^(B)“You were the seal of perfection,
Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
¹³ You were in ^(C)Eden, the garden of God;
Every precious stone was your covering:
The sardius, topaz, and diamond,
Beryl, onyx, and jasper,
Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold.
The workmanship of ^(D)your timbrels and pipes
Was prepared for you on the day you were created.

¹⁴ “You were the anointed ^(E)cherub who covers;
I established you;
You were on ^(F)the holy mountain of God;
You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.
¹⁵ You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created,
Till ^(G)iniquity was found in you.

¹⁶ “By the abundance of your trading
You became filled with violence within,
And you sinned;
Therefore I cast you as a profane thing
Out of the mountain of God;
And I destroyed you, ^(H)O covering cherub,
From the midst of the fiery stones.

¹⁷ “Your ^(I)heart was ^[a]lifted up because of your beauty;
You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor;
I cast you to the ground,
I laid you before kings,
That they might gaze at you.

¹⁸ “You defiled your sanctuaries
By the multitude of your iniquities,
By the iniquity of your trading;
Therefore I brought fire from your midst;
It devoured you,
And I turned you to ashes upon the earth
In the sight of all who saw you.

“Because your heart is ^(A)lifted^[a] up,
And ^(B)you say, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of gods,
^(C)In the midst of the seas,’
^(D)Yet you are a man, and not a god,
Though you set your heart as the heart of a god
³ (Behold, ^(E)you are wiser than Daniel!
There is no secret that can be hidden from you!
⁴ With your wisdom and your understanding
You have gained ^(F)riches for yourself,
And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
^5 (G)By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches,
And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),”

“Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god,

⁴⁴ “Behold,^(A) he shall come up like a lion from the ^[a]floodplain of the Jordan
Against the dwelling place of the strong;
But I will make them suddenly run away from her.
And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her?
For who is like Me?
Who will arraign Me?
And ^(B)who is that shepherd
Who will withstand Me?”

⁴⁵ Therefore hear ^(C)the counsel of the Lord that He has taken against Babylon,
And His ^(D)purposes that He has proposed against the land of the Chaldeans:
^(E)Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out;
Surely He will make their dwelling place desolate with them.