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Ezekiel 28 Bible in Basic English
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1 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
1 Y FUÉ á mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:
1 Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying,
2 Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God:
2 Hijo del hombre, di al príncipe de Tiro: Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: Por cuanto se enalteció tu corazón, y dijiste: Yo soy un dios; en la silla de Dios estoy sentado en medio de los mares (siendo tú hombre y no Dios); y has puesto tu corazón como corazón de Dios:
2 “Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord Yahweh 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—
3 See, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret which is deeper than your knowledge:
3 He aquí que tú eres más sabio que Daniel; no hay secreto que te sea oculto;
3 behold, you are wiser than Daniel. There is no secret that is hidden from you.
4 By your wisdom and deep knowledge you have got power for yourself, and put silver and gold in your store-houses:
4 Con tu sabiduría y con tu prudencia te has juntado riquezas, y has adquirido oro y plata en tus tesoros;
4 By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries.
5 By your great wisdom and by your trade your power is increased, and your heart is lifted up because of your power:
5 Con la grandeza de tu sabiduría en tu contratación has multiplicado tus riquezas; y á causa de tus riquezas se ha enaltecido tu corazón.
5 By your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—”
6 For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have made your heart as the heart of God,
6 Por tanto, así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: Por cuanto pusiste tu corazón como corazón de Dios,
6 “‘therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,
7 See, I am sending against you strange men, feared among the nations: they will let loose their swords against your bright wisdom, they will make your glory a common thing.
7 Por tanto, he aquí yo traigo sobre ti extraños, los fuertes de las gentes, que desenvainarán su espadas contra la hermosura de tu sabiduría, y ensuciarán tu esplendor.
7 therefore, 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.
8 They will send you down to the underworld, and your death will be the death of those who are put to the sword in the heart of the seas.
8 A la huesa te harán descender, y morirás de las muertes de los que mueren en medio de los mares.
8 They will bring you down to the pit. You will die the death of those who are slain in the heart of the seas.
9 Will you say, in the face of those who are taking your life, I am God? but you are man and not God in the hands of those who are wounding you.
9 ¿Hablarás delante de tu matador, diciendo: Yo soy Dios? Tú, hombre eres, y no Dios, en la mano de tu matador.
9 Will 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.
10 Your death will be the death of those who are without circumcision, by the hands of men from strange lands: for I have said it, says the Lord.
10 De muerte de incircuncisos morirás por mano de extraños: porque yo he hablado, dice el Señor Jehová.
10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers; for I have spoken it,” says the Lord Yahweh.’”
11 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
11 Y fué á mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:
11 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
12 Son of man, make a song of grief for the king of Tyre, and say to him, This is what the Lord has said: You are all-wise and completely beautiful;
12 Hijo del hombre, levanta endechas sobre el rey de Tiro, y dile: Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: Tú echas el sello á la proporción, lleno de sabiduría, y acabado de hermosura.
12 “Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and tell him, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “You were the seal of full measure, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready.
13 En Edén, en el huerto de Dios estuviste: toda piedra preciosa fué tu vestidura; el sardio, topacio, diamante, crisólito, onique, y berilo, el zafiro, carbunclo, y esmeralda, y oro, los primores de tus tamboriles y pífanos estuvieron apercibidos para ti en el día de tu creación.
13 You 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.
14 I gave you your place with the winged one; I put you on the mountain of God; you went up and down among the stones of fire.
14 Tú, querubín grande, cubridor: y yo te puse; en el santo monte de Dios estuviste; en medio de piedras de fuego has andado.
14 You 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.
15 There has been no evil in your ways from the day when you were made, till sin was seen in you.
15 Perfecto eras en todos tus caminos desde el día que fuiste criado, hasta que se halló en ti maldad.
15 You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.
16 Through all your trading you have become full of violent ways, and have done evil: so I sent you out shamed from the mountain of God; the winged one put an end to you from among the stones of fire.
16 A causa de la multitud de tu contratación fuiste lleno de iniquidad, y pecaste: por lo que yo te eché del monte de Dios, y te arrojé de entre las piedras del fuego, oh querubín cubridor.
16 By 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.
17 Your heart was lifted up because you were beautiful, you made your wisdom evil through your sin: I have sent you down, even to the earth; I have made you low before kings, so that they may see you.
17 Enaltecióse tu corazón á causa de tu hermosura, corrompiste tu sabiduría á causa de tu resplandor: yo te arrojaré por tierra; delante de los reyes te pondré para que miren en ti.
17 Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I have cast you to the ground. I have laid you before kings, that they may see you.
18 By all your sin, even by your evil trading, you have made your holy places unclean; so I will make a fire come out from you, it will make a meal of you, and I will make you as dust on the earth before the eyes of all who see you.
18 Con la multitud de tus maldades, y con la iniquidad de tu contratación ensuciaste tu santuario: yo pues saqué fuego de en medio de ti, el cual te consumió, y púsete en ceniza sobre la tierra á los ojos de todos los que te miran.
18 By 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.
19 All who have knowledge of you among the peoples will be overcome with wonder at you: you have become a thing of fear, and you will never be seen again.
19 Todos los que te conocieron de entre los pueblos, se maravillarán sobre ti: en espanto serás, y para siempre dejarás de ser.
19 All those who know you among the peoples will be astonished at you. You have become a terror, and you will exist no more.”’”
20 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
20 Y fué á mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:
20 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
21 Son of man, let your face be turned to Zidon, and be a prophet against it, and say,
21 Hijo del hombre, pon tu rostro hacia Sidón, y profetiza contra ella;
21 “Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,
22 These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, O Zidon; and I will get glory for myself in you: and they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I send my punishments on her, and I will be seen to be holy in her.
22 Y dirás: Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: He aquí yo contra ti, oh Sidón, y en medio de ti seré glorificado: y sabrán que yo soy Jehová, cuando hiciere en ella juicios, y en ella me santificare.
22 and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against you, Sidon. I will be glorified among you. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I have executed judgments in her, and am sanctified in her.
23 And I will send on her disease and blood in her streets; and the wounded will be falling in the middle of her, and the sword will be against her on every side; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.
23 Y enviaré á ella pestilencia y sangre en sus plazas; y caerán muertos en medio de ella, con espada contra ella alrededor; y sabrán que yo soy Jehová.
23 For 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 Yahweh.
24 And there will no longer be a plant with sharp points wounding the children of Israel, or a thorn troubling them among any who are round about them, who put shame on them; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.
24 Y nunca más será á la casa de Israel espino que le punce, ni espanto que le dé dolor, en todos los alrededores de los que los menosprecian; y sabrán que yo soy Jehová.
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 Yahweh.”
25 This is what the Lord has said: When I have got together the children of Israel from the peoples among whom they are wandering, and have been made holy among them before the eyes of the nations, then they will have rest in the land which is theirs, which I gave to my servant Jacob
25 Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: Cuando juntaré la casa de Israel de los pueblos entre los cuales están esparcidos, entonces me santificaré en ellos á los ojos de las gentes, y habitarán en su tierra, la cual dí á mi siervo Jacob.
25 “‘The Lord Yahweh says: “When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am shown as holy among them in the sight of the nations, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob.
26 And they will be safe there, building houses and planting vine-gardens and living without fear; when I have sent my punishments on all those who put shame on them round about them; and they will be certain that I am the Lord their God.
26 Y habitarán en ella seguros, y edificarán casas, y plantarán viñas, y habitarán confiadamente, cuando yo haré juicios en todos los que los despojan en sus alrededores; y sabrán que yo soy Jehová su Dios.
26 They will dwell in it securely. Yes, they will build houses, plant vineyards, and will dwell securely when I have executed judgments on all those around them who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am Yahweh their God.”’”
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Ezekiel 28:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Isaiah 14:13–14; Psalm 9:20; Proverbs 16:18
- 3 Daniel 1:20; Daniel 2:22; Daniel 2:27–28; Job 15:8; Daniel 5:11–12
- 4 Proverbs 18:11; Proverbs 23:4–5; Deuteronomy 8:17–18; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Ezekiel 29:3
- 5 Psalm 52:7; Psalm 62:10; Hosea 13:6; Ezekiel 28:2; James 4:13–14
- 6 Ezekiel 28:2; Exodus 9:17; James 1:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Job 40:9–12
- 7 Ezekiel 31:12; Ezekiel 30:11; Ezekiel 32:12; Habakkuk 1:6–8; Daniel 7:7
- 8 Ezekiel 27:34; Ezekiel 27:26–27; Job 33:28; Ezekiel 32:18–30; Job 33:18
- 9 Ezekiel 28:2; Psalm 82:7; Isaiah 31:3; Acts 12:22–23; Daniel 5:23–30
- 10 Ezekiel 31:18; Ezekiel 32:19; 1 Samuel 17:36; Ezekiel 32:21; Philippians 3:3
- 12 Ezekiel 19:1; Ezekiel 26:17; Colossians 2:3; Colossians 1:9; James 3:13–18
- 13 Ezekiel 28:15; Ezekiel 27:16; Genesis 2:8; Isaiah 54:11–12; Isaiah 51:3
- 14 Isaiah 14:12–15; Exodus 30:26; Exodus 40:9; Ezekiel 28:13; Ezekiel 20:40
- 15 2 Peter 2:4; Ezekiel 28:17–18; Genesis 1:26–27; Romans 7:9; Ezekiel 28:12
- 16 1 Timothy 6:9–10; Habakkuk 2:8; Habakkuk 2:17; Genesis 3:24; John 2:16
- 17 Ezekiel 28:5; James 4:6; Proverbs 16:18; Ezekiel 31:10; Ezekiel 28:2
- 18 Malachi 4:3; Revelation 18:8; Amos 1:9–10; Ezekiel 28:16; Ezekiel 28:2
- 19 Ezekiel 26:21; Revelation 18:15–19; Revelation 18:21; Isaiah 14:16–19; Ezekiel 27:35–36
- 21 Ezekiel 6:2; Genesis 10:15; Ezekiel 25:2; Jeremiah 25:22; Ezekiel 27:8
- 22 Ezekiel 39:13; Ezekiel 20:41; Exodus 14:4; Ezekiel 30:19; Exodus 14:17
- 23 Ezekiel 38:22; Ezekiel 25:11; Jeremiah 15:2; Ezekiel 5:12; Ezekiel 26:6
- 24 Numbers 33:55; Joshua 23:13; 2 Corinthians 12:7; Isaiah 55:13; Ezekiel 2:6
- 25 Jeremiah 32:37; Ezekiel 20:41; Jeremiah 23:8; Ezekiel 37:25; Ezekiel 11:17
- 26 Ezekiel 28:24; Ezekiel 28:22; Amos 9:13–14; Ezekiel 34:25–28; Jeremiah 32:15
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