Ezekiel 28:9

Will you say, in the face of those who are taking your life, I am God? but you are man and not God in the hands of those who are wounding you.

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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 will send you down to the underworld, and your death will be the death of those who are put to the sword in the heart of the seas.

10Your death will be the death of those who are without circumcision, by the hands of men from strange lands: for I have said it, says the Lord.

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Cross References

Isaiah 31:3For the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit: and when the Lord's hand is stretched out, the helper and he who is helped will come down together.

Daniel 4:31While the word was still in the king's mouth, a voice came down from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is said: The kingdom has gone from you:

Acts 12:22And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, 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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