1 The word of the LORD came to me:
2 "Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: Because your heart has grown proud and you have said, I am a god; I sit on the throne of gods in the heart of the seas, though you are a man and not God, yet you consider your mind as the mind of God.
3 You are indeed wiser than Daniel; no secret is too dark for you.
4 By your wisdom and understanding you have made yourself rich, piling up gold and silver in your treasuries.
5 By your great skill in trading you have multiplied your riches, and your heart has grown proud because of your riches.
6 So thus says the Lord GOD: Because you consider your mind as the mind of God,
7 I am going to bring foreigners against you, the most brutal of the nations; they will draw their swords against your beautiful wisdom and profane your splendor.
8 They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die the death of the slain in the heart of the seas.
9 Will you still say, I am a god, in front of the one who kills you, when you are a man and not God, in the hands of those who pierce you?
10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.'"
11 The word of the LORD came to me:
12 "Son of man, raise a lament over the king of Tyre and tell him, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and flawless in beauty.
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian, topaz and diamond, beryl, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise and emerald, and gold. Your settings and mountings were crafted for you; on the day you were created they were made ready.
14 You were an anointed cherub who shields, and I placed you there; you were on the holy mountain of God; you walked about among the stones of fire.
15 You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created until wrongdoing was found in you.
16 Through your widespread trade you were filled inside with violence, and you sinned; so I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God and destroyed you, shielding cherub, from among the stones of fire.
17 Your heart grew proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I threw you to the ground; I made you a spectacle before kings, for them to stare at you.
18 By your many iniquities, by the dishonesty of your trade, you profaned your sanctuaries. So I brought fire out from within you, and it devoured you; I turned you to ashes on the ground before the eyes of all who watched.
19 All among the peoples who knew you are aghast at you; you have become a thing of terror, and you will be no more forever.'"
20 The word of the LORD came to me:
21 "Son of man, turn your face toward Sidon and prophesy against her.
22 Say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: I am against you, Sidon, and I will display my glory within you. They shall know that I am the LORD when I carry out judgments in her and show myself holy in her.
23 I will send pestilence into her and bloodshed into her streets; the slain will fall inside her by the sword that is against her on all sides. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.
24 "'No longer will the house of Israel have a stinging brier or a piercing thorn among all their neighbors who despise them. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.'
25 "Thus says the Lord GOD: 'When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples where they have been scattered and show myself holy through them before the eyes of the nations, they will live on their own soil, which I gave to my servant Jacob.
26 They will live on it in safety, build houses and plant vineyards; they will live in safety when I carry out judgments on all their neighbors who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God.'"