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Lamentation over the King of Tyre

11 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me: ¹²Mortal, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:
You were the signet of perfection,^*
   full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
¹³ You were in Eden, the garden of God;
   every precious stone was your covering,
carnelian, chrysolite, and moonstone,
   beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire,^* turquoise, and emerald;
   and worked in gold were your settings
   and your engravings.^*
On the day that you were created
   they were prepared.
¹⁴ With an anointed cherub as guardian I placed you;^*
   you were on the holy mountain of God;
   you walked among the stones of fire.
¹⁵ You were blameless in your ways
   from the day that you were created,
   until 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 among the stones of fire.
¹⁷ Your heart was proud because of your beauty;
   you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendour.
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 out fire from within you;
   it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on 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.