Ezequiel 28

¹ The woorde of the Lorde came againe vnto me, saying,

² Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy heart [is] lifted up, and thou hast said,I am safe as God is safe in the heavens and no one can hurt me.I [am] a god, I sit [in] the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou [art] a man, and not God, though thou settest thy heart as the heart of God:

³ Behold, thou [art] wiser thanThus he speaks by derision: for Daniel had declared notable signs of his wisdom in Babylon, when Ezekiel wrote this.Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:

⁴ With thy wisedome and thine vnderstanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten golde and siluer into thy treasures.

⁵ By thy great wisedome and by thine occupying hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted vp because of thy riches.

⁶ Therefore thus sayeth the Lorde God, Because thou didest thinke in thine heart, that thou wast equall with God,

⁷ Behold, therefore I wil bring strangers vpon thee, euen the terrible nations: and they shall drawe their swordes against the beautie of thy wisedome, and they shall defile thy brightnes.

⁸ They shall cast thee downe to the pit, and thou shalt die the death of them, that are slaine in the middes of the sea.

⁹ Wilt thou say then before him, that slayeth thee, I am a god? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hands of him that slayeth thee.

¹⁰ Thou shalt die the deaths of theLike the rest of the heathen and infidels who are God's enemies.uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken [it], saith the Lord GOD.

¹¹ Moreouer the word of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

¹² Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full ofHe derides the vain opinion and confidence that the Tyrians had in their riches, strength and pleasures.wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

¹³ Thou hast ben in Eden the garden of God: euery precious stone was in thy garment, the rubie, the topaze and the diamonde, the chrysolite, the onix, and the iasper, the saphir, emeraude, and the carbuncle and golde: the woorkemanship of thy timbrels, & of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

¹⁴ Thou [art]He means the royal state of Tyre, which for the excellency and glory of it he compares to the cherubim which covered the Ark, and by «anointed» he signifies the same.the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set theeI did you this honour to make you one of the builders of my temple, which was when Hiram sent to Solomon things necessary for the work.[so]: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of theThat is, among my people Israel, which shined as precious stones.stones of fire.

¹⁵ Thou [wast] perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wastWhich was when I first called you to this dignity.created, till iniquity was found in thee.

¹⁶ By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of theYou will have no part among my people.mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

¹⁷ Thine heart was lifted vp because of thy beautie, and thou hast corrupted thy wisedome by reason of thy brightnes: I wil cast thee to ye grounde: I will lay thee before Kinges that they may beholde thee.

¹⁸ Thou hast defiled thyThat is, the honour to which I called them.sanctuaries by the multitude of thy iniquities, by the iniquity of thy merchandise; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

¹⁹ All they that knowe thee among the people, shalbe astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terrour, and neuer shalt thou be any more.

²⁰ Againe, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

²¹ Sonne of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesie against it,

²² And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, O Zidon; and I will beBy executing my judgments against your wickedness.glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.

²³ For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of herThat is Nebuchadnezzar.by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.

²⁴ And they shalbe no more a pricking thorne vnto the house of Israel, nor any grieuous thorne of all that are round about them, and despised them, and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde God.

²⁵ Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall beHe shows why God will assemble his Church and preserve it, though he destroy his enemies: that is, that they should praise him, and give thanks for his great mercies.sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.

²⁶ And they shal dwell safely therein, & shall builde houses, and plant vineyards: yea, they shall dwell safely, when I haue executed iudgements vpon al round about them that despise them, and they shall knowe that I am the Lord their God.