{"book":"Ezekiel","slug":"ezekiel","ch":28,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Ezekiel","prev":"ezekiel/27","next":"ezekiel/29","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,","f":[],"h":"A Prophecy against the Ruler of Tyre","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"“ Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said,‘ I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"“ Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Your heart is proud,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and you have said,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"‘ I am a god;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I sit in the seat of gods"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the heart of the sea.’"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Yet you are a man and not a god,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"though you have regarded your heart"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as that of a god."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Behold, you are wiser than Daniel;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no secret is hidden from you!"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"By your wisdom and understanding you have gained your wealth and amassed gold and silver for your treasuries.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"By your wisdom and understanding"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you have gained your wealth"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and amassed gold and silver"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for your treasuries."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of [it].","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"By your great skill in trading"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you have increased your wealth,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"but your heart has grown proud"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because of [it]."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Because you regard your heart"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as the heart of a god,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"behold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and will defile your splendor.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"behold, I will bring foreigners against you,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the most ruthless of nations."},{"style":"indent1","t":"They will draw their swords"},{"style":"indent2","t":"against the beauty of your wisdom"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and will defile your splendor."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They will bring you down to the Pit,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and you will die a violent death"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the heart of the seas."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"Will you still say,‘ I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Will you still say,‘ I am a god,’"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the presence of those who slay you?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"You will be only a man, not a god,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the hands of those who wound you."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You will die the death of the uncircumcised"},{"style":"indent2","t":"at the hands of foreigners."},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For I have spoken,"},{"style":"selah","t":"declares the Lord GOD.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,","f":[],"h":"A Lament for the King of Tyre","style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"“ Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says:‘ You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"“ Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"‘ You were the seal of perfection,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"full of wisdom and perfect in beauty."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.","f":["The precise identification of some of these gemstones is uncertain.","Or lapis lazuli"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You were in Eden,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the garden of God."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Every kind of precious stone adorned you:"},{"style":"indent2","t":"ruby, topaz, and diamond,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"beryl, onyx, and jasper,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"sapphire, turquoise, and emerald."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"prepared on the day of your creation."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"You were anointed as a guardian cherub,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for I had ordained you."},{"style":"indent1","t":"You were on the holy mountain of God;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you walked among the fiery stones."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":15,"t":"From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways — until wickedness was found in you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"From the day you were created"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you were blameless in your ways —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"until wickedness was found in you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"By the vastness of your trade,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you were filled with violence, and you sinned."},{"style":"indent1","t":"So I drove you in disgrace"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the mountain of God,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and I banished you, O guardian cherub,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from among the fiery stones."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":17,"t":"Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your heart grew proud of your beauty;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"so I cast you to the earth;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I made you a spectacle before kings."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"By the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"By the multitude of your iniquities"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the dishonesty of your trading"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you have profaned your sanctuaries."},{"style":"indent1","t":"So I made fire come from within you,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and it consumed you."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I reduced you to ashes on the ground"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the eyes of all who saw you."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":19,"t":"All the nations who know you are appalled over you. You have come to a horrible end and [will] [be] no more.’”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"All the nations who know you"},{"style":"indent2","t":"are appalled over you."},{"style":"indent1","t":"You have come to a horrible end"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and [will] [be] no more.’”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,","f":[],"h":"A Prophecy against Sidon","style":"reg"},{"v":21,"t":"“ Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her.","f":[]},{"v":22,"t":"And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says:‘ Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"‘ Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I will be glorified within you."},{"style":"indent1","t":"They will know that I am the LORD"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when I execute judgments against her"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and demonstrate My holiness through her."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":23,"t":"I will send a plague against her and shed blood in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will send a plague against her"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and shed blood in her streets;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"the slain will fall within her,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"while the sword is against her on every side."},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Then they will know that I am the LORD."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":25,"t":"This is what the Lord GOD says:‘ When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations. Then they will dwell in their own land, which I have given to My servant Jacob.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"This is what the Lord GOD says:‘ When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations."},{"style":"reg","t":"Then they will dwell in their own land, which I have given to My servant Jacob."}],"h":"The Restoration of Israel","style":"reg"},{"v":26,"t":"And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all [those] around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’”","f":[]}]}