¶ The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

Son of man, say unto the prince¹ of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because² thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am³ a God, I sit⁴ in the seat of God, in the midst⁵ of the seas; yet⁶ thou art a man, and not God, though thou set⁷ thine heart as the heart of God:

Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret⁹ that they can hide from thee:

¹⁰With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

By thy great wisdom¹¹ and by¹² thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine¹³ heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because¹⁴ thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;

Behold, therefore I will¹⁵ bring strangers upon thee, the terrible¹⁶ of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile¹⁷ thy brightness.

They shall bring¹⁸ thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain¹⁹ in the midst of the seas.

Wilt thou yet say²⁰ before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt²¹ be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth²² thee.

¶ Thou shalt die the deaths²³ of the uncircumcised by the²⁴ hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Son of man, take up²⁵ a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest²⁶ up the sum, full²⁷ of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

Thou hast been in Eden²⁸ the garden of God; every²⁹ precious stone was thy covering, the sardius³⁰, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast³¹ created.

Thou art the anointed³² cherub that covereth; and I³³ have set thee so: thou wast upon³⁴ the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones³⁵ of fire.

Thou wast perfect³⁶ in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity³⁷ was found in thee.

By the multitude³⁸ of thy merchandise they have filled³⁹ the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore⁴⁰ I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering⁴¹ cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

Thine heart⁴² was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast⁴³ corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast⁴⁴ thee to the ground, I will lay⁴⁵ thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

Thou hast defiled⁴⁶ thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity⁴⁷ of thy traffick; therefore⁴⁸ will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring⁴⁹ thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

All they⁵⁰ that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt⁵¹ be a terror⁵², and never shalt thou be any more.

¶ Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Son of man, set⁵³ thy face against Zidon⁵⁴, and prophesy against it,

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against⁵⁶ thee, O Zidon; and I will⁵⁷ be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be⁵⁸ sanctified in her.

For I will send⁵⁹ into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall⁶⁰ know that I am the LORD.

And there shall be no more a pricking⁶¹ brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they⁶² shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; When⁶³ I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified⁶⁴ in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall⁶⁵ they dwell in their land that I have given to my⁶⁶ servant Jacob.

And they shall dwell⁶⁷ safely therein, and shall build⁶⁹ houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I⁷⁰ have executed judgments upon all those that despise⁷¹ them round about them; and they⁷² shall know that I am the LORD their God.