Ezekiel 28

1 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say

[Then] Yahweh gave me another message. [He said]:

2 son: child man to say to/for leader Tyre thus to say Lord YHWH/God because to exult heart your and to say god I seat God to dwell in/on/with heart sea and you(m. s.) man and not god and to give: make heart your like/as heart God

“You human, give to the king of Tyre this message from [me], Yahweh the Lord: ‘You have very proudly claimed, “I am a god! I sit on a throne of a god [in a city on an island] in the sea!” You boast that you are a god; but you are only a man, not a god.

3 behold wise you(m. s.) (from Daniel *Q(K)*) all to close not to darken you

[You think that] you are wiser than Daniel was, [and you think that] you can understand every secret.

4 in/on/with wisdom your and in/on/with understanding your to make to/for you strength: rich and to make: offer gold and silver: money in/on/with treasure your

By being wise and understanding [a lot], you have become [very] rich; you have acquired much gold and silver for your treasuries.

5 in/on/with abundance wisdom your in/on/with merchandise your to multiply strength: rich your and to exult heart your in/on/with strength: rich your

[Yes, it is true that] by trading wisely, you have been enabled to become very rich, and because you are rich, you have become very proud.

6 to/for so thus to say Lord YHWH/God because to give: make you [obj] heart your like/as heart God

Therefore, this is what Yahweh the Lord says: “Because you think that you are as wise as a god,

7 to/for so look! I to come (in): bring upon you be a stranger ruthless nation and to empty sword their upon beauty wisdom your and to profane/begin: profane splendor your

I will [now] bring a foreign [army] to attack your [country], an army that causes other nations to be terrified. They will pull out their swords to strike you, [you who think that] [IRO] you have marvelous/great wisdom, and they will destroy all your beautiful things.

8 to/for Pit: hell to go down you and to die death slain: killed in/on/with heart sea (questioned)

They will bring you down to your grave; you will die violently like [MET] those who died in the sea.

9 to say to say God I to/for face: before to kill you and you(m. s.) man and not god in/on/with hand: power to bore you

Then you will certainly not [RHQ] say to those who are killing you, 'I am a god!' [because they will know that] you are not a god; you are only a man.

10 death uncircumcised to die in/on/with hand: power be a stranger for I to speak: speak utterance Lord YHWH/God

You will die like other people who are unacceptable to me die, killed by foreigners.” [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.’”

11 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say

Yahweh also gave me this message:

12 son: child man to lift: raise dirge upon king Tyre and to say to/for him thus to say Lord YHWH/God you(m. s.) to seal proportion full wisdom and entire beauty

“You human, sing a sad/funeral song about the king of Tyre. Say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: [“You thought that] [IRO] you were completely perfect, extremely wise and handsome.

13 in/on/with Eden garden God to be all stone precious covering your sardius topaz and jasper jasper onyx and jasper sapphire emerald and gem and gold work tambourine your and socket your in/on/with you in/on/with day to create you to establish: prepare

You [had a wonderful life, as though] you were in my [beautiful] garden in Eden. Your [clothes] were decorated with many [HYP] kinds of very valuable stones— ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, turquoise, and beryl [stones]. Those stones were set/placed in gold [mountings]. They were prepared for you on the day that you were born.

14 you(f. s.) cherub expanded [the] to cover and to give: put you in/on/with mountain: mount holiness God to be in/on/with midst stone fire to go: walk

I appointed [DOU] you to be like [MET] a strong angel to guard the people. [It was as though I put] you on my holy mountain, and you walked among fiery stones.

15 unblemished: blameless you(m. s.) in/on/with way: conduct your from day to create you till to find injustice [to] in/on/with you

You were completely good in all that you did, from the day that you were created/born, until you [started to] do wicked things.

16 in/on/with abundance merchandise your to fill midst your violence and to sin and to profane/begin: profane you from mountain: mount God and to perish you cherub [the] to cover from midst stone fire

[Then] you became busy trading things, and you started to act violently, and you sinned. So I caused you to be disgraced; and the angel who was guarding you forced you to leave my holy mountain, forced you to leave your place among those fiery stones.

17 to exult heart your in/on/with beauty your to ruin wisdom your upon splendor your upon land: soil to throw you to/for face: before king to give: throw you to/for to see: see in/on/with you

You were extremely proud because you were very handsome. Because you loved beautiful things, you did things that wise people do not do. [So] I threw you to the ground, and allowed [other] kings who saw you to laugh at you.

18 from abundance iniquity: crime your in/on/with injustice merchandise your to profane/begin: profane sanctuary your and to come out: send fire from midst your he/she/it to eat you and to give: make you to/for ashes upon [the] land: country/planet to/for eye: seeing all to see: see you

By committing many sins and by trading things dishonestly, you caused your places of worship to become unacceptable to me. So I caused a fire [to burn down your city]. [Your city] was burned completely; the people who were watching it saw that only ashes remained on the ground.

19 all to know you in/on/with people be desolate: appalled upon you terror to be and nothing you till forever: enduring

All the people who knew what your [city was like previously] were appalled. Now [your city] has disappeared, and it will not exist any more.”’”

20 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say

[Then] Yahweh gave me another message. [He said],

21 son: child man to set: make face your to(wards) Sidon and to prophesy upon her

“You human, turn toward Sidon [city], and declare the terrible things that will happen to it.

22 and to say thus to say Lord YHWH/God look! I upon you Sidon and to honor: honour in/on/with midst your and to know for I LORD in/on/with to make: do I in/on/with her judgment and to consecrate: holiness in/on/with her

Give [the people of Sidon] this message from [me], Yahweh the Lord: ‘I am your enemy, [you people of] Sidon, and by what I do to you, I will reveal that I am very great/glorious. When I punish you and reveal that I am holy, everyone who is watching that will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do].

23 and to send: depart in/on/with her pestilence and blood in/on/with outside her and to fall: kill slain: killed in/on/with midst her in/on/with sword upon her from around: side and to know for I LORD

I will send a plague upon you, and I will send [enemies to come and] kill [MTY] you in your streets. They will attack you from every direction, and your people will be slaughtered inside the walls of your city. Then everyone will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].'

24 and not to be still to/for house: household Israel briar to malign and thorn to pain from all around: neighours them [the] to despise [obj] them and to know for I Lord YHWH/God

No longer will those who live near you people of Israel [hurt you] like [MET] painful briers and sharp thorns [hurt people]. And then the Israeli people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”

25 thus to say Lord YHWH/God in/on/with to gather I [obj] house: household Israel from [the] people which to scatter in/on/with them and to consecrate: holiness in/on/with them to/for eye: seeing [the] nation and to dwell upon land: soil their which to give: give to/for servant/slave my to/for Jacob

And this is [also] what Yahweh the Lord says: “Some day the people of Israel will live in their own land [again], the land that I gave to Jacob, who [also] served me. I will gather them from [distant] countries where I have scattered them. And I will reveal to the nations that I am holy among my people.

26 and to dwell upon her to/for security and to build house: home and to plant vineyard and to dwell to/for security in/on/with to make: do I judgment in/on/with all [the] to despise [obj] them from around: neighours them and to know for I LORD God their

My people will live safely in Israel; they will build houses and plant vineyards. And when I punish the nearby nations that despised them, they will know that it is I, Yahweh their God, [who has done it].”