Ezekiel 28:8-18

8 They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
9 Will you then say, “I am a god,” in the presence of those who kill you? You will be but a mortal, not a god, in the hands of those who slay you.
10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.’ ”
11 The word of the LORD came to me:
12 “Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.[a]Your settings and mountings[b] were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared.
14 You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones.
15 You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you.
16 Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
17 Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.
18 By your many sins and dishonest trade you have desecrated your sanctuaries. So I made a fire come out from you, and it consumed you, and I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching.

Cross References 22

  • 1. S Psalms 55:23; Ezekiel 32:30
  • 2. Revelation 18:7
  • 3. S Ezekiel 26:12; Ezekiel 27:27
  • 4. S Isaiah 31:3
  • 5. S Ezekiel 16:49
  • 6. S 1 Samuel 14:6; S Jeremiah 9:26; Ezekiel 31:18; Ezekiel 32:19,24
  • 7. S Ezekiel 19:1
  • 8. Ezekiel 27:2-4
  • 9. S Genesis 2:8
  • 10. Ezekiel 31:8-9
  • 11. Revelation 17:4
  • 12. S Ezekiel 27:16
  • 13. Isaiah 14:11; Revelation 21:20
  • 14. Exodus 30:26; Exodus 40:9
  • 15. Exodus 25:17-20
  • 16. S Genesis 6:11; Habakkuk 2:17
  • 17. S Genesis 3:24
  • 18. Isaiah 10:12; Ezekiel 16:49; Ezekiel 31:10
  • 19. S Ezekiel 19:12
  • 20. Obadiah 1:18
  • 21. Malachi 4:3
  • 22. Zechariah 9:2-4

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.
  • [b]. The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
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