Prophecy Against the Prince of Tyre

Ezekiel 28

1 The word of the Lord came to me:

2 h "Son of man, say to i the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:
j "Because your heart is proud,
and k you have said, 'I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,'
yet l you are but a man, and no god,
m though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
3 n you are indeed wiser o than p Daniel;
no secret is hidden from you;
 4 by your wisdom and your understanding
q you have made wealth for yourself,
and have gathered gold and silver
into your treasuries;
 5 by your great wisdom in your trade
you have increased your wealth,
and j your heart has become proud in your wealth -
6 therefore thus says the Lord God:
r Because you make your heart
like the heart of a god,
 7 therefore, behold, I will bring s foreigners upon you,
the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against t the beauty of your wisdom
and defile t your splendor.
 8 u They shall thrust you down into the pit,
v and you shall die the death of the slain
in the heart of the seas.
 9 w Will you still say, 'I am a god,'
in the presence of those who kill you,
though l you are but a man, and no god,
in the hands of those who slay you?
 10 x You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
by the hand of foreigners;
y for I have spoken, declares the Lord God."

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:12
    Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God : "You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
  3. Cross References
    Revelation 18:7
    As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, 'I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:9
    Will you still say, 'I am a god,' in the presence of those who kill you, though you are but a man, and no god, in the hands of those who slay you?
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 31:3
    The Egyptians are man, and not God, and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall, and they will all perish together.
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:6
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : Because you make your heart like the heart of a god.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:12
    Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God : "You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
    Zechariah 9:2
    And on Hamath also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
  8. Cross References
    Daniel 1:17
    As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 14:14
    Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord God.
  10. Cross References
    Zechariah 9:3
    Tyre has built herself a rampart and heaped up silver like dust, and fine gold like the mud of the streets.
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:2
    Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God : "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:2
    Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God : "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
  13. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:10
    You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, declares the Lord God.
    Ezekiel 7:21
    And I will give it into the hands of foreigners for prey, and to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and they shall profane it.
    Ezekiel 30:12
    And I will dry up the Nile and will sell the land into the hand of evildoers; I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it, by the hand of foreigners; I am the Lord ; I have spoken.
    Ezekiel 31:12
    Foreigners, the most ruthless of nations, have cut it down and left it. On the mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs have been broken in all the ravines of the land, and all the peoples of the earth have gone away from its shadow and left it.
  14. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:17
    Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:17
    Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:18 - 19
    Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, and send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit:
  17. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:20
    They shall fall amid those who are slain by the sword. Egypt is delivered to the sword; drag her away, and all her multitudes.
  18. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:2
    Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God : "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
  19. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:2
    Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God : "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
  20. Cross References
    Ezekiel 31:18
    "Whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? You shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the world below. You shall lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword. "This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord God."
    Ezekiel 32:19
    'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised.'
    Ezekiel 32:21
    The mighty chiefs shall speak of them, with their helpers, out of the midst of Sheol: 'They have come down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
    Ezekiel 32:24 - 25
    Elam is there, and all her multitude around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into the world below, who spread their terror in the land of the living; and they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.
  21. Cross References
    Ezekiel 17:24
    And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord ; I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am the Lord ; I have spoken, and I will do it.
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