Ezekiel 28:7

7 Parce que tu penses être un dieu, à cause de cela, voici, je vais faire venir contre toi des étrangers, les plus violents d'entre les peuples, qui tireront leurs épées contre ton éclatante sagesse, et souilleront ta beauté.

Ezekiel 28:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 28:7

Behold, therefore, I will bring strangers upon thee
The Chaldean army, who not only lived at a distance from Tyre, but were unknown to them, not trading with them; nor are they mentioned among the merchants of Tyre: these, in the mystical sense, may design the angels that shall pour out the vials on the antichristian states, the kings of Protestant nations: the terrible of the nations;
as the Babylonians were, very formidable to the world, having conquered many countries, and their armies consisting of men of all nations, mighty, courageous, and expert in war; and alike formidable will the Protestant princes be to the antichristian powers, when they shall with their united strength attack them: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom;
their beautiful city and spacious buildings, the palaces of their king and nobles, their walls and towers erected with so much art and skill; or their forces, the men of war within their city, which made their beauty complete, so well skilled in military affairs, ( Ezekiel 27:10 Ezekiel 27:11 ) , or their ships, and the merchandise of them, and the curious things brought in them: even everything that was rich and valuable, the effect of their art and wisdom: all which may be applied to the city of Rome, when it will be taken, ransacked, and burnt, ( Revelation 18:8-19 ) : and they shall defile thy brightness;
profane thy crown, cast down thy throne, destroy thy kingdom, and all that is great and glorious in thee; thus the whore of Rome shall be made bare and desolate, ( Revelation 17:16 ) . The Targum renders it,

``the brightness of thy terror;''

which shall no more strike the nations, or affect them.

Ezekiel 28:7 In-Context

5 Tu as accru ta puissance par la grandeur de ta sagesse dans ton commerce, et à cause de ta puissance ton cœur s'est élevé;

6 A cause de cela, ainsi a dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel:

7 Parce que tu penses être un dieu, à cause de cela, voici, je vais faire venir contre toi des étrangers, les plus violents d'entre les peuples, qui tireront leurs épées contre ton éclatante sagesse, et souilleront ta beauté.

8 Ils te précipiteront dans la fosse, et tu mourras, comme meurent les blessés à mort, au milieu des mers.

9 En face de ton meurtrier, diras-tu: "Je suis un dieu! " tandis que tu n'es qu'un homme et non un dieu, entre les mains de celui qui t'égorgera?