Ezekiel 28:2

Context
28:2 “Son of man, say to the prince¹ of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Your heart is proud² and you said, “I am a god;³

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.⁴

Ezekiel 28:5

Context

28:5 By your great skill⁵ in trade you have increased your wealth,

and your heart is proud because of your wealth.

Context

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.

[28:2] ¹tn Or “ruler” (NIV, NCV).

[28:2] ²tn Heb “lifted up.”

[28:2] ³tn Or “I am divine.”

[28:2] ⁴tn Heb “and you made your heart (mind) like the heart (mind) of gods.”

[28:5] ⁵tn Or “wisdom.”