Ezekiel 28

New American Standard Bible 1995

“Because your heart is lifted up
And you have said, ‘^(A)I am a god,
I sit in the seat of ^[c]gods
In the heart of the seas’;
Yet you are a ^(B)man and not God,
Although you make your heart like the heart of God—
³ Behold, you are wiser than ^(C)Daniel;
There is no secret that is a match for you.
⁴ “By your wisdom and understanding
You have acquired ^(D)riches for yourself
And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.
⁵ “By your great wisdom, by your ^(E)trade
You have increased your riches
And your ^(F)heart is lifted up because of your riches—

‘Because you have ^(G)made your heart
Like the heart of God,
⁷ Therefore, behold, I will bring ^(H)strangers upon you,
The ^(I)most ruthless of the nations.
And they will draw their swords
Against the beauty of your wisdom
And defile your splendor.
⁸ ‘They will bring you down to the pit,
And you will die the ^(J)death of those who are slain
In the heart of the seas.
⁹ ‘Will you still say, “I am a god,”
In the presence of your slayer,
Though you are a man and not God,
In the hands of those who wound you?
¹⁰ ‘You will die the death of the ^(K)uncircumcised
By the hand of strangers,
For I have spoken!’ declares the Lord God!”’”

“You ^[d]had the seal of perfection,
Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
¹³ “You were in ^(M)Eden, the garden of God;
^(N)Every precious stone was your covering:
The ^(O)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 ^[e](P)settings and ^[f]sockets,
Was in you.
On the day that you were created
They were prepared.
¹⁴ “You were the ^(Q)anointed cherub who ^[g]covers,
And I placed you there.
You were on the holy ^(R)mountain of God;
You walked in the midst of the ^(S)stones of fire.
¹⁵ “You were ^(T)blameless in your ways
From the day you were created
Until ^(U)unrighteousness was found in you.
¹⁶ “By the ^(V)abundance of your trade
^[h]You were internally ^(W)filled with violence,
And you sinned;
Therefore I have cast you as profane
From the mountain of God.
And I have destroyed you, O ^[i]covering cherub,
From the midst of the stones of fire.
¹⁷ “Your heart was lifted up because of your ^(X)beauty;
You ^(Y)corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I put you before ^(Z)kings,
That they may see you.
¹⁸ “By the multitude of your iniquities,
In the unrighteousness of your trade
You profaned your sanctuaries.
Therefore I have brought ^(AA)fire from the midst of you;
It has consumed you,
And I have turned you to ^(AB)ashes on the earth
In the eyes of all who see you.
¹⁹ “All who know you among the peoples
Are appalled at you;
You have become ^[j](AC)terrified
And you will cease to be ^(AD)forever.”’”

“Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,
And I will ^[k]be glorified in your midst.
Then they will know that I am the Lord when I ^(AG)execute judgments in her,
And I will manifest My holiness in her.
²³ “For ^(AH)I will send pestilence to her
And blood to her streets,
And the ^(AI)wounded will ^[l]fall in her midst
By the sword upon her on every side;
Then they will know that I am the Lord.