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13 You used to be in Eden—
    God’s paradise!
You wore precious stones for clothing:
ruby,[a] topaz, diamond,[b]
    beryl,[c] onyx, jasper,
        sapphire,[d] turquoise, and carbuncle.
Your settings were crafted in gold,
    along with your engravings.
On the day of your creation
    they had been prepared!

14 “You were the anointed cherub;
    having been set in place
on the holy mountain of God,
    you walked in the midst of fiery stones.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 28:13 Lit. red
  2. Ezekiel 28:13 Or emerald
  3. Ezekiel 28:13 Lit. Tarshish; i.e. a yellow stone
  4. Ezekiel 28:13 Or lapis lazuli; a bright blue stone

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

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Footnotes

  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.