Ezekiel 28:17

Lofty, was thy heart in thy beauty, Thou didst corrupt thy wisdom, because of thy splendour,— Upon the earth, did I cast thee. Before kings, did I set thee That they might look at thee:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

In Context

16By the abundance of thy traffic, they filled thy midst with violence And thou didst sin,- So I cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God. And destroyed thee O covering cherub, from amid the stones of fire:

18Owing to the abounding of thine iniquities. In the perversity of thy traffic, Thou didst profane thy sanctuaries, Therefore brought I forth fire out of thy midst. the same devoured thee, And I turned thee to ashes on the ground, Before the eyes of all beholding thee:

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Cross References

Psalms 73:18Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them,—Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.

Proverbs 11:2When pride cometh, then cometh contempt, but, with the modest, is wisdom.

Isaiah 14:9Hades beneath, is excited about thee To meet thine arrival,—Rousing up, for thee Shades, All the he-goats of earth! Maketh rise from their thrones, All the kings of the nations.

Isaiah 25:12Yea, the lofty stronghold of thy walls, Hath he brought down—Laid low—Levelled to the ground even unto the dust.

Jeremiah 8:9Ashamed are the wise, dismayed and captured! Lo! the word of Yahweh, have they rejected, And, what wisdom, have, they?

Ezekiel 16:41And burn up thy houses with fire, And execute upon thee judgments before the eyes of many women,—So will I cause thee to cease from acting unchastely, Moreover also a present, shalt thou not give any more.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 28:12-20

Fall of the Prince of Tyre. ( b. c. 588.) 11 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God ; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of… Read the whole commentary →

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