Eze 27:2-28:25 | ESV | STEP | Now you, son of man , raise a lamentation over Tyre ,

2 “Now you, ^ason of man, ^braise a lamentation over Tyre, 3 and say to Tyre, who dwells at ^cthe entrances to the sea, ^dmerchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord God:

“O Tyre, you have said,
‘I am ^eperfect in beauty.’
4 Your borders are ^fin the heart of the seas;
your builders made perfect your beauty.
5 They made all your planks
of fir trees from ^gSenir;
they took ^ha cedar from Lebanon
to make a mast for you.
6 Of ⁱoaks of Bashan
they made your oars;
they made your deck of pines
from ^jthe coasts of Cyprus,
inlaid with ivory.
7 ^kOf fine embroidered linen from Egypt
was your sail,
serving as your banner;
blue and purple from ^lthe coasts of Elishah
was your awning.
8 The inhabitants of Sidon and ^mArvad
were your rowers;
your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you;
they were ⁿyour pilots.
9 The elders of ^oGebal and her skilled men were in you,
^pcaulking your seams;
all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you
to barter for your wares.
10 ^q“Persia and ^rLud and ^sPut were in your army as your men of war. ^tThey hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor. 11 Men of ^uArvad and Helech were on your walls all around, and men of Gamad were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they made ^vperfect your beauty.

12 ^w“Tarshish did ^xbusiness with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your ^ywares. 13 ^zJavan, ^aaTubal, and ^abMeshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. 14 From ^acBeth-togarmah they exchanged horses, war horses, and mules ^adfor your wares. 15 The men of ^aeDedan ^{▼▼Hebrew; Septuagint Rhodes} traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony. 16 Syria ^agdid business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares ^ahemeralds, ^aipurple, ^ajembroidered work, ^akfine linen, coral, and ^alruby. 17 Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise ^amwheat of ^anMinnith, meal, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown} honey, oil, and ^apbalm. 18 ^aqDamascus did business with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon and ^arwool of Sahar 19 and casks of wine ^{▼▼Probable reading; Hebrew wool of Sahar, Vedan, and Javan} from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, ^atcassia, and ^aucalamus were bartered for your merchandise. 20 Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. 21 Arabia and all the princes of ^avKedar were your favored dealers ^awin lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you. 22 The traders of ^axSheba and ^ayRaamah traded with you; they exchanged ^azfor your wares ^bathe best of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold. 23 ^bbHaran, Canneh, ^bcEden, traders of Sheba, ^bdAsshur, and Chilmad traded with you. 24 In your market these traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of ^beblue and ^bfembroidered work, and in carpets of colored material, bound with cords and made secure. 25 ^bgThe ships of ^bhTarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden ^biin the heart of the seas.

26 “Your rowers have brought you out
into the high seas.
^bjThe east wind has wrecked you
in the heart of the seas.
27 Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,
your mariners and ^bkyour pilots,
^blyour caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,
and all your men of war who are in you,
with all your crew
that is in your midst,
sink into the heart of the seas
^bmon the day of your fall.
28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots
^bnthe countryside shakes,
29 and down from their ships
^bocome all who handle the oar.
The mariners and all the pilots of the sea
stand on the land
30 ^bpand shout aloud over you
and cry out bitterly.
^bqThey cast dust on their heads
^brand wallow in ashes;
31 they ^bsmake themselves bald for you
and put sackcloth on their waist,
and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,
with bitter mourning.
32 In their wailing they ^btraise a lamentation for you
and lament over you:
^bu‘Who is like Tyre,
like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?
33 When your wares came from the seas,
^bvyou satisfied many peoples;
with your abundant wealth and merchandise
^bwyou enriched the kings of the earth.
34 Now ^bxyou are wrecked by the seas,
in the depths of the waters;
your merchandise and all your crew in your midst
have sunk with you.
35 ^byAll the inhabitants of the coastlands
are appalled at you,
and ^bzthe hair of their kings bristles with horror;
their faces are convulsed.
36 ^caThe merchants among the peoples ^cbhiss at you;
^ccyou have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever.’”

Ezekiel 28:1-25

Prophecy Against the Prince of Tyre

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 ^cd“Son of man, say to ^cethe prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:

^cf“Because your heart is proud,
and ^cgyou have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,’
yet ^chyou are but a man, and no god,
^cithough you make your heart like the heart of a god—
3 ^cjyou are indeed wiser ^ckthan ^clDaniel;
no secret is hidden from you;
4 by your wisdom and your understanding
^cmyou have made wealth for yourself,
and have gathered gold and silver
into your treasuries;
5 by your great wisdom in your trade
you have increased your wealth,
and ^cnyour heart has become proud in your wealth—
6 therefore thus says the Lord God:
^coBecause you make your heart
like the heart of a god,
7 therefore, behold, I will bring ^cpforeigners upon you,
the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against ^cqthe beauty of your wisdom
and defile ^cryour splendor.
8 ^csThey shall thrust you down into the pit,
^ctand you shall die the death of the slain
in the heart of the seas.
9 ^cuWill you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill you,
though ^cvyou are but a man, and no god,
in the hands of those who slay you?
10 ^cwYou shall die the death of the uncircumcised
by the hand of foreigners;
^cxfor I have spoken, declares the Lord God.”

A Lament over the King of Tyre

11 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me: 12 ^cy“Son of man, ^czraise a lamentation over ^dathe king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:

“You were the signet of perfection, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain}
^dcfull of wisdom and ^ddperfect in beauty.
13 You were in ^deEden, the garden of God;
^dfevery precious stone was your covering,
^dgsardius, topaz, and diamond,
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire, ^{▼▼Or lapis lazuli} ^diemerald, and carbuncle;
and crafted in gold were your settings
and your engravings. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain}
^dkOn the day that you were created
they were prepared.
14 You were an anointed ^dlguardian cherub.
I placed you; ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain} you were on ^dnthe holy mountain of God;
in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
15 You were blameless in your ways
^dofrom the day you were created,
till unrighteousness was found in you.
16 In the abundance of ^dpyour trade
you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from ^dqthe mountain of God,
and I destroyed you, ^{▼▼Or banished you} ^dsO guardian cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 ^dtYour heart was proud because of ^duyour beauty;
you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I exposed you before kings,
to feast their eyes on you.
18 By the multitude of your iniquities,
in the unrighteousness of your trade
you profaned your sanctuaries;
so ^dvI brought fire out from your midst;
it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
^dwin the sight of all who saw you.
19 All who know you among the peoples
are appalled at you;
^dxyou have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever.”

Prophecy Against Sidon

20 The word of the Lord came to me: 21 ^dy“Son of man, ^dzset your face toward ^eaSidon, and ^ebprophesy against her 22 and say, Thus says the Lord God:

“Behold, ^ecI am against you, O Sidon,
and ^edI will manifest my glory in your midst.
And ^eethey shall know that I am the Lord
^efwhen I execute judgments in her
and ^egmanifest my holiness in her;
23 for I will send ^ehpestilence into her,
and blood into her streets;
and the slain shall fall in her midst,
by the sword that is against her on every side.
Then they will know that I am the Lord.
24 “And for the house of Israel ^eithere shall be no more a brier to prick or ^eja thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors ^ekwho have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.

Israel Gathered in Security

25 “Thus says the Lord God: ^elWhen I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and ^emmanifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, ^enthen they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob.