Ezekiel 28:6

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god,

Berean Standard Bible

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 skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.

7behold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and will defile your splendor.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:17Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.

Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?

1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

James 1:11For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

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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