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Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 28

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Ezekiel 28 RSV - Revised Standard VersionEzekiel 28 RSV - Revised Standard Version

Chapter 28 of Ezekiel—Revised Standard Version (RSV)

  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 is proud,
      and you have said, ‘I am a god,
    I sit in the seat of the gods,
      in the heart of the seas,’
    yet you are but a man, and no god,
      though you consider yourself as wise as a god—
  3. you are indeed wiser than Daniel;
      no secret is hidden from you;
  4. by your wisdom and your understanding
      you have gotten wealth for yourself,
    and have gathered gold and silver
      into your treasuries;
  5. by your great wisdom in trade
      you have increased your wealth,
      and your heart has become proud in your wealth—
  6. therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
    “Because you consider yourself
      as wise as a god,
  7. therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you,
      the most terrible of the nations;
    and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom
      and defile your splendor.
  8. They shall thrust you down into the Pit,
      and you shall die the death of the slain
      in the heart of the seas.
  9. Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’
      in the presence of those who slay you,
    though you are but a man, and no god,
      in the hands of those who wound you?
  10. You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
      by the hand of foreigners;
      for I have spoken, says the Lord GOD.”
  11. ¶ Moreover 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,[a]
      full of wisdom
      and perfect in beauty.
  13. You were in Eden, the garden of God;
      every precious stone was your covering,
    carnelian, topaz, and jasper,
      chrysolite, beryl, and onyx,
    sapphire,[b] carbuncle, and emerald;
      and wrought in gold were your settings
      and your engravings.[c]
    On the day that you were created
      they were prepared.
  14. With an anointed guardian cherub I placed you;[d]
      you were on the holy mountain of God;
      in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
  15. You were blameless in your ways
      from the day you were created,
      till iniquity was found in you.
  16. In the abundance of your trade
      you were filled with violence, and you sinned;
    so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God,
      and the guardian cherub drove you out
      from the midst of the stones of fire.
  17. Your 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.
  18. By the multitude of your iniquities,
      in the unrighteousness of your trade
      you profaned your sanctuaries;
    so I brought forth fire from the midst of you;
      it consumed you,
    and I turned you to ashes upon the earth
      in the sight of all who saw you.
  19. All who know you among the peoples
      are appalled at you;
    you have come to a dreadful end
      and shall be no more for ever.”
  20. ¶ The word of the LORD came to me:
  21. “Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her
  22. and say, Thus says the Lord GOD:
    ¶ “Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,
      and I will manifest my glory in the midst of you.
    And they shall know that I am the LORD
      when I execute judgments in her,
      and manifest my holiness in her;
  23. for I will send pestilence into her,
      and blood into her streets;
    and the slain shall fall in the midst of her,
      by the sword that is against her on every side.
    Then they will know that I am the LORD.
  24. ¶ “And for the house of Israel there shall be no more a brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. 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 among whom they are scattered, and manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they shall dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob.
  26. And they shall dwell securely in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely, when I execute judgments upon all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Heb obscure
  2. ^ Or lapis lazuli
  3. ^ Heb uncertain
  4. ^ Heb uncertain

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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