Ezekiel 28:6

Therefore, Thus saith My Lord Yahweh,— Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 the greatness of thy wisdom and by thy traffic, hast thou multiplied thy riches, -And thy heart hath become lofty in thy riches:

7Therefore behold me! bringing upon thee aliens, The terrible ones of the nations,- And they shall unsheathe their swords over the beauty of thy wisdom, And profane thy splendour:

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Cross References

Exodus 9:17Even yet, art thou exalting thyself over my people—in not letting them go?

Job 40:9But if, an arm like GOD, thou hast, and, with a voice like his, thou canst thunder,

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

James 1:11For the sun hath sprung up, with it scorching heat, and hath withered the grass, and, the flower thereof, hath fallen out, and, the beauty of the face thereof, hath perished,—so, also the rich, in his goings, shall languish.

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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