New English Translation

Ezekiel 28:12-24 New English Translation (NET)

12. “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.

13. You 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.

14. I placed you there with an anointed guardian cherub;you were on the holy mountain of God;you walked about amidst fiery stones.

15. You were blameless in your behavior from the day you were created,until sin was discovered in you.

16. In 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.

17. Your 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.

18. By 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.

19. All who know you among the peoples are shocked at you;you have become terrified and will be no more.’”

20. The word of the Lord came to me:

21. “Son of man, turn toward Sidon and prophesy against it.

22. Say, ‘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.

23. I 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.

24. “‘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.