The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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Ezekiel 28:5 (CSB)

By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has become proud because of your wealth.

 

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Ezekiel 28:6 (CSB)

“‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Because you regard your heart as that of a god,

 

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Ezekiel 28:7 (CSB)

I am about to bring strangers against you, ruthless men from the nations.They will draw their swords
against your magnificent wisdom and will pierce your splendor.

 

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Ezekiel 28:8 (CSB)

They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the sea.

 

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Ezekiel 28:9 (NIV)

Will you then say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who kill you? You will be but a mortal, not a god,
in the hands of those who slay you.

 

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Ezekiel 28:10 (NIV)

You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.”’

 

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Ezekiel 28:11 (NIV)

The word of the Lord came to me:

 

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Ezekiel 28:12 (NIV)

‘Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: “This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

‘“You were the seal of perfection,
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

 

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Ezekiel 28:13 (NIV)

You were in Eden,
the garden of God;
every precious stone adorned you:
carnelian, chrysolite and emerald,
topaz, onyx and jasper,
lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.
Your settings and mountings were made of gold;
on the day you were created they were prepared.

 

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Ezekiel 28:14 (NIV)

You were anointed as a guardian cherub,
for so I ordained you.
You were on the holy mount of God;
you walked among the fiery stones.

 

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Ezekiel 28:15 (NIV)

You were blameless in your ways
from the day you were created
till wickedness was found in you.

 

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Ezekiel 28:16 (NIV)

Through your widespread trade
you were filled with violence,
and you sinned.
So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God,
and I expelled you, guardian cherub,
from among the fiery stones.

 

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Ezekiel 28:17 (NIV)

Your heart became proud
on account of your beauty,
and you corrupted your wisdom
because of your splendour.
So I threw you to the earth;
I made a spectacle of you before kings.

 

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Ezekiel 28:18 (NIV)

By your many sins and dishonest trade
you have desecrated your sanctuaries.
So I made a fire come out from you,
and it consumed you,
and I reduced you to ashes on the ground
in the sight of all who were watching.

 

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Ezekiel 28:19 (NIV)

All the nations who knew you
are appalled at you;
you have come to a horrible end
and will be no more.”’

 

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Ezekiel 28:20 (NIV)

The word of the Lord came to me:

 

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Ezekiel 28:21 (NIV)

“Son of man, set your face against Sidon; prophesy against her

 

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Ezekiel 28:22 (NIV)

and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘I am against you, Sidon,
and among you I will display my glory.
You will know that I am the Lord,
when I inflict punishment on you
and within you am proved to be holy.

 

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Ezekiel 28:23 (NIV)

I will send a plague upon you
and make blood flow in your streets.
The slain will fall within you,
with the sword against you on every side.
Then you will know that I am the Lord.

 

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Ezekiel 28:24 (NIV)

“‘No longer will the people of Israel have malicious neighbors who are painful briers and sharp thorns.
Then they will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.