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Text -- Ezekiel 28:9-26 (NET)
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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 .
28:24 “‘No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord .
28:25 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says : When I regather the house of Israel from the peoples where they are dispersed , I will reveal my sovereign power over them in the sight of the nations , and they will live in their land that I gave to my servant Jacob .
28:26 They will live securely in it; they will build houses and plant vineyards . They will live securely when I execute my judgments on all those who scorn them and surround them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God .’”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Tyre |
Ezekiel |
EZEKIEL, 2 |
Lamentations |
Topaz |
Sapphire |
Carbuncle |
Sidon |
Music |
Emerald |
PHOENICIA; PHOENICIANS |
Diamond |
HALLOW; HALLOWED |
Cherubim |
Commerce |
PSYCHOLOGY |
Pride |
Zidon |
Onyx |
Eden |
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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...
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NET Notes: Eze 28:12 For a discussion of possible nuances of this phrase, see M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:580-81.
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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 ...
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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...
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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” ...
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NET Notes: Eze 28:22 Or “reveal my holiness.” God’s “holiness” is fundamentally his transcendence as sovereign ruler of the world. The revela...
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NET Notes: Eze 28:24 Heb “and there will not be for the house of Israel a brier that pricks and a thorn that inflicts pain from all the ones who surround them, the o...
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