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Text -- Ezekiel 28:1-23 (NET)

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A Prophecy Against the King of Tyre
28:1 The word of the Lord came to me: 28:2 “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘Your heart is proud and you said, “I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas”– yet you are a man and not a god, though you think you are godlike. 28:3 Look, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you. 28:4 By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries. 28:5 By your great skill in trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart is proud because of your wealth. 28:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you think you are godlike, 28:7 I am about to bring foreigners against you, the most terrifying of nations. They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom, and they will defile your splendor. 28:8 They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die violently in the heart of the seas. 28:9 Will you still say, “I am a god,” before the one who kills you– though you are a man and not a god– when you are in the power of those who wound you? 28:10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.’” 28:11 The word of the Lord came to me: 28:12 “Son of man, sing a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘You were the sealer of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 28:13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone was your covering, the ruby, topaz, and emerald, the chrysolite, onyx, and jasper, the sapphire, turquoise, and beryl; your settings and mounts were made of gold. On the day you were created they were prepared. 28:14 I placed you there with an anointed guardian cherub; you were on the holy mountain of God; you walked about amidst fiery stones. 28:15 You were blameless in your behavior from the day you were created, until sin was discovered in you. 28:16 In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned; so I defiled you and banished you from the mountain of God– the guardian cherub expelled you from the midst of the stones of fire. 28:17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor. I threw you down to the ground; I placed you before kings, that they might see you. 28:18 By the multitude of your iniquities, through the sinfulness of your trade, you desecrated your sanctuaries. So I drew fire out from within you; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth before the eyes of all who saw you. 28:19 All who know you among the peoples are shocked at you; you have become terrified and will be no more.’”
A Prophecy Against Sidon
28:20 The word of the Lord came to me: 28:21 “Son of man, turn toward Sidon and prophesy against it. 28:22 Say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘Look, I am against you, Sidon, and I will magnify myself in your midst. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I execute judgments on her and reveal my sovereign power in her. 28:23 I will send a plague into the city and bloodshed into its streets; the slain will fall within it, by the sword that attacks it from every side. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Daniel the prophet who wrote the book of Daniel,son of David and Abigail,head of clan (Ithamar Levi) who pledged to obey God's law,prophet who wrote the book of Daniel
 · Eden a place near where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers meet (NIVsn),son of Joah (Gershon Levi) in King Hezekiah's time,a district along the Euphrates River south of Haran (NIVsn)
 · Pit the place of the dead
 · pit the place of the dead
 · Sidon residents of the town of Sidon
 · Tyre a resident of the town of Tyre


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Tyre | Ezekiel | Pride | EZEKIEL, 2 | Lamentations | Sidon | WISDOM | Topaz | Sapphire | Irony | Carbuncle | Prophecy | Commerce | Diamond | Daniel | Emerald | Cherubim | King | Death | PSYCHOLOGY | more
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NET Notes: Eze 28:2 Heb “and you made your heart (mind) like the heart (mind) of gods.”

NET Notes: Eze 28:3 The tone here is sarcastic, reflecting the ruler’s view of himself.

NET Notes: Eze 28:5 Or “wisdom.”

NET Notes: Eze 28:6 Heb “because of your making your heart like the heart of gods.”

NET Notes: Eze 28:7 Heb “they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom.”

NET Notes: Eze 28:8 Heb “you will die the death of the slain.”

NET Notes: Eze 28:10 The Phoenicians practiced circumcision, so the language here must be figurative, indicating that they would be treated in a disgraceful manner. Uncirc...

NET Notes: Eze 28:12 For a discussion of possible nuances of this phrase, see M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:580-81.

NET Notes: Eze 28:13 The exact identification of each gemstone is uncertain. The list should be compared to that of the priest in Exod 28:17-20, which lists twelve stones ...

NET Notes: Eze 28:14 Heb “you (were) an anointed cherub that covers and I placed you.” In the Hebrew text the ruler of Tyre is equated with a cherub, and the v...

NET Notes: Eze 28:15 Heb “ways.”

NET Notes: Eze 28:16 Heb “and I expelled you, O guardian cherub.” The Hebrew text takes the verb as first person and understands “guardian cherub” ...

NET Notes: Eze 28:21 For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

NET Notes: Eze 28:22 Or “reveal my holiness.” God’s “holiness” is fundamentally his transcendence as sovereign ruler of the world. The revela...

NET Notes: Eze 28:23 Heb “by a sword against it.”

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