Ezekiel 28 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens:
1 Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying,
2 Fili hominis, dic principi Tyri: [Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Eo quod elevatum est cor tuum, et dixisti: Deus ego sum, et in cathedra Dei sedi in corde maris, cum sis homo, et non deus: et dedisti cor tuum quasi cor Dei:
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 ecce sapientior es tu Daniele: omne secretum non est absconditum a te:
3 behold, you are wiser than Daniel. There is no secret that is hidden from you.
4 in sapientia et prudentia tua fecisti tibi fortitudinem, et acquisisti aurum et argentum in thesauris tuis:
4 By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries.
5 in multitudine sapientiæ tuæ, et in negotiatione tua multiplicasti tibi fortitudinem, et elevatum est cor tuum in robore tuo:
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 propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Eo quod elevatum est cor tuum quasi cor dei,
6 “‘therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,
7 idcirco ecce ego adducam super te alienos, robustissimos gentium: et nudabunt gladios suos super pulchritudinem sapientiæ tuæ, et polluent decorem tuum.
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 Interficient, et detrahent te: et morieris in interitu occisorum in corde maris.
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 Numquid dicens loqueris: Deus ego sum, coram interficientibus te, cum sis homo, et non deus, in manu occidentium te?
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 Morte incircumcisorum morieris in manu alienorum, quia ego locutus sum, ait Dominus Deus.]
10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers; for I have spoken it,” says the Lord Yahweh.’”
11 Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens: Fili hominis, leva planctum super regem Tyri,
11 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
12 et dices ei: [Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Tu signaculum similitudinis, plenus sapientia, et perfectus decore.
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 In deliciis paradisi Dei fuisti: omnis lapis pretiosus operimentum tuum, sardius, topazius, et jaspis, chrysolithus, et onyx, et beryllus, sapphirus, et carbunculus, et smaragdus: aurum, opus decoris tui: et foramina tua, in die qua conditus es, præparata sunt.
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 Tu cherub extentus, et protegens, et posui te in monte sancto Dei: in medio lapidum ignitorum ambulasti,
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 perfectus in viis tuis a die conditionis tuæ, donec inventa est iniquitas in te.
15 You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.
16 In multitudine negotiationis tuæ repleta sunt interiora tua iniquitate, et peccasti: et ejeci te de monte Dei, et perdidi te, o cherub protegens, de medio lapidum ignitorum.
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 Et elevatum est cor tuum in decore tuo; perdidisti sapientiam tuam in decore tuo: in terram projeci te; ante faciem regum dedi te ut cernerent te.
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 In multitudine iniquitatum tuarum, et iniquitate negotiationis tuæ, polluisti sanctificationem tuam: producam ergo ignem de medio tui, qui comedat te, et dabo te in cinerem super terram, in conspectu omnium videntium te.
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 Omnes qui viderint te in gentibus, obstupescent super te: nihili factus es, et non eris in perpetuum.]
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 Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens:
20 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
21 Fili hominis, pone faciem tuam contra Sidonem, et prophetabis de ea:
21 “Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,
22 et dices: [Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Ecce ego ad te, Sidon, et glorificabor in medio tui: et scient quia ego Dominus, cum fecero in ea judicia, et sanctificatus fuero in ea.
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 Et immittam ei pestilentiam, et sanguinem in plateis ejus: et corruent interfecti in medio ejus gladio per circuitum, et scient quia ego Dominus.
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 Et non erit ultra domui Israël offendiculum amaritudinis, et spina dolorem inferens undique per circuitum eorum qui adversantur eis: et scient quia ego Dominus Deus.
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 Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Quando congregavero domum Israël de populis in quibus dispersi sunt, sanctificabor in eis coram gentibus: et habitabunt in terra sua, quam dedi servo meo 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 et habitabunt in ea securi, et ædificabunt domos, et plantabunt vineas, et habitabunt confidenter, cum fecero judicia in omnibus qui adversantur eis per circuitum: et scient quia ego Dominus Deus eorum.]
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)
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- 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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