Ezekiel 28, 32 | Secular Leaders | July 9, 2023

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Ezekiel 28:1-26 CSB

(1) The word of the LORD came to me: (2) "Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, "I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea." Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god. (3) Yes, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you! (4) By your wisdom and understanding you have acquired wealth for yourself. You have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries. (5) By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has become proud because of your wealth. (6) " 'Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as that of a god, (7) "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. (8) "They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the sea. (9) "Will you still say, "I am a god," in the presence of those who slay you? Yet you will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who kill you. (10) You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of strangers. For I have spoken. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.' " (11) The word of the LORD came to me: (12) "Son of man, lament for the king of Tyre and say to him, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. (13) "You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone covered you: carnelian, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold; they were prepared on the day you were created. (14) "You were an anointed guardian cherub, for I had appointed you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones. (15) "From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways until wickedness was found in you. (16) "Through the abundance of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I expelled you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and banished you, guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. (17) "Your heart became proud because of your beauty; For the sake of your splendor you corrupted your wisdom. So I threw you down to the ground; I made you a spectacle before kings. (18) "You profaned your sanctuaries by the magnitude of your iniquities in your dishonest trade. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of everyone watching you. (19) "All those who know you among the peoples are appalled at you. You have become an object of horror and will never exist again.' " (20) The word of the LORD came to me: (21) "Son of man, face Sidon and prophesy against it. (22) "You are to say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: Look! I am against you, Sidon, and I will display my glory within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate my holiness through her. (23) "I will send a plague against her and bloodshed in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD. (24) " 'The house of Israel will no longer be hurt by prickly briers or painful thorns from all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD. (25) " 'This is what the Lord GOD says: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples where they are scattered, I will demonstrate my holiness through them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob. (26) "They will live there securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will live securely when I execute judgments against all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.' "

Ezekiel 32:1-32 CSB

(1) In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me: (2) "Son of man, lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him, 'You compare yourself to a lion of the nations, but you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churn up the waters with your feet, and muddy the rivers. (3) " 'This is what the Lord GOD says: I will spread my net over you with an assembly of many peoples, and they will haul you up in my net. (4) "I will abandon you on the land and throw you onto the open field. I will cause all the birds of the sky to settle on you and let the wild creatures of the entire earth eat their fill of you. (5) "I will put your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your carcass. (6) "I will drench the land with the flow of your blood, even to the mountains; the ravines will be filled with your gore. (7) " 'When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. (8) "I will darken all the shining lights in the heavens over you, and will bring darkness on your land. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD. (9) " 'I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries you have not known. (10) "I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you, and their kings will shudder with fear because of you when I brandish my sword in front of them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life. (11) " 'For this is what the Lord GOD says: The sword of Babylon's king will come against you! (12) "I will make your hordes fall by the swords of warriors, all of them ruthless men from the nations. They will ravage Egypt's pride, and all its hordes will be destroyed. (13) "I will slaughter all its cattle that are beside many waters. No human foot will churn them again, and no cattle hooves will disturb them. (14) "Then I will let their waters settle and will make their rivers flow like oil. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD. (15) "When I make the land of Egypt a desolation, so that it is emptied of everything in it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD. (16) " 'The daughters of the nations will chant that lament. They will chant it over Egypt and all its hordes. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.' " (17) In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me: (18) "Son of man, wail over the hordes of Egypt and bring Egypt and the daughters of mighty nations down to the underworld, to be with those who descend to the Pit: (19) "Who do you surpass in loveliness? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised! (20) "They will fall among those slain by the sword. A sword is appointed! They drag her and all her hordes away. (21) "Warrior leaders will speak from the middle of Sheol about him and his allies: 'They have come down; the uncircumcised lie slain by the sword.' (22) "Assyria is there with her whole assembly; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword. (23) "Her graves are set in the deepest regions of the Pit, and her assembly is all around her burial place. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword -- those who once spread terror in the land of the living. (24) "Elam is there with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword -- those who went down to the underworld uncircumcised, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. (25) "Among the slain they prepare a bed for Elam with all her hordes. Her graves are all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain. (26) "Meshech and Tubal are there, with all their hordes. Their graves are all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. (27) "They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads and their shields rested on their bones, although the terror of these warriors was once in the land of the living. (28) "But you will be shattered and will lie down among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. (29) "Edom is there, her kings and all her princes, who, despite their strength, have been placed among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit. (30) "All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there. They went down in shame with the slain, despite the terror their strength inspired. They lie down uncircumcised with those slain by the sword. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. (31) "Pharaoh will see them and be comforted over all his hordes -- Pharaoh and his whole army, slain by the sword." This is the declaration of the Lord GOD. (32) "For I will spread my terror in the land of the living, so Pharaoh and all his hordes will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword." This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.