10. You shall die the death of the uncircumcisedby the hand of strangers;for I have spoken! says the Lord God.
11. Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
12. Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, Thus says the Lord God: You had the seal of perfection,full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13. You were in Eden,the garden of God;every precious stone was your covering:the sardius, topaz, and the diamond,the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper,the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold.The workmanship of your settings and sockets was in you;on the day that you were created, they were prepared.
14. You were the anointed cherub that covers,and I set you there;you were upon the holy mountain of God;you walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15. You were perfect in your waysfrom the day that you were created,until iniquity was found in you.
16. By the multitude of your merchandise,you were filled with violence in your midst,and you sinned;therefore I have cast you as profane out of the mountain of God;and I have destroyed you, O covering cherub,from the midst of the stones of fire.
17. Your heart was lifted upbecause of your beauty;you have corrupted your wisdomby reason of your brightness;I cast you to the ground,I lay you before kings, that they may see you.
18. You have defiled your sanctuariesby the multitude of your iniquities, by the iniquity of your trade;therefore I have brought fire out from your midst;it has devoured you,and I have turned you to ashes upon the earthin the sight of all those who see you.
19. All those who know you among the peopleare astonished at you;you are a terror,and you shall cease to be forever.
20. Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying: