Ezekiel 28
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The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,
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"Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD:
"Because your heart is a lifted up,
And b you say, 'I am a god,
I sit in the seat of gods,
c In the midst of the seas,'
d Yet you are a man, and not a god,
Though you set your heart as the heart of a god
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(Behold, e you are wiser than Daniel!
There is no secret that can be hidden from you!
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With your wisdom and your understanding
You have gained f riches for yourself,
And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
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g By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches,
And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),"
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'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
"Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god,
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Behold, therefore, I will bring h strangers against you,
i The most terrible of the nations;
And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom,
And defile your splendor.
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They shall throw you down into the j Pit,
And you shall die the death of the slain
In the midst of the seas.
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"Will you still k say before him who slays you,
'I am a god'?
But you shall be a man, and not a god,
In the hand of him who slays you.
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You shall die the death of l the uncircumcised
By the hand of aliens;
For I have spoken," says the Lord GOD.' "
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Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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"Son of man, m take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord GOD:
n "You were the seal of perfection,
Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
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You were in o Eden, the garden of God;
Every precious stone was your covering:
The sardius, topaz, and diamond,
Beryl, onyx, and jasper,
Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold.
The workmanship of p your timbrels and pipes
Was prepared for you on the day you were created.
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"You were the anointed q cherub who covers;
I established you;
You were on r the holy mountain of God;
You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.
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You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created,
Till s iniquity was found in you.
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"By the abundance of your trading
You became filled with violence within,
And you sinned;
Therefore I cast you as a profane thing
Out of the mountain of God;
And I destroyed you, t O covering cherub,
From the midst of the fiery stones.
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"Your u heart was lifted up because of your beauty;
You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor;
I cast you to the ground,
I laid you before kings,
That they might gaze at you.
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"You defiled your sanctuaries
By the multitude of your iniquities,
By the iniquity of your trading;
Therefore I brought fire from your midst;
It devoured you,
And I turned you to ashes upon the earth
In the sight of all who saw you.
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All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you;
v You have become a horror,
And shall be no w more forever." ' "
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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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"Son of man, x set your face y toward Sidon, and prophesy against her,
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"and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD:
z "Behold, I am against you, O Sidon;
I will be glorified in your midst;
And a they shall know that I am the LORD,
When I execute judgments in her and am b hallowed in her.
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c For I will send pestilence upon her,
And blood in her streets;
The wounded shall be judged in her midst
By the sword against her on every side;
Then they shall know that I am the LORD.
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"And there shall no longer be a pricking brier or d a painful thorn for the house of Israel from among all who are around them, who e despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord GOD."
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'Thus says the Lord GOD: "When I have f gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am g hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob.
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"And they will h dwell safely there, i build houses, and j plant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God." ' "
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Cross References
Jeremiah 49:16
Your fierceness has deceived you, The pride of your heart, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Who hold the height of the hill! Though you make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there," says the LORD.
Ezekiel 31:10
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Because you have increased in height, and it set its top among the thick boughs, and its heart was lifted up in its height.
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Isaiah 14:14
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.
Isaiah 47:8
Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures, Who dwell securely, Who say in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, Nor shall I know the loss of children'.
Ezekiel 28:9
Will you still say before him who slays you, 'I am a god'? But you shall be a man, and not a god, In the hand of him who slays you.
2 Thessalonians 2:4
Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
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Ezekiel 27:3
"and say to Tyre, 'You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord GOD: "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.'
Ezekiel 27:4
Your borders are in the midst of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty.
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Isaiah 31:3
Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; And their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, Both he who helps will fall, And he who is helped will fall down; They all will perish together.
Ezekiel 28:9
Will you still say before him who slays you, 'I am a god'? But you shall be a man, and not a god, In the hand of him who slays you.
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Ezekiel 14:14
Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job,...
Daniel 1:20
And in all matters of wisdom and understanding ...
Daniel 2:20 - 23
Daniel answered and said: "Blessed be the name ...
Daniel 2:28
But there is a God in heaven who reveals secret...
Daniel 5:11
There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the S...
Daniel 5:12
"Inasmuch as an excellent spirit, knowledge, un...
Zechariah 9:3
For Tyre built herself a tower, Heaped up silve...
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Ezekiel 27:33
When your wares went out by sea, You satisfied many people; You enriched the kings of the earth With your many luxury goods and your merchandise.
Zechariah 9:1 - 3
The burden of the word of the LORD Against the land of Hadrach, And Damascus its resting place (For the eyes of men And all the tribes of Israel Are on the LORD).
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Psalms 62:10
Do not trust in oppression, Nor vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them.
Zechariah 9:3
For Tyre built herself a tower, Heaped up silver like the dust, And gold like the mire of the streets.
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Ezekiel 26:7
For thus says the Lord GOD: 'Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses, with chariots, and with horsemen, and an army with many people.
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Ezekiel 7:24
Therefore I will bring the worst of the Gentiles, And they will possess their houses; I will cause the pomp of the strong to cease, And their holy places shall be defiled.
Ezekiel 21:31
I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow against you with the fire of My wrath, And deliver you into the hands of brutal men who are skillful to destroy.
Ezekiel 30:11
He and his people with him, the most terrible of the nations, Shall be brought to destroy the land; They shall draw their swords against Egypt, And fill the land with the slain.
