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12 “Son of man, sing a funeral song for the ruler of Tyre. Tell him, ‘This is what Adonay Yahweh says:

You were the perfect example,
    full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13 You were in Eden, Elohim’s garden.
    You were covered with every kind of precious stone:
    red quartz, topaz, crystal,
    beryl, onyx, gray quartz, sapphire,
    turquoise, and emerald.
    Your settings and your sockets
    were made of gold when you were created.
14 I appointed an angel[a] to guard you.
    You were on Elohim’s holy mountain.
        You walked among fiery stones.

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  1. Ezekiel 28:14 Or “one of the cherubim.”

12 “Son of man, take up a lament(A) concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘You were the seal of perfection,
    full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.(B)
13 You were in Eden,(C)
    the garden of God;(D)
every precious stone(E) adorned you:
    carnelian, chrysolite and emerald,
    topaz, onyx and jasper,
    lapis lazuli, turquoise(F) and beryl.[a]
Your settings and mountings[b] were made of gold;
    on the day you were created they were prepared.(G)
14 You were anointed(H) as a guardian cherub,(I)
    for so I ordained you.
You were on the holy mount of God;
    you walked among the fiery stones.

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  1. Ezekiel 28:13 The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.
  2. Ezekiel 28:13 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.