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12 Mortal, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him: Thus says the Lord God:

You were the signet of perfection,[a]
    full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.(A)
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God;
    every precious stone was your covering,
carnelian, chrysolite, and moonstone,
    beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire,[b] turquoise, and emerald;
    and worked in gold were your settings
    and your engravings.[c]
On the day that you were created
    they were prepared.(B)
14 You were a cherub;[d]
    I placed you on the holy mountain of God;
    you walked among the stones of fire.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 28.12 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 28.13 Or lapis lazuli
  3. 28.13 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  4. 28.14 Gk: Heb adds anointed guardian