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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 28:1-2

‘The word of Yahweh came to me again saying, “Son of man, say to the prince (nagid) of Tyre, thus says the Lord Yahweh.”

This new oracle comes with a deliberate contrast between ‘a prince' in contrast with a Sovereign Lord. The King of Tyre is to recognise that before the Lord Yahweh he is but a ‘prince', a warleader subject to an overall commander, as the early ‘princes' of Israel were to Yahweh. It is a deliberate downgrading of the king because of the king's own upgrading of himself.

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See also Ezekiel 28:1-2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER XXVIII _The first part of this chapter relates to a King of Tyre,_ _probably the same who is called in the Phoenician annals_ _Ithobalus. He seems to have been a vain man, who affected_ _D...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The prophecy against the prince of Tyre. Throughout the east the majesty and glory of a people were collected in the person of their monarch, who in some nations was worshipped as a god. The prince is...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Ezekiel 28:1. The prince of Tyrus, or, as he is also called, the king, was, according to the Jewish historian Josephus, Ithobalus, known in the Phoenician annals as Ithobaal II. He was the consummatio...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EZEKIEL 28. TYRE'S FALL FROM HEAVEN. In a remarkable passage, Ezekiel now conceives the pride of Tyre as incarnate in her king. The detail is often obscure and difficult, reminiscent of a mythological...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LORD. ' Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    III. THE PRINCE OF TYRE 28:1-19 The three Chapter s dealing with Tyre conclude with a vigorous attack against the prince of Tyre for his claims to deity. This attack is not to be interpreted personall...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME AGAIN UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE KING OF TYRE The overweening pride of the prince of Tyre, which has led him to claim to be a god, is rebuked, and his destruction by strangers is foretold (Ezekiel 28:1). He is compared to an inm...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EZEKIEL: “THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD” GOD’S PLANS FOR *ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 25 TO 39 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 28 AGAINST THE RULER OF TYRE – EZEKIEL 28:1-10 V1 Th

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְהִ֥י דְבַר ־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵ אמֹֽר

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    TYRE (CONTINUED): SIDON Ezekiel 27:1; Ezekiel 28:1 THE remaining oracles on Tyre (Chapter s 27, Ezekiel 28:1) are somewhat different both in subject and mode of treatment from the chapter we have jus...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The prophecy concerning Tyre ended with a message to its prince and a lamentation for its king. A distinction must be drawn between these two. Most evidently the prince was the then reigning king, Ith...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS The same subject, concerning the Lord's judgment upon Tyrus is prosecuted in this chapter, until, towards the end, Zidon also is arraigned at God's tribunal....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    We have here the continuation of the sad overthrow of Tyre. The Prince of Tyre is particularly noticed, and his daring impiety pointed at. There are no leading characters to discover to whom, or to wh...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 26, 27, AND 28. Although in a certain sense upon Israel's territory, Tyre has another character, and is the subject of a separate prophecy (chaps. 26-28), bec...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME AGAIN UNTO ME,.... With another prophecy; as before against the city of Tyre, now against the king of Tyre: SAYING; as follows:...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Ver. 1. _The word of the Lord._] See on Ezekiel 18:1 ....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON THE PRINCE OF TYRE...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-19 Ethbaal, or Ithobal, was the prince or king of Tyre; and being lifted up with excessive pride, he claimed Divine honours. Pride is peculiarly the sin of our fallen nature. Nor can any wisdom, ex...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    EZEKIEL CHAPTER 28 God's judgment upon the prince of Tyre for his impious pride, EZEKIEL 28:1. A lamentation of his great glory corrupted and fallen through sin, EZEKIEL 28:11. The judgment of Zidon,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 28:1 word H1697 LORD H3068 saying H559 (H8800) Lucifer - 3's H30185...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Rebuke of the King of Tyre, and the fate of Satan who inspired him. Zidon's judgment and Israel's re-gathering. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Daniel, King of Tyre, Satan. CONCLUSION: Those who...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ezekiel 28:2. _Say unto the prince of Tyrus because thou hast said, I am_ אל El _God,_ or the strong and mighty One. It is plain from the names of the princes that they bore titles of deity. Ezekiel 2...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus._ THE CAUSES OF NATIONAL DECADENCE Who has not sometimes, standing on Brooklyn Bridge, and looking off on the forests of masts, or upon the fleets sailing ba...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 28:1 Although in lament form, this new oracle against Tyre has the familiar pattern of indictment (vv. Ezekiel 28:2) and outcome (vv....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    PROPHETICAL DIRGE ON THE KING OF TYRE, AS THE EMBODIMENT OF THE SPIRIT OF CARNAL PRIDE AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF THE WHOLE STATE. THE FALL OF ZIDON, THE MOTHER-CITY. THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL IN CONTRAS...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 28:1 From the city the prophet passes to its ruler, who concentrated in himself whatever was most arrogant and boastful in the temper of his people. He is described here as a" prin...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now as we get into chapter 28, the attention now is directed against the king of Tyre. Chapter 26 against the city of Tyre, chapter 27 against the merchandising of Tyre, chapter 28 now is directed aga...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezekiel 28:1...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Who is the prince of Tyre? PROBLEM: Many conservative scholars equate the prince of Tyre with Satan. However, such statements as “you are a man, and not a god” (Ezekiel 28:2) indicate that this is a...

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