Habakkuk 1:6 - 8
For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, A bitter and hasty nation Which marches through the breadth of the earth, To possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
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Isaiah 14:15
Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, To the lowest depths of the Pit.
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Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because your heart is lifted up, And you say, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods, In the midst of the seas,' Yet you are a man, and not a god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god
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1 Samuel 17:26
Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, s...
1 Samuel 17:36
"Your servant has killed both lion and bear; an...
Ezekiel 31:18
'To which of the trees in Eden will you then be...
Ezekiel 32:19
'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down, be pla...
Ezekiel 32:21
The strong among the mighty Shall speak to him ...
Ezekiel 32:25
They have set her bed in the midst of the slain...
Ezekiel 32:27
They do not lie with the mighty Who are fallen ...
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Ezekiel 27:2
Now, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre.
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Ezekiel 27:3
"and say to Tyre, 'You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord GOD: "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.'
Ezekiel 28:3
(Behold, you are wiser than Daniel! There is no secret that can be hidden from you!
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Genesis 2:8
The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
Isaiah 51:3
For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.
Ezekiel 31:8
The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; The fir trees were not like its boughs, And the chestnut trees were not like its branches; No tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.
Ezekiel 31:9
I made it beautiful with a multitude of branches, So that all the trees of Eden envied it, That were in the garden of God.
Ezekiel 36:35
"So they will say, 'This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.'
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Ezekiel 26:13
I will put an end to the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more.
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Exodus 25:20
And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.
Ezekiel 28:16
By the abundance of your trading You became filled with violence within, And you sinned; Therefore I cast you as a profane thing Out of the mountain of God; And I destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the fiery stones.
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Isaiah 14:13
For you have said in your heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north.
Ezekiel 20:40
For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel," says the Lord GOD, "there all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me; there I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the firstfruits of your sacrifices, together with all your holy things.
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Isaiah 14:12
How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations!
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Ezekiel 28:14
You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you; You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.
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Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because your heart is lifted up, And you say, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods, In the midst of the seas,' Yet you are a man, and not a god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god
Ezekiel 28:5
By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches, And your heart is lifted up because of your riches).
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Ezekiel 26:21
'I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; though you are sought for, you will never be found again,' says the Lord GOD."
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Ezekiel 27:36
The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever.' " '
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Ezekiel 6:2
Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them.
Ezekiel 25:2
Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them.
Ezekiel 29:2
Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt.
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Genesis 10:15
Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth.
Genesis 10:19
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon...
Isaiah 23:2
Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland, You...
Isaiah 23:4
Be ashamed, O Sidon; For the sea has spoken, Th...
Isaiah 23:12
And He said, "You will rejoice no more, O you o...
Ezekiel 27:8
Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsme...
Ezekiel 32:30
There are the princes of the north, All of them...
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Exodus 14:4
Then I will harden Pharaoh's heart, so that he will pursue them; and I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD." And they did so.
Exodus 14:17
And I indeed will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. So I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen.
Ezekiel 39:13
Indeed all the people of the land will be burying, and they will gain renown for it on the day that I am glorified," says the Lord GOD.
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Psalms 9:16
The LORD is known by the judgment He executes; The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah
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Ezekiel 28:25
Thus says the Lord GOD: "When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob.
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Ezekiel 38:22
And I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed; I will rain down on him, on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, flooding rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
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Numbers 33:55
But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall be that those whom you let remain shall be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land where you dwell.
Joshua 23:13
Know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. But they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which the LORD your God has given you.
Isaiah 55:13
Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; And it shall be to the LORD for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Ezekiel 2:6
And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you dwell among scorpions; do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
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Ezekiel 16:57
Before your wickedness was uncovered. It was like the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria and all those around her, and of the daughters of the Philistines, who despise you everywhere.
Ezekiel 25:6
For thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced in heart with all your disdain for the land of Israel.
Ezekiel 25:7
"indeed, therefore, I will stretch out My hand against you, and give you as plunder to the nations; I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you to perish from the countries; I will destroy you, and you shall know that I am the LORD."
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Psalms 106:47
Save us, O LORD our God, And gather us from amo...
Isaiah 11:12
He will set up a banner for the nations, And wi...
Isaiah 11:13
Also the envy of Ephraim shall depart, And the ...
Jeremiah 32:37
Behold, I will gather them out of all countries...
Ezekiel 11:17
"Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I wil...
Ezekiel 20:41
I will accept you as a sweet aroma when I bring...
Ezekiel 34:13
And I will bring them out from the peoples and ...
Ezekiel 37:21
Then say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Sur...
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Ezekiel 28:22
And say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, O Sidon; I will be glorified in your midst; And they shall know that I am the LORD, When I execute judgments in her and am hallowed in her.
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Jeremiah 23:6
In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Ezekiel 36:28
Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God.
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Isaiah 65:21
They shall build houses and inhabit them; They ...
Jeremiah 32:15
'For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Is...
Jeremiah 32:43
'And fields will be bought in this land of whic...
Jeremiah 32:44
'Men will buy fields for money, sign deeds and ...
Amos 9:13
Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "W...
Amos 9:14
I will bring back the captives of My people Isr...
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Jeremiah 31:5
You shall yet plant vines on the mountains of Samaria; The planters shall plant and eat them as ordinary food.
Amos 9:14
I will bring back the captives of My people Israel; They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them; They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them.
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