Ezekiel 28:1-10

Tyre’s King Overthrown

¹The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, ²“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘The Lord God says this:

“Because your heart is haughty

And you have said, ‘I am a god,

I sit in the seat of gods

In the heart of the seas’;

Yet you are a mortal and not God,

Although you make your heart like the heart of God—

3Behold, you are wiser than Daniel;

There is no secret that is a match for you!

4“By your wisdom and understanding

You have acquired riches for yourself

And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.

5“By your great wisdom, by your trade

You have increased your riches,

And your heart is haughty because of your riches—

⁶Therefore this is what the Lord God says:

‘Because you have made your heart

Like the heart of God,

7Therefore, behold, I am going to bring strangers against you,

The most ruthless of the nations.

And they will draw their swords

Against the beauty of your wisdom

And profane your splendor.

8‘They will bring you down to the pit,

And you will die the death of those who are killed

In the heart of the seas.

9‘Will you still say, “I am a god,”

In the presence of one who kills you,

Though you are a mortal and not God,

In the hands of those who wound you?

10‘You will die the death of the uncircumcised

By the hand of strangers,

For I have spoken!’ declares the Lord God!” ’ ”

Judgment of Sidon

Israel Regathered