28:1   The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

28:2  "Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because your heart has lifted itself up And you have said, ' I proclaim myself a god, I sit in the seat of gods In the heart of the seas'; Yet you should acknowledge yourself a man and not God, Although you make your heart like the heart of God--

28:3  Behold, you show yourself wiser than Daniel; No secret can prove a match for you.

28:4  "By your wisdom and understanding You have acquired riches for yourself And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.

28:5  "By your great wisdom, by your trade You have increased your riches And your heart lifts up because of your riches--

28:6  Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because you have made your heart Like the heart of God,

28:7  Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you, The most ruthless of the nations. And they will draw their swords Against the beauty of your wisdom And defile your splendor.

28:8  'They will bring you down to the pit, And you will die the death of those who have become slain In the heart of the seas.

28:9  'Will you still say, "I proclaim myself a god," In the presence of your slayer, Though you live as a man and not God, In the hands of those who wound you?

28:10  'You will die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!' declares the Lord GOD!"'"

28:11   Again the word of the LORD came to me saying,

28:12  "Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "You had the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

28:13  "You stood in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone served as your covering: The ruby, the topaz and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets, Appeared in you. On the day that you came into existence They had become prepared.

28:14  "You served as the anointed cherub who covers, And I placed you there You lived on the holy mountain of God; You walked in the midst of the stones of fire.

28:15  "You appeared blameless in your ways From the day you came into existence Until unrighteousness appeared in you.

28:16  "By the abundance of your trade You became internally filled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire.

28:17  "Your heart you lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor I cast you to the ground; I put you before kings, That they may see you.

28:18  "By the multitude of your iniquities, In the unrighteousness of your trade You profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you; It has consumed you, And I have turned you to ashes on the earth In the eyes of all who see you.

28:19  "All who know you among the peoples Feel appalled at you; You have become terrified And you will cease to exist forever."'"

28:20  And the word of the LORD came to me saying,

28:21  "Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, prophesy against her

28:22  and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I resist you, O Sidon, And I will have glorification in your midst. Then they will know Me as the LORD when I execute judgments in her, And I will manifest My holiness in her.

28:23  "For I will send pestilence to her And blood to her streets, And the wounded will fall in her midst By the sword upon her on every side; Then they will acknowledge Me as the LORD.

28:24  "And there will exist no more for the house of Israel a prickling brier or a painful thorn from any round about them who scorned them; then they will know Me as the Lord GOD."

28:25  'Thus says the Lord GOD, "When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have become scattered, and will manifest My holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they will live in their land which I gave to My servant Jacob.

28:26  "They will live in it securely; and they will build houses, plant vineyards and live securely when I execute judgments upon all who scorn them round about them. Then they will know Me as the LORD their God."'"