Ezekiel 28:6

Therefore thus sayeth the Lord God, Because thou didest thinke in thine heart, that thou wast equall with God,

Geneva Bible 1599

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 thy great wisedome and by thine occupying hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted vp because of thy riches.

7Behold, therefore I wil bring strangers vpon thee, euen the terrible nations: and they shall drawe their swordes against the beautie of thy wisedome, and they shall defile thy brightnes.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:17Yet thou exaltest thy selfe against my people, and lettest them not goe.

Job 40:9Then will I confesse vnto thee also, that thy right hand can saue thee.

1 Corinthians 10:22Doe we prouoke the Lord to anger? are we stronger then he?

James 1:11For as when the sunne riseth with heate, then the grasse withereth, and his flower falleth away, and the goodly shape of it perisheth: euen so shall the rich man wither away in all his waies.

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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