A Lament over the King of Tyre

Ezekiel 28

11 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

12 "Son of man, m take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord GOD:
n "You were the seal of perfection,
Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13 You were in o 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 p your timbrels and pipes
Was prepared for you on the day you were created. 14 "You were the anointed q cherub who covers;
I established you;
You were on r 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 s 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, t O covering cherub,
From the midst of the fiery stones. 17 "Your u heart was 1 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. 19 All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you;
v You have become a horror,
And shall be no w more forever." ' "

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:2
    Now, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:3
    "and say to Tyre, 'You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord GOD: "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.'
    Ezekiel 28:3
    (Behold, you are wiser than Daniel! There is no secret that can be hidden from you!
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 2:8
    The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
    Isaiah 51:3
    For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.
    Ezekiel 31:8
    The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; The fir trees were not like its boughs, And the chestnut trees were not like its branches; No tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.
    Ezekiel 31:9
    I made it beautiful with a multitude of branches, So that all the trees of Eden envied it, That were in the garden of God.
    Ezekiel 36:35
    "So they will say, 'This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.'
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:13
    I will put an end to the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 25:20
    And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.
    Ezekiel 28:16
    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, O covering cherub, From the midst of the fiery stones.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 14:13
    For you have said in your heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north.
    Ezekiel 20:40
    For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel," says the Lord GOD, "there all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me; there I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the firstfruits of your sacrifices, together with all your holy things.
  7. Cross References
    Isaiah 14:12
    How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations!
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:14
    You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you; You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:2
    Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because your heart is lifted up, And you say, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods, In the midst of the seas,' Yet you are a man, and not a god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god
    Ezekiel 28:5
    By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches, And your heart is lifted up because of your riches).
  10. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:21
    'I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; though you are sought for, you will never be found again,' says the Lord GOD."
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:36
    The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever.' " '
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