"Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre,
'Thus says the Lord God,
"Because
your heart is lifted up
And you have said, 'I am a god,
I sit in the seat of
gods. [power/authority]
In the heart of the seas';
Yet you are a man and not God,
Although you
make your heart like the
heart of God --
Behold, you are wiser than Daniel;
There is no secret that is a match for
you.
"By your wisdom and understanding
You have acquired riches for yourself,
And have acquired gold and silver for
your treasuries.
"By your great wisdom, by your trade
You have increased your
riches,
And your heart is lifted up because of
your riches --
Therefore, thus
says the Lord GOD,
'Because you have made your heart
Like the heart of God,
Therefore, behold, I will bring
strangers upon you,
The most ruthless of the
nations.
And they will draw their swords
Against the beauty of your wisdom
And defile your splendor.
'They will bring you down to the pit,
And you will
die the death of those who
are slain
In the heart of the seas.
'Will you
still say, "I am a god," [powerful]
In the presence of your slayer,
Although you are a
man and not God,
In the hands of those who wound you?
'You will die the death
of the
uncircumcised
By the hand of strangers,
For I have spoken!' declares
the Lord
GOD!"'"
Again the word of the LORD came to
me saying,
"Son of man, take up a
lamentation over
the king of Tyre, and say to him, 'Thus says the
Lord GOD,
"You had the seal of perfection,
Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty,
"You
were in Eden, the garden of God;
Every precious stone was your
covering;
The
ruby, the topaz, and the diamond;
The beryl, the onyx, and the jasper;
The
lapis lazuli, the turquoise, and the
emerald;
And the gold, the workmanship
of your
settings and sockets,
Was in you.
On the day that you were created
They were prepared.
"You were the anointed cherub who
covers,
And I placed
you there.
You were on the holy mountain of
God;
You walked in the
midst of the stones
of fire.
"You were blameless in your ways
From the day
you were created,
Until unrighteousness was found in
you.
"By the abundance
of your trade
You were internally filled with
violence,
And you sinned;
Therefore I have cast you as profane
From the mountain of God.
And I have
destroyed you, O covering
cherub,
From the midst of the stones of fire.
"Your
heart was lifted up because of
your beauty;
You corrupted your wisdom by
reason
of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I put you before kings,
That they may see you.
"By the multitude of your iniquities,
In the
unrighteousness of your trade,
You profaned your sanctuaries.
Therefore I
have brought fire from the
midst of you;
It has
consumed you,
And I have turned you to ashes
on the
earth
In the eyes of all who see you.
"All who know you among
the peoples
Are appalled at you;
You have become terrified,
And you
will be no more."'"
This page was first posted on December 9, 2001 and last revised on January 18, 2022.