Ezekiel · Unlocked Literal Bible
Ezekiel 28 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
1 Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying,
2 “Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Your heart is arrogant! You have said, “I am a god! I will sit in the seat of the gods in the heart of the seas!” Even though you are a man and not a god, you make your heart like the heart of a god;
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 you think that you are wiser than Daniel, and that no secret amazes you!
3 behold, you are wiser than Daniel. There is no secret that is hidden from you.
4 You have made yourself wealthy with wisdom and skill, and obtained gold and silver in your treasuries!
4 By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries.
5 By great wisdom and by your trading, you have multiplied your wealth, so your heart is arrogant because of your wealth.
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 Therefore, the Lord Yahweh says this: Because you have made your heart like the heart of a god,
6 “‘therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,
7 I will therefore bring foreigners against you, terrifying men from other nations. They will bring their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they will profane your splendor.
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 pit, and you will die the death of those who die in the heart of the seas.
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 truly say, “I am a god” to the face of one who kills you? You are a man and not God, and you will be in the hand of the one who pierces you.
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 You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners, for I have declared it—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.'”
10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers; for I have spoken it,” says the Lord Yahweh.’”
11 The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,
11 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
12 “Son of man, lift up a lament for the king of Tyre and say to him, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
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 precious stone covered you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made from gold. It was on the day you were created that they were prepared.
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 placed you on the holy mountain of God as the cherub I anointed to guard mankind. You were in the midst of the fiery stones where you walked about.
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 You had integrity in your ways from the day you were created until injustice was found within you.
15 You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.
16 Through your great trade you were filled with violence, and so you sinned. So I threw you out of the mountain of God, as a one who was defiled, and I destroyed you, guardian cherub, and drove you from among the fiery stones.
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 arrogant with your beauty; you ruined your wisdom because of your splendor. I have sent you down to the earth. I have placed you before kings so they may see you.
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 Because of your many sins and your dishonest trade, you have defiled your holy places. So I have made fire come out from you; it will consume you. I will turn you into ashes on the earth in the sight of all who look at you.
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 the ones who knew you among the peoples will shudder at you; they will be horrified, and you will be no more forever.'”
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 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
20 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
21 “Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her.
21 “Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,
22 Say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am against you, Sidon! For I will be glorified in your midst so your people will know that I am Yahweh when I execute justice within you. I will be shown to be holy in you.
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 I will send out a plague in you and blood in your streets, and the slain will fall in your midst. When the sword comes against you from all around, then you will know that I am Yahweh.
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 Then there will no longer be pricking briars and painful thorns for the house of Israel from all those around her who despise her people, so they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh!'
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 The Lord Yahweh says this, 'When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they were scattered, and when I am set apart among them, so the nations may see, then they will make their homes in the land I will give to my servant 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 Then they will live securely within her and build houses, plant vineyards, and live securely when I execute justice on all the ones who now despise them from all around; so they will know that I am Yahweh their God!'”
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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What the Fathers said
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