Ezekiel 16:50

16:50 They were haughty and practiced abominable deeds before me. Therefore when I saw it I removed them.

Ezekiel 28:5

28:5 By your great skill ¹  in trade you have increased your wealth,

and your heart is proud because of your wealth.

Ezekiel 19:11

19:11 Its boughs were strong, fit ²  for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds.

It stood out because of its height and its many branches. ³ 

Ezekiel 21:26

21:26 this is what the sovereign Lord says:

Tear off the turban, ⁴ 

take off the crown!

Things must change! ⁵ 

Exalt the lowly,

bring down the proud! ⁶ 

Ezekiel 28:17

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.

Ezekiel 31:5

31:5 Therefore it grew taller than all the trees of the field;

its boughs grew large and its branches grew long,

because of the plentiful water in its shoots. ⁷ 

Ezekiel 31:10

31:10 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because it was tall in stature, and its top reached into the clouds, and it was proud of its height,

Ezekiel 17:24

17:24 All the trees of the field will know that I am the Lord.

I make the high tree low; I raise up the low tree.

I make the green tree wither, and I make the dry tree sprout.

I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it!’”

Ezekiel 28:2

28:2 “Son of man, say to the prince ⁸  of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Your heart is proud ⁹  and you said, “I am a god; ¹⁰ 

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. ¹¹ 

Ezekiel 31:14

31:14 For this reason no watered trees will grow so tall; their tops will not reach into the clouds, nor will the well-watered ones grow that high. ¹²  For all of them have been appointed to die in the lower parts of the earth; ¹³  they will be among mere mortals, ¹⁴  with those who descend to the pit.

¹ tn Or “wisdom.”

¹ tn The word “fit” does not occur in the Hebrew text.

² tn Heb “and it was seen by its height and by the abundance of its branches.”

¹ tn Elsewhere in the Bible the turban is worn by priests (Exod 28:4, 37, 39; 29:6; 39:28, 31; Lev 8:9; 16:4), but here a royal crown is in view.

² tn Heb “This not this.”

³ tn Heb “the high one.”

¹ tn Heb “when it sends forth.” Repointing the consonants of the Masoretic text would render the proposed reading “shoots” (cf. NRSV).

¹ tn Or “ruler” (NIV, NCV).

² tn Heb “lifted up.”

³ tn Or “I am divine.”

⁴ tn Heb “and you made your heart (mind) like the heart (mind) of gods.”

¹ tn Heb “and they will not stand to them in their height, all the drinkers of water.”

² tn Heb “for death, to the lower earth.”

³ tn Heb “the sons of men.”