The Fall of Tyre’s Ruler
1The word of the Lord came to me:
2“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Your28:2 Lit Because your heart is proud, and you have said, “I am a god;28:2 Is 14:14; Ac 12:22–23; 2Th 2:4 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.
4By your wisdom and understanding you have acquired wealth for yourself. You have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.28:4 Ezk 27:33; Zch 9:2–3
5By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has become proud because of your wealth.
6“‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:
Because you regard your heart as that of a god,
7I am about to bring strangers against you,
ruthless men from the nations.
They will draw their swords
against your magnificent wisdom
and you will die a violent death
in the heart of the sea.
9Will you still say, “I am a god,”
in the presence of those who slay28:9 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read of the one who kills you?
Yet you will be only a man, not a god,
in the hands of those who kill you.
at the hands of strangers.28:10 Ezk 30:12
For I have spoken.
This is the declaration of the Lord God.’”
A Lament for Tyre’s King
11The word of the Lord came to me:
You were the seal28:12 Or sealer of perfection,28:12 Hb obscure
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.28:12 Ezk 27:3
Every kind of precious stone covered you:
carnelian, topaz, and diamond,28:13 Hb obscure
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
lapis lazuli, turquoise28:13 Or malachite, or garnet and emerald.28:13 Or beryl
Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold;28:13 Ex 39:10–13
they were prepared on the day you were created.
14You were an anointed guardian cherub,28:14 Ex 25:18–22
for28:14 Or With an anointed guardian cherub I had appointed you.
You were on the holy mountain of God;
you walked among the fiery stones.
15From the day you were created
you were blameless in your ways
until wickedness was found in you.
16Through the abundance of your trade,
you were filled with violence, and you sinned.
So I expelled you in disgrace
from the mountain of God,
and banished you, guardian cherub,28:16 Or and the guardian cherub banished you
from among the fiery stones.
For the sake of your splendor
you corrupted your wisdom.
So I threw you down to the ground;28:17 Or earth
I made you a spectacle before kings.
18You profaned your sanctuaries
by the magnitude of your iniquities
in your dishonest trade.
So I made fire come from within you,
and it consumed you.28:18 Ezk 19:14
I reduced you to ashes on the ground
in the sight of everyone watching you.
19All those who know you among the peoples
are appalled at you.
You have become an object of horror
A Prophecy against Sidon
and I will display my glory within you.
They will know that I am the Lord
when I execute judgments against her28:22 Ezk 30:19
and demonstrate my holiness through her.
and bloodshed in her streets;
the slain will fall within her,
while the sword is against her28:23 Or within her by the sword on every side.
Then they will know that I am the Lord.
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