Danel the Hebrew spelling may suggest a person other than the prophet Daniel.] Is no secret hidden from you?
28:4 By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself and amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.
28:5 By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud.
28:6 ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘Because you think you are wise, as wise as a god,
28:7 I am going to bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom and pierce your shining splendour.
28:8 They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
28:9 Will you then say, I am a god, in the presence of those who kill you? You will be but a man, not a god, in the hands of those who slay you.
28:10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.’
28:11 The word of the LORD came to me:
28:12 Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
28:13 You were in Eden, the garden of God every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz and emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper, sapphire, [Or lapis lazuli] turquoise and beryl. [The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.] You
28:14 You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God you walked among the fiery stones.
28:15 You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you.
28:16 Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
28:17 Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendour. So I threw you to the earth I made a spectacle of you before kings.
28:18 By your many sins and dishonest trade you have desecrated your sanctuaries. So I made a fire come out from you, and it consumed you, and I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching.
28:19 All the nations who knew you are appalled at you you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’
28:20 The word of the LORD came to me:
28:21 Son of man, set your face against Sidon prophesy against her
28:22 and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘I am against you, O Sidon, and I will gain glory within you. They will know that I am the LORD, when I inflict punishment on her and show myself holy within her.
28:23 I will send a plague upon her and make blood flow in her streets. The slain will fall within her, with the sword against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
28:24 ‘No longer will the people of Israel have malicious neighbours who are painful briers and sharp thorns. Then they will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.
28:25 ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When I gather the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered, I will show myself holy among them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant
28:26 They will live there in safety and will build houses and plant vineyards they will live in safety when I inflict punishment on all their neighbours who maligned them. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’