1 ¶ The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,

2 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, The Lord GOD says; Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, and sit on God’s throne, in the middle of the sea; when you are a man, and not God, although you regard your mind as the mind of God:

3 Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from you:

4 With your wisdom and with your understanding you have gained riches, and have brought gold and silver into your treasuries:

5 By being shrewd in business you have made yourself rich, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches:

6 Therefore the Lord GOD says; Because you have regarded your mind as the mind of God;

7 Know that I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of the nations: and they will draw their swords against your exalted wisdom, and they will soil your splendor.

8 They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die the death of those who are slain in the middle of the sea.

9 Will you still say, I am God, to the one who kills you? for you will be a man, and not God, in the hands of the one who kills you.

10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners: for I have decreed it, says the Lord GOD.

11 ¶ Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

12 Son of man, sing a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, The Lord GOD says; You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

13 You were in Eden the garden of God; and every precious stone was your covering, the carnelian, topaz, and diamond, the beryl, onyx, and jasper, the sapphire, emerald, and garnet: and your settings and sockets were fashioned of gold. They were prepared for you on the day that you were created.

14 You were an anointed over shadowing angel; and I appointed you: you were on the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down among the fiery stones.

15 You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until iniquity was found in you.

16 Through the abundance of your commerce you were filled with lawlessness and violence, and you have sinned: therefore I expelled you in disgrace from mountain of God: and I will destroy you, O covering cherub, from among the fiery stones.

17 Because of your beauty your heart became proud, you corrupted your wisdom to increase your splendor: I will throw you to the ground, I will lay you before kings, that they might gaze at you.

18 You have defiled your own holy places by the number of your sins, and the magnitude of your guilt; therefore I will kindle a fire within you, to consume you, and I will reduce you to ashes on the ground in the sight of everyone watching you.

19 All those who know you among the nations will be terrified because of you: you will come to a horrible end, and will never exist again.

20 ¶ The word of the LORD again came to me, saying,

21 Son of man, turn your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,

22 And say, The Lord GOD says; Behold, I am against you, O Sidon; and I will show my glory through you: and they will know that I am the LORD, when I have executed judgment on her, and my holiness is revealed through her.

23 For I will send a plague into her, and blood will flow on her streets; and the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side; and they will know that I am the LORD.

24 And the house of Israel will no longer be hurt by pricking briers or painful thorns from all their neighbors, who treat them with contempt; and they will know that I am the Lord GOD.

25 The Lord GOD says; When I gather the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, I will show my holiness in them in the sight of the heathen, then they will dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob.

26 And they will live there in safety, and will build houses, and plant vineyards; yes, they will live securely, after I have executed judgment on all those around them who despise them; and they will know that I am the LORD their God.