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28:1  This word of the Lord came to me:
28:2  Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus says the Lord God: Your heart has grown proud, and thus you say, “I am a god; I sit on a godly throne in the heart of the seas.” But in reality you are a man, and not a god, even though you compare your mind with that of a god.
28:3  Are you as wise as Daniel? Is no secret hidden from you?
28:4  By your wisdom and your intelligence, you have amassed great wealth for yourself. You have deposited gold and silver into your treasuries.
28:5  Because of your skill in trading, your wealth has greatly increased; and as a result of your riches, your heart is filled with arrogant pride.
28:6  Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Because you consider your wisdom to be equal to that of God,
28:7  I will bring foreigners against you, the most barbarous of all the nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor.
28:8  They will hurl you down to the pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
28:9  Will you then still say, “I am a god,” when your murderers confront you? No, you are a man, not a god, in the hands of those about to slay you.
28:10  You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. I have spoken, declares the Lord God.
28:11  This word of the Lord was then addressed to me:
28:12  Son of man, raise a lament for the king of Tyre and say to him: Thus says the Lord God: At one time, you were a model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
28:13  You were in Eden, the garden of God, and adorned with every precious stone: ruby, topaz, and emerald, chrysolite, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and jade. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created, they were made.
28:14  I appointed a cherub as your guardian; you were on the holy mountain of God, walking amid the fiery stones.
28:15  You were blameless in your behavior from the day you were created, until iniquity first appeared in you.
28:16  As a result of your abundant trade, you became filled with violence, and you sinned. Therefore, I cast you down in disgrace from the mountain of God, and the guardian cherub drove you out from among the fiery stones.
28:17  Your heart had grown proud because of your beauty, and for the sake of your splendor, you corrupted your wisdom. I flung you to the earth, so great was your guilt, and I made you a spectacle to behold in the sight of kings.
28:18  Because of the immense number of your crimes and your dishonesty in business, you profaned our sanctuaries. Therefore, I have brought forth fire from your midst, and I allowed it to devour you. I have reduced you to ashes on the ground for everyone to behold.
28:19  All of the nations who knew you were aghast at your fate. You have come to a hideous end, and you will be no more.
28:20  This word of the Lord came to me:
28:21  Son of man, turn toward Sidon and prophesy against her, and say:
28:22  Thus says the Lord God: I am against you, O Sidon, and I will show my glory in your midst. Then people will know that I am the Lord when I inflict punishments on her and manifest my holiness in her.
28:23  For I will send a plague upon her, and there will be bloodshed in her streets. And the dead shall fall in her midst by the sword raised against her from all sides; then they will know that I am the Lord.
28:24  No longer will the people of Israel have to endure thorns that wound, or briars that tear from hostile neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
28:25  Thus says the Lord God: When I gather the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered and manifest my holiness in them in the sight of all the nations, then they will live on the land that I gave to my servant Jacob.
28:26  They will live there in safety, building houses and planting vineyards. They will live there in security while I inflict punishments upon all their neighbors who have despised them. Thus they will know that I am the Lord, their God.