Ezekiel 28:6

For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have made your heart as the heart of God,

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In The King James Version

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;

In Context

5By your great wisdom and by your trade your power is increased, and your heart is lifted up because of your power:

7See, I am sending against you strange men, feared among the nations: they will let loose their swords against your bright wisdom, they will make your glory a common thing.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:17Are you still uplifted in pride against my people so that you will not let them go?

Job 40:9\40:14\Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.

1 Corinthians 10:22Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?

James 1:11For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.

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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