Ezekiel, 28

1. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

1. The word of Yahweh came to me in these terms,

2. Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart [is] lifted up, and thou hast said, 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 set thine heart as the heart of God:

2. "Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre: You are very proud and self-satisfied: 'I am a god, I sit like a god in the heart of the sea. Yet you are man and not a god; would you hold yourself as wise as God?

3. Behold, thou [art] wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:

3. You consider yourself wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you.

4. With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

4. Your wisdom and know-how have earned you a fortune, gold and silver flowed to your treasury.

5. By thy great wisdom [and] by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

5. Clever in trade, you became wealthy and as your fortune increased, your heart became prouder.

6. Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;

6. But now Yahweh has spoken to you, to the one who is like God:

7. Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

7. I am bringing foreigners against you, the most feared of all the nations. Their sword will challenge your wisdom and debase your refined culture.

8. They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of [them that are] slain in the midst of the seas.

8. They will bring you down to the pit and you will die in the depths of the sea.

9. Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I [am] God? but thou [shalt be] a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

9. Will you be able to say 'I am a god' when your murderers are killing you? You are a man and not a god.

10. Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken [it], saith the Lord GOD.

10. You will die the death of the uncircumcised and perish at the hands of aliens, for I have spoken - word of Yahweh."

11. Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

11. The word of Yahweh came to me in these terms,

12. Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

12. "Son of man, intone a lamentation for the king of Tyre and say to him: This is what Yahweh says: You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

13. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone [was] thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

13. You lived in Eden, the garden of God, and every kind of precious stone adorned you, ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise and emerald. The trinkets on your robe were made of gold, prepared for you on the day you were created.

14. Thou [art] the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee [so]: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

14. I anointed you a guardian angel on the holy mountain of God where you walked amidst the spirits of God.

15. Thou [wast] perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

15. You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created until wickedness was found in you.

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 the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

16. Because of your extensive trade you were filled with violence and sinned; I then deprived you of your dignity, driving you away from the mountain of God, expelling you from among the guardian angels;

17. Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

17. your heart was proud because of your beauty. As your splendor corrupted your wisdom I have cast you down to the ground and exposed you before kings, a spectacle in their sight.

18. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; 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.

18. Your many sins and dishonest trade have filled and defiled your sanctuaries. Then I made fire break out in you and reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who looked on.

19. All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never [shalt] thou [be] any more.

19. The nations who knew you are appalled. You have become an object of terror; you have gone forever."

20. Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

20. The word of Yahweh came to me in these terms,

21. Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,

21. "Look towards Sidon and prophesy against her. You will say:

22. And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, O Zidon; and I will be 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.

22. Thus says Yahweh: I come against you, Sidon, and I will be glorified in you. When I inflict punishment on her and make known my holiness, they will know I am Yahweh.

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

23. I will send pestilence against her and shed blood in her streets. The sword is directed against her from all sides and they will know I am Yahweh when the victims fall.

24. And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor [any] grieving thorn of all [that are] round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD.

24. No longer will there be for the people of Israel thorns that wound or briers that prick them among their neighbors. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.

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 be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.

25. Thus says Yahweh: When I gather Israel from among the nations where she has been dispersed, I will use them to show the nations my holiness and they will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob.

26. And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD their God.

26. They will live safely, build houses and plant vineyards. They will live in safety when I punish all those neighbors who treated them with contempt and they will know that I am Yahweh, their God."