Ezekiel 28:2
'Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart hath been high, And thou dost say: A god I [am], The habitation of God I have inhabited, In the heart of the seas, And thou [art] man, and not God, And thou givest out thy heart as the heart of God,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:
3Lo, thou [art] wiser than Daniel, No hidden thing have they concealed from thee.
Cross References
Genesis 3:5for God doth know that in the day of your eating of it — your eyes have been opened, and ye have been as God, knowing good and evil.'
2 Chronicles 26:16And at his being strong his heart hath been high unto destruction, and he trespasseth against Jehovah his God, and goeth in unto the temple of Jehovah to make perfume upon the altar of perfume.
Psalms 72:6He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers — sprinkling the earth.
Proverbs 16:18Before destruction [is] pride, And before stumbling — a haughty spirit.'
Isaiah 2:12For a day [is] to Jehovah of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one,
Isaiah 14:14I go up above the heights of a thick cloud, I am like to the Most High.
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 →