Ezequiel 28:5

5 'Con tu gran sabiduría, con tu comercio, has aumentado tus riquezas, y se ha enaltecido tu corazón a causa de tus riquezas.

Ezequiel 28:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 28:5

By thy great wisdom and by thy traffic
Or, "by thy great wisdom in thy traffic" ^F9; through great skill in trade and commerce: hast thou increased thy riches;
to a very great degree, a prodigious bulk; so antichrist has done, especially through trafficking with the souls of men, which is one part of his merchandise, as it was of Tyre, ( Revelation 18:13 ) ( Ezekiel 27:13 ) : and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches;
which are apt to puff up and make men highminded, and swell them with a vain opinion of themselves, and to make haughty, insolent, and scornful, in their behaviour to others; thus elated with worldly grandeur and riches, the whore of Rome is represented as proud, vain, and haughty, ( Revelation 18:7 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (Ktlkrb) "in negotione tua", V. L. Pagninus, Starckius; "in mercatura tua", Junius & Tremellius.

Ezequiel 28:5 In-Context

3 'He aquí, tú eres más sabio que Daniel; ningún secreto te es oculto.

4 'Con tu sabiduría y tu entendimiento has adquirido riquezas para ti, y has adquirido oro y plata para tus tesoros.

5 'Con tu gran sabiduría, con tu comercio, has aumentado tus riquezas, y se ha enaltecido tu corazón a causa de tus riquezas.

6 'Por lo cual, así dice el Señor DIOS: "Por cuanto has igualado tu corazón al corazón de Dios,

7 por tanto, he aquí, traeré sobre ti extranjeros, los más crueles de entre las naciones. Y ellos desenvainarán sus espadas contra la hermosura de tu sabiduría y profanarán tu esplendor.