1 T he Word of the Lord came to me saying,

Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying,

2 “ Son of man, tell the leader of Tyre, ‘The Lord God says, “Because your heart is proud, you have said, ‘I am a god. I sit in the seat of gods, with the seas around me.’ Yet you are a man and not God, even if you think you are as wise as God.

Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 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 not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God—

3 Y ou are wiser than Daniel. There is no secret that is hidden from you.

behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from you;

4 B y your wisdom and understanding you have gathered riches for yourself. You have gathered gold and silver for your store-houses.

by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;

5 B y all your wisdom in trade you have added to your riches, and your heart has become proud because of them.

by your great wisdom and by your traffic you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—

6 S o the Lord God says, ‘Because you think you are as wise as God,

therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,

7 I will bring strangers against you, those who have the hardest hearts of all the nations. With their swords they will destroy the beauty of your wisdom and your greatness.

therefore, behold, I will bring strangers on you, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness.

8 T hey will bring you down to the grave. You will die the death of those who are killed on the sea.

They shall bring you down to the pit; and you shall die the death of those who are slain, in the heart of the seas.

9 W ill you still say, “I am a god,” in front of those who kill you? You will be only a man and not a god in the hands of those who kill you.

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 Y ou will be killed by strangers, and will die the death of one who has not gone through the religious act of My people. For I have spoken,’ says the Lord God.”’” Song of Sorrow for the King of Tyre

You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh.

11 T he Word of the Lord came to me saying,

Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

12 “ Son of man, sing a song of sorrow for the king of Tyre, and tell him, ‘The Lord God says, “You were once the mark of what is perfect, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and tell him, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

13 Y ou were in Eden, the garden of God. Every stone of great worth covered you: ruby, topaz, diamond, beryl, onyx, jasper, chrysolite, turquoise, and emerald. And you had beautiful objects of gold. They were made for you when you were made.

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. In the day that you were created they were prepared.

14 Y ou were the cherub who kept watch, and I placed you there. You were on the holy mountain of God. You walked among the stones of fire.

You were the anointed cherub who covers: and I set you, so that you were on the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the middle of the stones of fire.

15 Y ou were without blame in your ways from the day you were made until sin was found in you.

You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.

16 T hrough all your trading you were filled with bad ways, and you sinned. So I have sent you away in shame from the mountain of God and I have destroyed you and driven you out from the stones of fire, O cherub who kept watch.

By the abundance of your traffic they filled your insides with violence, and you have sinned: therefore I have cast you as profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed you, covering cherub, from the middle of the stones of fire.

17 Y our heart was proud because of your beauty. You made your wisdom sinful because of your beauty. So I threw you to the ground. I laid you in front of kings for them to see you.

Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I have cast you to the ground; I have laid you before kings, that they may see you.

18 B y all your wrong-doing and sinful trading you made your holy places sinful. So I made a fire come out from you, and it has destroyed you. I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the eyes of all who see you.

By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your traffic, you have profaned your sanctuaries; therefore have I brought out a fire from the middle of you; it has devoured you, and I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all those who see you.

19 A ll the nations who know you are filled with wonder and fear because of you. You have come to a bad end, and you will be no more forever.”’” Words against Sidon

All those who know you among the peoples shall be astonished at you: you have become a terror, and you shall nevermore have any being.

20 T he Word of the Lord came to me saying,

Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

21 “ Son of man, look toward Sidon and speak against her.

Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,

22 T ell her, ‘The Lord God says, “I am against you, O Sidon, and My greatness will be honored among you. They will know that I am the Lord when I punish Sidon. I will show Myself holy within her.

and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Sidon; and I will be glorified among you; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.

23 F or I will send disease upon her, and blood into her streets. People will be killed by the sword from every side. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

For I will send pestilence into her, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall fall within her, with the sword on her on every side; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.

24 N o longer will the people of Israel have neighbors like a sharp thistle or thorn who hate them. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.

There shall be no more a pricking brier to the house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any that are around them, that scorned them; and they shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh.

25 “ The Lord God says, ‘I will gather the people of Israel from the different nations where they have been sent. And I will show Myself holy among them in the eyes of the nations. Then they will live in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob.

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob.

26 T hey will live there and be safe. They will build houses, plant grape-fields, and be safe, when I punish all those around them who speak against them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.”’”

They shall dwell securely therein; yes, they shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and shall dwell securely, when I have executed judgments on all those who do them despite all around them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh their God.