Ezekiel 28:2

28:2 “Son of man, say to the prince ¹  of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Your heart is proud ²  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 31:8

31:8 The cedars in the garden of God could not eclipse it,

nor could the fir trees ⁵  match its boughs;

the plane trees were as nothing compared to its branches;

no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty.

[28:2]  ¹ tn Or “ruler” (NIV, NCV).

[28:2]  ² tn Heb “lifted up.”

[28:2]  ³ tn Or “I am divine.”

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

[31:8]  ⁵ tn Or “cypress trees” (cf. NASB, NLT); NIV “pine trees.”