Ezekiel 28:6

28:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:

Because you think you are godlike, ¹ 

Ezekiel 28:2

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

“‘Your heart is proud ³  and you said, “I am a god; ⁴ 

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. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 2:4

2:4 The people ⁶  to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, ⁷  and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says.’ ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “because of your making your heart like the heart of gods.”

² tn Or “ruler” (NIV, NCV).

³ tn Heb “lifted up.”

⁴ tn Or “I am divine.”

⁵ tn Heb “and you made your heart (mind) like the heart (mind) of gods.”

⁶ tn Heb “sons.” The word choice may reflect treaty idiom, where the relationship between an overlord and his subjects can be described as that of father and son.

⁷ tc Heb “stern of face and hard of heart.” The phrases “stern of face” and “hard of heart” are lacking in the LXX.

⁸ tn The phrase “thus says [the Lord]” occurs 129 times in Ezekiel; the announcement is identical to the way messengers often introduced their messages (Gen 32:5; 45:9; Exod 5:10; Num 20:14; Judg 11:15).