Ezekiel 28

“Because your heart is proud,

and you have said, ‘I am a god,

I sit in the seat of the gods,

in the heart of the seas,’

yet you are but a man, and no god,

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

₃you are indeed wiser than Daniel;

no secret is hidden from you;

₄by your wisdom and your understanding

you 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 your heart has become proud in your wealth—

₆therefore thus says the Lord God:

Because you make your heart

like the heart of a god,

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

the most ruthless of the nations;

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

and defile your splendor.

₈They shall thrust you down into the pit,

and you shall die the death of the slain

in the heart of the seas.

₉Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’

in the presence of those who kill you,

though you are but a man, and no god,

in the hands of those who slay you?

₁₀You shall die the death of the uncircumcised

by the hand of foreigners;

for I have spoken, declares the Lord God.”

“You were the signet of perfection,

full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

₁₃You were in Eden, the garden of God;

every precious stone was your covering,

sardius, topaz, and diamond,

beryl, onyx, and jasper,

sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle;

and crafted in gold were your settings

and your engravings.

On the day that you were created

they were prepared.

₁₄You were an anointed guardian cherub.

I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God;

in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.

₁₅You were blameless in your ways

from the day you were created,

till unrighteousness was found in you.

₁₆In the abundance of your trade

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

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

and I destroyed you, O guardian cherub,

from the midst of the stones of fire.

₁₇Your heart was proud because of your 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 I brought fire out from your midst;

it consumed you,

and I turned you to ashes on the earth

in the sight of all who saw you.

₁₉All who know you among the peoples

are appalled at you;

you have come to a dreadful end

and shall be no more forever.”

“Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,

and I will manifest my glory in your midst.

And they shall know that I am the Lord

when I execute judgments in her

and manifest my holiness in her;

₂₃for I will send pestilence 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.