Ezekiel 28:6

“‘therefore the Lord GOD says: “Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,

World English 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 wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—”

7therefore, behold, I will bring strangers on you, the terrible of the nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom. They will defile your brightness.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:17because you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won’t let them go.

Job 40:9Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

1 Corinthians 10:22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

James 1:11For the sun arises with the scorching wind and withers the grass; and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So the rich man will also fade away in 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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