Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Because thy heart [is] lifted up, and thou hast said, (a) I [am] a
god, I sit [in] the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou
[art] a man, and not God, though thou settest thy heart as the heart
of God:
(a) I am safe as God is... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, thou [art] wiser than (b) Daniel; there is no secret that they
can hide from thee:
(b) Thus he speaks by derision: for Daniel had declared notable signs
of his wisdom in Babylon, when Ezekiel wrote this.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt die the deaths of the (c) uncircumcised by the hand of
strangers: for I have spoken [it], saith the Lord GOD.
(c) Like the rest of the heathen and infidels who are God's enemies.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyre, and say to
him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of (d)
wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
(d) He derides the vain opinion and confidence that the Tyrians had in
their riches, strength and pleasures.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou [art] (e) the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee
(f) [so]: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up
and down in the midst of the (g) stones of fire.
(e) He means the royal state of Tyre, which for the excellency and
glory of it he compares to the cherubim wh... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou [wast] perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast (h)
created, till iniquity was found in thee.
(h) Which was when I first called you to this dignity.... [ Continue Reading ]
By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee
with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as
profane out of the (i) mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O
covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
(i) You will have no part among my peop... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou hast defiled thy (k) sanctuaries by the multitude of thy
iniquities, by the iniquity of thy merchandise; therefore will I bring
forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will
bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that
behold thee.
(k) That is, the h... [ Continue Reading ]
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, O
Zidon; and I will be (l) glorified in the midst of thee: and they
shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments
in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
(l) By executing my judgments against your wickedness.... [ Continue Reading ]
For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and
the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her (m) by the sword upon
her on every side; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.
(m) That is Nebuchadnezzar.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of
Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be (n)
sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell
in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.
(n) He shows why God will assemble his C... [ Continue Reading ]