A Lament over the King of Tyre

¹¹Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me: ¹²“Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:

“You were the signet of perfection,1

full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

¹³You were in Eden, the garden of God;

every precious stone was your covering,

sardius, topaz, and diamond,

beryl, onyx, and jasper,

sapphire,2 emerald, and carbuncle;

and crafted in gold were your settings

and your engravings.3

On the day that you were created

they were prepared.

¹⁴You were an anointed guardian cherub.

I placed you;4 you were on the holy mountain of God;

in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.

¹⁵You were blameless in your ways

from the day you were created,

till unrighteousness was found in you.

¹⁶In the abundance of your trade

you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;

so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God,

and I destroyed you,5 O guardian cherub,

from the midst of the stones of fire.

¹⁷Your heart was proud because of your beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.

I cast you to the ground;

I exposed you before kings,

to feast their eyes on you.

¹⁸By the multitude of your iniquities,

in the unrighteousness of your trade

you profaned your sanctuaries;

so I brought fire out from your midst;

it consumed you,

and I turned you to ashes on the earth

in the sight of all who saw you.

¹⁹All who know you among the peoples

are appalled at you;

you have come to a dreadful end

and shall be no more forever.”

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