¹The LORD ’s word came again to me , saying ,

²“Son of man , tell the prince of Tyre , ‘The Lord GOD says :

“Because your heart is lifted up ,

and you have said, ‘I am a god ,

I sit in the seat of God ,

in the middle of the seas ;’

yet you are man ,

and no god ,

though you set your heart as the heart of a god —

³behold , you are wiser than Daniel .

There is no secret that is hidden from you .

⁴By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches ,

and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries.

⁵By your great wisdom

and by your trading you have increased your riches ,

and your heart is lifted up because of your riches —”

⁶“‘therefore the Lord GOD says :

“Because you have set your heart as the heart of God ,

⁷therefore , behold , I will bring strangers on you ,

the terrible of the nations .

They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom .

They will defile your brightness .

⁸They will bring you down to the pit .

You will die the death of those who are slain

in the heart of the seas .

⁹Will you yet say before him who kills you , ‘I am God ’?

But you are man , and not God ,

in the hand of him who wounds you .

¹⁰You will die the death of the uncircumcised

by the hand of strangers ;

for I have spoken it ,” says the Lord GOD .’”

¹¹Moreover the LORD ’s word came to me , saying ,

¹²“Son of man , take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre , and tell him , ‘The Lord GOD says :

“You were the seal of full measure,

full of wisdom ,

and perfect in beauty .

¹³You were in Eden ,

the garden of God.

Every precious stone adorned you :

ruby, topaz , emerald ,

chrysolite, onyx , jasper ,

sapphire , turquoise , and beryl .

Gold work of tambourines

and of pipes was in you .

They were prepared in the day that you were created .

¹⁴You were the anointed cherub who covers .

Then I set you up on the holy mountain of God .

You have walked up and down in the middle of the stones of fire.

¹⁵You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created ,

until unrighteousness was found in you .

¹⁶By the abundance of your commerce, your insides were filled with violence ,

and you have sinned .

Therefore I have cast you as profane out of God’s mountain .

I have destroyed you , covering cherub ,

from the middle of the stones of fire.

¹⁷Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty .

You have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendour.

I have cast you to the ground .

I have laid you before kings ,

that they may see you .

¹⁸By the multitude of your iniquities ,

in the unrighteousness of your commerce,

you have profaned your sanctuaries .

Therefore I have brought out a fire from the middle of you .

It has devoured you .

I have turned you to ashes on the earth

in the sight of all those who see you .

¹⁹All those who know you amongst the peoples will be astonished at you .

You have become a terror ,

and you will exist no more .”’”

²⁰The LORD ’s word came to me , saying ,

²¹“Son of man , set your face towards Sidon , and prophesy against it ,

²²and say, ‘The Lord GOD says :

“Behold , I am against you , Sidon .

I will be glorified amongst you .

Then they will know that I am the LORD ,

when I have executed judgements in her ,

and am sanctified in her .

²³For I will send pestilence into her ,

and blood into her streets .

The wounded will fall within her ,

with the sword on her on every side .

Then they will know that I am the LORD .

²⁴“‘“There will no longer be a pricking brier to the house of Israel , nor a hurting thorn of any that are around them that scorned them . Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD .”

²⁵“‘The Lord GOD says : “When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples amongst whom they are scattered , and am shown as holy amongst them in the sight of the nations , then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob .

²⁶They will dwell in it securely. Yes , they will build houses , plant vineyards , and will dwell securely when I have executed judgements on all those around them who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God .”’”