Ezekiel 28:1-19

English Standard Version

^(C)“Because your heart is proud,
    and ^(D)you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
    in the heart of the seas,’
yet ^(E)you are but a man, and no god,
    ^(F)though you make your heart like the heart of a god—
^3 (G)you are indeed wiser ^(H)than ^(I)Daniel;
    no secret is hidden from you;
⁴ by your wisdom and your understanding
    ^(J)you have made wealth for yourself,
and have gathered gold and silver
    into your treasuries;
⁵ by your great wisdom in your trade
    you have increased your wealth,
    and ^(K)your heart has become proud in your wealth—
⁶ therefore thus says the Lord God:
^(L)Because you make your heart
    like the heart of a god,
⁷ therefore, behold, I will bring ^(M)foreigners upon you,
    the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against ^(N)the beauty of your wisdom
    and defile ^(O)your splendor.
^8 (P)They shall thrust you down into the pit,
    ^(Q)and you shall die the death of the slain
    in the heart of the seas.
^9 (R)Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’
    in the presence of those who kill you,
though ^(S)you are but a man, and no god,
    in the hands of those who slay you?
^10 (T)You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
    by the hand of foreigners;
    ^(U)for I have spoken, declares the Lord God.”

“You were the signet of perfection,^{[a]
    (Y)}full of wisdom and ^(Z)perfect in beauty.
¹³ You were in ^(AA)Eden, the garden of God;
    ^(AB)every precious stone was your covering,
^(AC)sardius, topaz, and diamond,
    beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire,^{[b] (AD)}emerald, and carbuncle;
    and crafted in gold were your settings
    and your engravings.^[c]
(AE)On the day that you were created
    they were prepared.
¹⁴ You were an anointed ^(AF)guardian cherub.
    I placed you;^[d] you were on ^(AG)the holy mountain of God;
    in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
¹⁵ You were blameless in your ways
    ^(AH)from the day you were created,
    till unrighteousness was found in you.
¹⁶ In the abundance of ^(AI)your trade
    you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from ^(AJ)the mountain of God,
    and I destroyed you,^{[e] (AK)}O guardian cherub,
    from the midst of the stones of fire.
^17 (AL)Your heart was proud because of ^(AM)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.
¹⁸ By the multitude of your iniquities,
    in the unrighteousness of your trade
    you profaned your sanctuaries;
so ^(AN)I brought fire out from your midst;
    it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
    ^(AO)in the sight of all who saw you.
¹⁹ All who know you among the peoples
    are appalled at you;
^(AP)you have come to a dreadful end
    and shall be no more forever.”