Ezekiel 28:9

Will thou yet say before him who slays thee, I am God? But thou are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds thee.

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In The King James Version

Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

In Context

8They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shall die the death of those who are slain, in the heart of the seas.

10Thou shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers. For I have spoken it, says lord LORD.

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Cross References

Isaiah 31:3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit. And when LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they shall all be consumed together.

Daniel 4:31While the word was in the king's mouth, a voice from heaven fell, [saying], O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken: The kingdom is departed from thee.

Acts 12:22And the populace shouted, The voice of a god, and not of a man.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 28:2-11

Fall of the Prince of Tyre. ( b. c. 588.) 1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God ; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, 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 set thine heart as the heart of God: 3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee: 4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee… Read the whole commentary →

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