Proclamation against the King of Tyre

1The word of the LORD came to me: 2Mortal, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD:

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 mortal, and no god,

though you compare your mind

with the mind of a god.

3You are indeed wiser than Daniel;28.3 Or, as otherwise read, Danel

no secret is hidden from you;

4by your wisdom and your understanding

you have amassed wealth for yourself,

and have gathered gold and silver

into your treasuries.

5By your great wisdom in trade

you have increased your wealth,

and your heart has become proud in your wealth.

6Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD:

Because you compare your mind

with the mind of a god,

7therefore, I will bring strangers against you,

the most terrible of the nations;

they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom

and defile your splendour.

8They shall thrust you down to the Pit,

and you shall die a violent death

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 mortal, and no god,

in the hands of those who wound you?

10You shall die the death of the uncircumcised

by the hand of foreigners;

for I have spoken, says the Lord GOD.

Lamentation over the King of Tyre

11Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me: 12Mortal, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord GOD:

You were the signet of perfection,28.12 Meaning of Heb uncertain

full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

13You were in Eden, the garden of God;

every precious stone was your covering,

carnelian, chrysolite, and moonstone,

beryl, onyx, and jasper,

sapphire,28.13 Or lapis lazuli turquoise, and emerald;

and worked in gold were your settings

and your engravings.28.13 Meaning of Heb uncertain

On the day that you were created

they were prepared.

14With an anointed cherub as guardian I placed you;28.14 Meaning of Heb uncertain

you were on the holy mountain of God;

you walked among the stones of fire.

15You were blameless in your ways

from the day that you were created,

until iniquity was found in you.

16In the abundance of your trade

you were filled with violence, and you sinned;

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

and the guardian cherub drove you out

from among the stones of fire.

17Your heart was proud because of your beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendour.

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 out fire from within you;

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 for ever.

Proclamation against Sidon

20The word of the LORD came to me: 21Mortal, set your face towards Sidon, and prophesy against it, 22and say, Thus says the Lord GOD:

I am against you, O Sidon,

and I will gain glory in your midst.

They shall know that I am the LORD

when I execute judgements in it,

and manifest my holiness in it;

23for I will send pestilence into it,

and bloodshed into its streets;

and the dead shall fall in its midst,

by the sword that is against it on every side.

And they shall know that I am the LORD.

24The house of Israel shall no longer find a pricking brier or a piercing thorn among all their neighbours who have treated them with contempt. And they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

Future Blessing for Israel

25Thus says the Lord GOD: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they shall settle on their own soil that I gave to my servant Jacob. 26They shall live in safety in it, and shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall live in safety, when I execute judgements upon all their neighbours who have treated them with contempt. And they shall know that I am the LORD their God.