"Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness."
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Verse Ezekiel 28:7. _I WILL BRING STRANGERS UPON THEE_] The Chaldeans....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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STRANGERS. aliens, or foreigners: the Babylonians were noted for their
barbarity. Compare Ezekiel 30:11; Ezekiel 31:12.Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah
25:2).
DEFILE. profane.
BRIGHTNESS. splendour: occurs only h...
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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 personal...
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Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of
the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of
thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
THEREFORE...
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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...
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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 The *LORD...
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AGAINST THE BEAUTY OF THY WISDOM. — The figure seems incongruous,
but it is to be remembered that the expression is only a form of
designating Tyre itself. The description of the Chaldæans as “the
ter...
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לָכֵ֗ן הִנְנִ֨י מֵבִ֤יא עָלֶ֨יךָ֙
זָרִ֔ים עָרִיצֵ֖י גֹּויִ֑ם וְ
הֵרִ֤יקוּ חַרְבֹותָם֙ עַל ־יְפִ֣י
חָכְמָתֶ֔ךָ וְ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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),
be...
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BEHOLD, THEREFORE, I WILL BRING STRANGERS UPON THEE,.... The Chaldean
army, who not only lived at a distance from Tyre, but were unknown to
them, not trading with them; nor are they mentioned among th...
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Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of
the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of
thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
Ver. 7. _Beho...
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_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....
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GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON THE PRINCE OF TYRE...
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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, exc...
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WILL BRING; cause to come. STRANGERS; a foreign people, called
strangers for their multitude, and to intimate how little regard they
would have to the Tyrian glory; these strangers were the Babylonian...
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Ezekiel 28:7 bring H935 (H8688) strangers H2114 (H8801) terrible H6184
nations H1471 draw H7324 (H8689) swords H2719 beauty H3308 wisdom
H2451 defile H2490 (H8765) splendor H3314
I will - Ezekiel 26:...
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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 Danie...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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. Ezekiel 28:7). Pride is at the center
of t...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Amos 3:6; Daniel 7:7; Deuteronomy 28:49; Deuteronomy 28:50; Ezekiel
26:7; Ezekiel 28:15; Ezekiel 30:11; Ezekiel 31:12; Ezekiel 32:12;...
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The beauty — Those beautiful things, in which thy wisdom appeared....