About the king of Tyre
1The word of Yahweh came to me in these terms, 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?
3You consider yourself wiser than Daniel;
no secret is hidden from you.
4Your wisdom and know-how have earned you a fortune,
gold and silver flowed to your treasury.
5Clever in trade, you became wealthy
and as your fortune increased,
your heart became prouder.
6But now Yahweh has spoken to you,
to the one who is like God:
7I am bringing foreigners against you,
the most feared of all the nations.
Their sword will challenge your wisdom and debase your refined culture.
8They will bring you down to the pit
and you will die in the depths of the sea.
9Will you be able to say ‘I am a god’
when your murderers are killing you?
You are a man and not a god.
10You will die the death of the uncircumcised and perish at the hands of aliens,
for I have spoken – word of Yahweh.”
11The word of Yahweh came to me in these terms, 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.
13You 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.
14I anointed you a guardian angel
on the holy mountain of God
where you walked amidst the spirits of God.
15You were perfect in your ways
from the day you were created
until wickedness was found in you.
16Because 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;
17your 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.
18Your 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.
19The nations who knew you are appalled.
You have become an object of terror; you have gone forever.”
20The word of Yahweh came to me in these terms, 21“Look towards Sidon and prophesy against her. You will say:
22Thus 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. 23I 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.
24No 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.
25Thus 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. 26They 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.”
