Catholic Public Domain Version

Ezekiel 28:8-14 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

8. They will destroy you and pull you down. And you will die the death of those slain in the heart of the sea.

9. So then, will you speak, in the presence of those who are destroying you, before the hand of those who are killing you, saying, 'I am God,' though you are a man, and not God?

10. You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hand of foreigners. For I have spoken, says the Lord God."

11. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: "Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre,

12. and you shall say to him: Thus says the Lord God: You were the seal of similitudes, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

13. You were with the delights of the Paradise of God. Every precious stone was your covering: sardius, topaz, and jasper, chrysolite, and onyx, and beryl, sapphire, and garnet, and emerald. The work of your beauty was of gold, and your fissures were ready in the day when you were formed.

14. You were a cherub, stretched out and protecting, and I stationed you on the holy mountain of God. You have walked in the midst of stones containing fire.