28:15 You were blameless in your behavior 1 from the day you were created,
until sin was discovered in you.
28:16 In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, 2 and you sinned;
so I defiled you and banished you 3 from the mountain of God –
the guardian cherub expelled you 4 from the midst of the stones of fire.
28:17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty;
you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor.
I threw you down to the ground;
I placed you before kings, that they might see you.
28:18 By the multitude of your iniquities, through the sinfulness of your trade,
you desecrated your sanctuaries.
So I drew fire out from within you;
it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
before the eyes of all who saw you.
28:19 All who know you among the peoples are shocked at you;
you have become terrified and will be no more.’”
28:20 The word of the Lord came to me: 28:21 “Son of man, turn toward 5 Sidon 6 and prophesy against it. 28:22 Say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:
“‘Look, I am against you, 7 Sidon,
and I will magnify myself in your midst.
Then they will know that I am the Lord
when I execute judgments on her
and reveal my sovereign power 8 in her.
28:23 I will send a plague into the city 9 and bloodshed into its streets;
the slain will fall within it, by the sword that attacks it 10 from every side.
Then they will know that I am the Lord.
28:24 “‘No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers 11 or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. 12 Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.
28:25 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When I regather the house of Israel from the peoples where they are dispersed, I will reveal my sovereign power 13 over them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their land that I gave to my servant Jacob. 28:26 They will live securely in it; they will build houses and plant vineyards. They will live securely 14 when I execute my judgments on all those who scorn them and surround them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.’”