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
here the embodiment of the community. Their glory is his glory, their
pride his pride. The doom of... [ Continue Reading ]
The dirge of the prince of Tyre, answering to the dirge of the state.
The passage is ironical; its main purpose is to depict all the glory,
real or assumed, of “the prince of Tyrus,” in order to show how
deplorable should be his ruin.
Ezekiel 28:12
To “seal the sum” is to make up the whole measure... [ Continue Reading ]
Prophecy against Zidon. Zidon (mod. Saida) was more ancient than Tyre
and was the original metropolis of Phoenicia Genesis 10:19, but in the
times of Phoenician greatness it ever played a subordinate part. Only
once Judges 10:12 do we find the “Zidonians” in conflict with
Israel. The evil which they... [ Continue Reading ]
BE GLORIFIED ... BE SANCTIFIED - Or, “get Me glory ... have shown
Myself holy” (and in Ezekiel 28:25).... [ Continue Reading ]
The contrast of the future of Israel with that of the surrounding
nations. This prophecy reaches far beyond a mere temporal restoration.
It points to times of more permanent security, when from all nations
and kingdoms the Church of Christ, the Israel of God, shall be
gathered in, when the power of... [ Continue Reading ]