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Ezekiel 28:3-13

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3 Behold, you are wiser than 1Daniel; There is no * secret that is a match for you.
4 "By your wisdom and understanding You have acquired 2riches for yourself And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.
5 "By your great wisdom, by your 3trade You have increased your riches And your 4heart is lifted up because of your riches -
6 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because you have 5made your heart Like the heart of God,
7 Therefore, behold, I will bring 6strangers upon you, The 7most ruthless of the nations. And they will draw their swords Against the beauty of your wisdom And defile your splendor.
8 'They will bring you down to the pit, And you will die the 8death of those who are slain In the heart of the seas.
9 'Will you still say, "I am a god," In the presence of your slayer, Though you are a man and not God, In the hands of those who wound you?
10 'You will die the death of the 9uncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!' declares the Lord GOD!""'
11 Again the word of the LORD came to me saying,
12 "Son of man, 10take 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 11Eden, the garden of God; 12Every precious stone was your covering: The 13ruby, the topaz and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your 14settings and sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created They were prepared.
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Ezekiel 28:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 28

This chapter contains a prophecy of the destruction of the prince of Tyre; a lamentation for the king of Tyre; a denunciation of judgments on Zidon, and a promise of peace and safety to Israel. The order given the prophet to prophesy of the ruin of the prince of Tyre, Eze 28:1,2, the cause of his ruin, his pride on account of his wisdom and riches, which rose to such a pitch, as to make himself God, Eze 28:2-6, the manner in which his destruction shall be accomplished, Eze 28:7-10, the lamentation for the king of Tyre begins Eze 28:11,12, setting forth his former grandeur and dignity, Eze 28:13-15, his fall, and the cause of it, injustice and violence in merchandise, pride because of beauty and wisdom, and profanation of sanctuaries, Eze 28:16-19, next follow the judgments on Zidon, Eze 28:20-23, and the chapter is concluded with a promise of the restoration of the Jews to their own land, and of great tranquillity and safety in it, Eze 28:24-26.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 14

  • 1. Daniel 1:20; Daniel 2:20-23, 28; Daniel 5:11, 12
  • 2. Ezekiel 27:33; Zechariah 9:2, 3
  • 3. Ezekiel 27:12; Hosea 12:7, 8
  • 4. Job 31:24, 25; Psalms 52:7; Ezekiel 28:2; Hosea 13:6
  • 5. Exodus 9:17; Ezekiel 28:2
  • 6. Ezekiel 26:7
  • 7. Ezekiel 30:11; Ezekiel 31:12; Ezekiel 32:12; Habakkuk 1:6-8
  • 8. Ezek 27:26, 27, 34
  • 9. 1 Samuel 17:26, 36; Ezekiel 31:18; Ezekiel 32:30
  • 10. Ezekiel 19:1; Ezekiel 26:17; Ezekiel 27:2
  • 11. Genesis 2:8; Isaiah 51:3; Ezek 31:8, 9, 16; Ezekiel 36:35
  • 12. Ezekiel 27:16, 22
  • 13. Exodus 28:17-20
  • 14. Isaiah 24:8; Isaiah 30:32

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