Ezekiel 28:2-19

Prophecy Against the Prince of Tyre

2 h "Son of man, say to i the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:
j "Because your heart is proud,
and k you have said, 'I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,'
yet l you are but a man, and no god,
m though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
3 n you are indeed wiser o than p Daniel;
no secret is hidden from you;
4 by your wisdom and your understanding
q 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 j your heart has become proud in your wealth -
6 therefore thus says the Lord God:
r Because you make your heart
like the heart of a god,
7 therefore, behold, I will bring s foreigners upon you,
the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against t the beauty of your wisdom
and defile t your splendor.
8 u They shall thrust you down into the pit,
v and you shall die the death of the slain
in the heart of the seas.
9 w Will you still say, 'I am a god,'
in the presence of those who kill you,
though l you are but a man, and no god,
in the hands of those who slay you?
10 x You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
by the hand of foreigners;
y for I have spoken, declares the Lord God."

A Lament over the King of Tyre

11 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me:

12 z "Son of man, a raise a lamentation over b the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:
"You were the signet of perfection, 1
c full of wisdom and d perfect in beauty.
13 You were in e Eden, the garden of God;
f every precious stone was your covering,
g sardius, topaz, and diamond,
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire, 2 f emerald, and carbuncle;
and crafted in gold were your settings
and your engravings. 3
i On the day that you were created
they were prepared.
14 You were an anointed j guardian cherub.
I placed you; 4 you were on k the holy mountain of God;
in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
15 You were blameless in your ways
l from the day you were created,
till unrighteousness was found in you.
16 In the abundance of m your trade
you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from k the mountain of God,
and I destroyed you, 5 j O guardian cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 n Your heart was proud because of o 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 p I brought fire out from your midst;
it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
q in the sight of all who saw you.
19 All who know you among the peoples
are appalled at you;
r you have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever."

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:12
    Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God : "You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
  3. Cross References
    Revelation 18:7
    As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, 'I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:9
    Will you still say, 'I am a god,' in the presence of those who kill you, though you are but a man, and no god, in the hands of those who slay you?
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 31:3
    The Egyptians are man, and not God, and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall, and they will all perish together.
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:6
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : Because you make your heart like the heart of a god.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:12
    Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God : "You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
    Zechariah 9:2
    And on Hamath also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
  8. Cross References
    Daniel 1:17
    As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 14:14
    Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord God.
  10. Cross References
    Zechariah 9:3
    Tyre has built herself a rampart and heaped up silver like dust, and fine gold like the mud of the streets.
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:2
    Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God : "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:2
    Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God : "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
  13. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:10
    You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, declares the Lord God.
    Ezekiel 7:21
    And I will give it into the hands of foreigners for prey, and to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and they shall profane it.
    Ezekiel 30:12
    And I will dry up the Nile and will sell the land into the hand of evildoers; I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it, by the hand of foreigners; I am the Lord ; I have spoken.
    Ezekiel 31:12
    Foreigners, the most ruthless of nations, have cut it down and left it. On the mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs have been broken in all the ravines of the land, and all the peoples of the earth have gone away from its shadow and left it.
  14. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:17
    Your heart was proud because of 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.
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:17
    Your heart was proud because of 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.
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:18 - 19
    Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, and send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit:
  17. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:20
    They shall fall amid those who are slain by the sword. Egypt is delivered to the sword; drag her away, and all her multitudes.
  18. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:2
    Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God : "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
  19. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:2
    Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God : "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
  20. Cross References
    Ezekiel 31:18
    "Whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? You shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the world below. You shall lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword. "This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord God."
    Ezekiel 32:19
    'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised.'
    Ezekiel 32:21
    The mighty chiefs shall speak of them, with their helpers, out of the midst of Sheol: 'They have come down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
    Ezekiel 32:24 - 25
    Elam is there, and all her multitude around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into the world below, who spread their terror in the land of the living; and they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.
  21. Cross References
    Ezekiel 17:24
    And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord ; I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am the Lord ; I have spoken, and I will do it.
  22. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  23. Cross References
    Ezekiel 19:1
    And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel.
  24. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:2
    Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God : "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
  25. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:3
    You are indeed wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you.
  26. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:3
    And say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrances to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord God : "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.
  27. Cross References
    Ezekiel 31:8 - 9
    The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it, nor the fir trees equal its boughs; neither were the plane trees like its branches; no tree in the garden of God was its equal in beauty.
    Isaiah 51:3
    For the Lord comforts Zion; he comforts all her waste places and makes her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the Lord ; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song.
  28. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:16
    Syria did business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and ruby.
  29. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:16
    Syria did business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and ruby.
  30. Cross References
    Revelation 4:3
    And he who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald.
    Revelation 21:19 - 20
    The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald.
  31. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:15
    You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you.
  32. Cross References
    Exodus 25:20
    The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
    1 Kings 8:7
    For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.
  33. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:40
    For on my holy mountain, the mountain height of Israel, declares the Lord God, there all the house of Israel, all of them, shall serve me in the land. There I will accept them, and there I will require your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your sacred offerings.
  34. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:13
    You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared.
  35. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:5
    By your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth -
  36. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:14
    You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
  37. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:14
    You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
  38. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:2
    Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God : "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
    Ezekiel 28:5
    By your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth -
  39. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:7
    Therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you, the most ruthless of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor.
  40. Cross References
    Ezekiel 30:8
    Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all her helpers are broken.
    Ezekiel 30:14
    I will make Pathros a desolation and will set fire to Zoan and will execute judgments on Thebes.
    Ezekiel 30:16
    And I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall be in great agony; Thebes shall be breached, and Memphis shall face enemies by day.
    Revelation 18:8
    For this reason her plagues will come in a single day, death and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.
  41. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:17
    Your heart was proud because of 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.
  42. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:21
    I will bring you to a dreadful end, and you shall be no more. Though you be sought for, you will never be found again, declares the Lord God.
    Ezekiel 27:36
    The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more forever.'
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