Ezekiel 28:1

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

In Context

2'Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said: I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the heart of the seas; yet thou art man, and not God, though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God —

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Cross References

Ezekiel 26:1And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

Ezekiel 27:27Thy riches, and thy wares, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the exchangers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, with all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

Zechariah 9:2And Hamath also shall border thereon; Tyre and Zidon, for she is very wise.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 28:1

In this chapter we have, I. A prediction of the fall and ruin of the king of Tyre, who, in the destruction of that city, is particularly set up as a mark for God's arrows, ver. 1-10 . II. A lamentation for the king of Tyre, when he has thus fallen, though he falls by his own iniquity, ver. 11-19 . III. A prophecy of the destruction of Zidon, which as in the neighbourhood of Tyre and had a dependence upon it, ver. 20-23 . IV. A promise of the restoration of the Israel of God, though in the day of their calamity… Read the whole commentary →

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