Ezekiel 16:14

16:14 Your fame ¹  spread among the nations because of your beauty; your beauty was perfect because of the splendor which I bestowed on you, declares the sovereign Lord. ² 

Ezekiel 27:3

27:3 Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance ³  of the sea, ⁴  merchant to the peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘O Tyre, you have said, “I am perfectly beautiful.”

Ezekiel 28:12

28:12 “Son of man, sing ⁵  a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘You were the sealer ⁶  of perfection,

full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

[16:14]  ¹ tn Heb “name.”

[16:14]  ² sn The description of the nation Israel in vv. 10-14 recalls the splendor of the nation’s golden age under King Solomon.

[27:3]  ³ tn Heb “entrances.” The plural noun may reflect the fact that Tyre had two main harbors.

[27:3]  ⁴ sn Rome, another economic power, is described in a similar way in Rev 17:1.

[28:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “lift up.”

[28:12]  ⁶ tn For a discussion of possible nuances of this phrase, see M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:580-81.