Ezekiel 27:4

27:4 ¹ Your borders are in the heart of the seas;

your builders have perfected your beauty.

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 

[27:4]  ¹ tn The city of Tyre is described in the following account as a merchant ship.

[28:2]  ² tn Or “ruler” (NIV, NCV).

[28:2]  ³ tn Heb “lifted up.”

[28:2]  ⁴ tn Or “I am divine.”

[28:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and you made your heart (mind) like the heart (mind) of gods.”