Ezekiel 28 (NET)

Ezekiel 28:1¹The Lord’ s message came to me:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:2²“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “‘Your heart is proud and you said, “I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas”— yet you are a man and not a god, though you think you are godlike.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:3³Look, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:4⁴By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:5⁵By your great skill in trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart is proud because of your wealth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:6⁶“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you think you are godlike,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:7⁷I am about to bring foreigners against you, the most terrifying of nations. They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom, and they will defile your splendor.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:8⁸They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die violently in the heart of the seas.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:9⁹Will you still say, “I am a god,” before the one who kills you— though you are a man and not a god— when you are in the power of those who wound you?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:10¹⁰You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:11¹¹The Lord’ s message came to me:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:12¹²“Son of man, sing a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “‘You were the sealer of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:13¹³You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone was your covering, the ruby, topaz, and emerald, the chrysolite, onyx, and jasper, the sapphire, turquoise, and beryl; your settings and mounts were made of gold. On the day you were created they were prepared.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:14¹⁴I placed you there with an anointed guardian cherub; you were on the holy mountain of God; you walked about amidst fiery stones.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:15¹⁵You were blameless in your behavior from the day you were created, until sin was discovered in you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:16¹⁶In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned; so I defiled you and banished you from the mountain of God— the guardian cherub expelled you from the midst of the stones of fire.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:17¹⁷Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor. I threw you down to the ground; I placed you before kings, that they might see you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:18¹⁸By the multitude of your iniquities, through the sinfulness of your trade, you desecrated your sanctuaries. So I drew fire out from within you; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth before the eyes of all who saw you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:19¹⁹All who know you among the peoples are shocked at you; you have become terrified and will be no more.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:20²⁰The Lord’ s message came to me:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:21²¹“Son of man, turn toward Sidon and prophesy against it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:22²²Say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “‘Look, I am against you, Sidon, and I will magnify myself in your midst. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I execute judgments on her and reveal my sovereign power in her.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:23²³I will send a plague into the city and bloodshed into its streets; the slain will fall within it, by the sword that attacks it from every side. Then they will know that I am the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:24²⁴“‘No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. Then they will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:25²⁵“‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I regather the house of Israel from the peoples where they are dispersed, I will reveal my sovereign power over them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their land that I gave to my servant Jacob.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Ezekiel 28:26²⁶They will live securely in it; they will build houses and plant vineyards. They will live securely when I execute my judgments on all those who scorn them and surround them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions