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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 28:5

Verse Ezekiel 28:5. By thy great wisdom] He attributed every thing to himself; he did not acknowledge a Divine providence. As he got all by himself, so he believed he could keep all by himself, and had no need of any foreign help.

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  • 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...

  • 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

    By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: BY THY GREAT WISDOM ... HAST THOU INCREASED THY RICHES, AND THINE HEART...

  • 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

    בְּ רֹ֧ב חָכְמָתְךָ֛ בִּ רְכֻלָּתְךָ֖ הִרְבִּ֣יתָ...

  • 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

    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

    BY THY GREAT WISDOM AND BY THY TRAFFIC,.... Or, "by thy great wisdom in thy traffic" i; through great skill in trade and commerce: HAST THOU INCREASED THY RICHES; to a very great degree, a prodigious...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    By thy great wisdom [and] by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: Ver. 5. _Thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches._] Like as the hi...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel_ In thy own conceit. The fame of Daniel's wisdom was quickly spread over Chaldea, upon his being advanced to several posts of honour and dignity by Nebuchadnezzar....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    by thy great wisdom, with which he credited himself, AND BY THY TRAFFIC, the trade which had been established in the course of the centuries, HAST THOU INCREASED THY RICHES, AND THINE HEART IS LIFTED...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    BY THY GREAT WISDOM: _ Heb._ by the greatness of thy wisdom...

  • 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

    THY GREAT WISDOM: here the eminent degree of this prince's wisdom is owned. AND BY THY TRAFFIC: and might as well be spared, for as it is not in the Hebrew, so it rather obscures than clears the text;...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 28:5 great H7230 wisdom H2451 trade H7404 increased H7235 (H8689) riches H2428 heart H3824 up H1361 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “By your wisdom and by your understanding you have obtained for yourself riches, and you have obtained gold and silver into your treasuries. By your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ORACLE AGAINST THE NAGID OF TYRE. Here the King of Tyre is called ‘the Nagid of Tyre'. Nagid (prince) is a title elsewhere restricted in the singular to princes and leaders of Israel. (Some see Daniel...

  • 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

    1 Timothy 6:17; 2 Chronicles 25:19; 2 Chronicles 32:23; Daniel 4:30;...

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